1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles

The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles was the singles event of the twenty-ninth edition of the Egger Tennis Festival; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Austria. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but she was upset in the first round by qualifier Lenka Němečková.

Singles
1999 Egger Tennis Festival
Champion	Karina Habšudová
Runner-up	Silvija Talaja
Final score	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Karina Habšudová won in the final, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1, against Silvija Talaja, to win her first WTA title after three finals.

Seeds

1. Patty Schnyder (First Round)
2. Silvia Farina (Quarterfinals)
3. Henrieta Nagyová (Semifinals)
4. Sylvia Plischke (First Round)
5. Anke Huber (Quarterfinals)
6. Magüi Serna (Second Round)
7. Sarah Pitkowski (First Round)
8. Anna Smashnova (Second Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Karina Habšudová	6	6
	3	Henrieta Nagyová	2	4
									Karina Habšudová	2	6	6
									Silvija Talaja	6	4	4
	Q	Adriana Gerši	6	5	4
		Silvija Talaja	3	7	6

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	P Schnyder	3	6	4
	Q	L Němečková	6	3	6			Q	L Němečková	6	1	1
	WC	Li F	3	4					K Habšudová	4	6	6
		K Habšudová	6	6												K Habšudová	6	6
		T Panova	0	0											5	A Huber	4	2
		M Maleeva	6	6					M Maleeva	6	4	3
	LL	M Weingärtner	3	3				5	A Huber	3	6	6
	5	A Huber	6	6																			K Habšudová	6	6
	3	H Nagyová	6^4	6	6																	3	H Nagyová	2	4
		A Dechaume-Balleret	7^7	3	2			3	H Nagyová	6^5	6	6
		J Kruger	4	6	6				J Kruger	7^7	3	2
	WC	P Wartusch	6	2	2										3	H Nagyová	6	6
		V Ruano Pascual	6	1	7^7											E Gagliardi	2	2
		O Barabanschikova	2	6	6^3				V Ruano Pascual	3	3
		E Gagliardi	6	6					E Gagliardi	6	6
	7	S Pitkowski	1	1

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	M Serna	6	6
		A Cocheteux	4	3				6	M Serna	4	3
		D Chládková	6	4	1			Q	A Gerši	6	6
	Q	A Gerši	4	6	6										Q	A Gerši	2	6	6
	Q	A Földényi	6	6											Q	A Földényi	6	3	2
	WC	M Maruska	2	4				Q	A Földényi	6	6^4	6
		P Suárez	6	6					P Suárez	2	7^7	3
	4	S Plischke	0	1																		Q	A Gerši	6	5	4
	8	A Smashnova	6	7^7																			S Talaja	3	7	6
		B Schwartz	4	6^3				8	A Smashnova	6^7	0
		S Talaja	6	6					S Talaja	7^9	6
	Q	Á Montolio	3	2												S Talaja	4	6	6
		G León García	6^5	2											2	S Farina	6	1	3
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	7^7	6					M Sánchez Lorenzo	5	7	6^5
		C Torrens Valero	3	2				2	S Farina	7	5	7^7
	2	S Farina	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Rita Kuti-Kis (First Round)
2. Marlene Weingärtner (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
3. Elena Wagner (First Round)
4. Émilie Loit (Second Round)
5. Åsa Carlsson (First Round)
6. Lubomira Bacheva (Qualifying Competition)
7. Ľudmila Cervanová (Second Round)
8. Elena Dementieva (First Round)

Qualifiers

1. Ángeles Montolio
2. Adriana Gerši
3. Anna Földényi
4. Lenka Němečková

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Rita Kuti-Kis	2	2
		Ángeles Montolio	6	6
									Ángeles Montolio	6	6
								Alt	Eva Martincová	4	2
	Alt	Eva Martincová	2	6	6
	WC	Nicole Remis	6	1	1
																Ángeles Montolio	6	6
																Veronika Martinek	2	4
		Veronika Martinek	6	7
		Gisela Riera	3	6
									Veronika Martinek	7	6
								7	Ľudmila Cervanová	6	2
		Evelyn Fauth	4	3
	7	Ľudmila Cervanová	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Émilie Loit	6	6
	WC	Bettina Auer	0	2
								4	Émilie Loit	5	0	r
									Adriana Gerši	7	1
		Adriana Gerši	6	6
		Katalin Marosi	4	3
																Adriana Gerši	6	6
															6	Lubomira Bacheva	0	4
		Samantha Reeves	2	7	6
		Miroslava Vavrinec	6	5	4
									Samantha Reeves	3	2
								6	Lubomira Bacheva	6	6
	WC	Bettina Resch	4	1
	6	Lubomira Bacheva	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	8	Elena Dementieva	6	6	2
		Katarína Studeníková	1	7	6
									Katarína Studeníková	5	0	r
									Anna Földényi	7	1
		Anna Földényi	2	6	6
		Janette Husárová	6	1	3
																Anna Földényi	6	6
																Mariam Ramon Climent	1	4
		Mariam Ramon Climent	6	7
		Anca Barna	2	6
									Mariam Ramon Climent	5	6	7
									Tina Pisnik	7	4	6
		Tina Pisnik	7	6
	3	Elena Wagner	6	4

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	5	Åsa Carlsson	3	2
		Lenka Němečková	6	6
									Lenka Němečková	3	7	6
									Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6	5	1
	WC	Sybille Bammer	6	1
		Jelena Kostanić Tošić	7	6
																Lenka Němečková	6	6
															2	Marlene Weingärtner	2	0
		Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	6
		Sandra Dopfer	1	2
									Sonya Jeyaseelan	6	3	4
								2	Marlene Weingärtner	1	6	6
		Petra Begerow	6	2	5
	2	Marlene Weingärtner	0	6	7

References

• ITF singles results page