1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia

The 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Philadelphia, United States. It was part of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from November 8 through November 14, 1999. Second-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.

1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia
DateNovember 8–14
Edition17th
CategoryTier II
Draw28S /16D
Prize money$520,000
SurfaceHard / indoor
LocationPhiladelphia, United States
Champions
Singles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs

Entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 2
 USA Venus Williams 3 3
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 7 4
 FRA Julie Halard-Decugis 9 5
 RSA Amanda Coetzer 10 6
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 13 7
 RUS Anna Kournikova 12 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

Finals

Singles
Main article: 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Singles

United States Lindsay Davenport defeated Switzerland Martina Hingis, 6–3, 6–4

  • This was Davenport's twenty-fifth WTA title of her career, and sixth of the year.

Doubles
Main article: 1999 Advanta Championships of Philadelphia – Doubles

United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Rennae Stubbs defeated United States Chanda Rubin / France Sandrine Testud, 6–1, 7–6(7–2)

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