1999 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but she retired from tennis earlier in the year.[1]

Singles
1999 Generali Ladies Linz
Champion	Mary Pierce
Runner-up	Sandrine Testud
Score	7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Mary Pierce won the title, defeating compatriot Sandrine Testud in the final, 7–6^(7–2), 6–1.

Seeds

Mary Pierce (champion)
Barbara Schett (second round)
Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)
Sandrine Testud (final)
Anna Kournikova (second round)
Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
Anke Huber (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

	1	Mary Pierce	7	6

	4	Amélie Mauresmo	5	3
								1	Mary Pierce	7⁷	6

								5	Sandrine Testud	6²	1
	5	Sandrine Testud	6	6

		Sarah Pitkowski	4	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

								1	M Pierce	7⁸	6
	SR	M Maleeva	3	3					S Plischke	6⁶	2
		S Plischke	6	6											1	M Pierce	3	6	6
		A Kremer	6³	2												I Spîrlea	6	2	3
		I Spîrlea	7⁷	6					I Spîrlea	6	0	6
	LL	C Black	4	4				6	A Kournikova	0	6	1
	6	A Kournikova	6	6																		1	M Pierce	7	6
																						4	A Mauresmo	5	3
								4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	SR	J Kruger	2	1					P Schnyder	2	2
		P Schnyder	6	6											4	A Mauresmo	3	7	4
		H Nagyová	3	6	3										WC	B Schwartz	6	5	1^r
		S Talaja	6	4	6				S Talaja	2	1
	WC	B Schwartz	7	6				WC	B Schwartz	6	6
	7	E Likhovtseva	5	1

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	5	S Testud	7	6
	Q	B Rittner	5	2				5	S Testud	6	7
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	0	3				Q	S Kleinová	3	5
	Q	S Kleinová	6	6											5	S Testud	6	3	6
		A Sugiyama	3	0											3	N Tauziat	3	6	3
	Q	A Hopmans	6	6				Q	A Hopmans	5	2
								3	N Tauziat	7	6
																						5	S Testud	6	6
	8	A Huber	2	3																			S Pitkowski	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6					A-G Sidot	6	4	1
		S Farina Elia	1	0^r					S Pitkowski	4	6	6
		S Pitkowski	6	1												S Pitkowski	6	6
	Q	D Chládková	6	6											Q	D Chládková	2	0
	WC	P Wartusch	3	2				Q	D Chládková	6	6
								2/WC	B Schett	2	1

Qualifying

Seeds

Sabine Appelmans (first round)
Jelena Dokic (second round)
Karina Habšudová (second round)
Cara Black (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Barbara Rittner (qualified)
Rita Grande (qualifying competition)
Nicole Pratt (qualifying competition)
Amélie Cocheteux (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Cara Black

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	1	Sabine Appelmans	1	4

		Denisa Chládková	6	6
									Denisa Chládková	7	6

									Émilie Loit	5	0
		Émilie Loit	6	6

		Sandra Naćuk	3	3
																Denisa Chládková	7	6

															8	Amélie Cocheteux	5	4
		Miriam Oremans	6	6

		Erika deLone	2	3
									Miriam Oremans	7	6⁷	1

								8	Amélie Cocheteux	5	7⁹	6
		Anca Barna	4	2

	8	Amélie Cocheteux	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	4	Cara Black	6	6

	WC	Evelyn Fauth	0	2
								4	Cara Black	6	6

									Anastasia Myskina	2	3
		Anastasia Myskina	6	7⁷

		Lubomira Bacheva	3	6⁴
															4	Cara Black	6⁴	3

															5	Barbara Rittner	7⁷	6
	WC	Angelika Bachmann	3	6	6

		Miroslava Vavrinec	6	3	4
								WC	Angelika Bachmann	3	4

								5	Barbara Rittner	6	6
		Ľudmila Cervanová	4	0

	5	Barbara Rittner	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	7	Nicole Pratt	6	6

		Magdalena Grzybowska	2	2
								7	Nicole Pratt	6	6

									Anna Földényi	4	4
		Tina Pisnik	4	5

		Anna Földényi	6	7
															7	Nicole Pratt	6	5	1

																Sandra Kleinová	2	7	6
		Sandra Kleinová	6	6

		Adriana Gerši	1	4
									Sandra Kleinová	1

								3	Karina Habšudová	4^r
	Alt	Cătălina Cristea	2	2

	3	Karina Habšudová	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	6	Rita Grande	6	6

		Lenka Němečková	4	0
								6	Rita Grande	6	7

								WC	Marion Maruska	2	5
		Åsa Carlsson	0	4

	WC	Marion Maruska	6	6
															6	Rita Grande	3	4

																Amanda Hopmans	6	6
		Amanda Hopmans	6	6

	WC	Sybille Bammer	1	4
									Amanda Hopmans	4	6	6

								2	Jelena Dokic	6	3	3
		Jelena Kostanić	6²	3

	2	Jelena Dokic	7⁷	6

References

"Tennis: Novotna's retirement hastened by defeat". The Independent. 25 September 1999. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

ITF singles results page Archived 2016-09-16 at the Wayback Machine

1999 WTA Tour « 1998 2000 »
Grand Slam events	Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X)
Tier I tournaments	Tokyo Indoor (S, D) Indian Wells (S, D) Key Biscayne (S, D) Hilton Head (S, D) Berlin (S, D) Rome (S, D) Toronto (S, D) Munich (S, D) Zürich (S, D) Moscow (S, D)
Tier II tournaments	Sydney (S, D) Hanover (S, D) Paris (S, D) Amelia Island (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Eastbourne (S, D) Stanford (S, D) San Diego (S, D) Los Angeles (S, D) New Haven (S, D) Tokyo (S, D) Filderstadt (S, D) Linz (S, D) Leipzig (S, D) Philadelphia (S, D)
Tier III tournaments	Gold Coast (S, D) Oklahoma City (S, D) Tokyo Outdoor (S, D) Cairo (S, D) Strasbourg (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Birmingham (S, D) 's-Hertogenbosch Sopot (S, D) Luxembourg (S, D) Quebec City (S, D) Kuala Lumpur (S, D)
Tier IVa tournaments	Bogota (S, D) Knokke-Zoute (S, D) Sao Paulo (S, D) Estoril (S, D) Budapest (S, D) Bol (S, D) Palermo (S, D)
Tier IVb tournaments	Auckland (S, D) Hobart (S, D) Prostějov (S, D) Warsaw (S, D) Antwerp (S, D) Tashkent (S, D) Pörtschach (S, D) Bratislava (S, D) Pattaya (S, D)
Team events	Fed Cup
WTA Tour Championships, New York (S, D)

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