1999 Sydney International

The 1999 Sydney International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney in Australia that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier II of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 11 through 16 January 1999.

1999 Sydney International
Date11–16 January
Edition107th
CategoryInternational Series
Tier II
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueNSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's singles
United States Todd Martin
Women's singles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Men's doubles
Canada Sébastien Lareau / Canada Daniel Nestor
Women's doubles
Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
 USA Lindsay Davenport 1 1
  SUI Martina Hingis 2 2
 ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4 3
 USA Venus Williams 5 4
 ESP Conchita Martínez 9 5
 GER Steffi Graf 10 6
  SUI Patty Schnyder 8 7
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 12 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the women's singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the women's doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the women's singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from the women's doubles qualifying draw:

Finals

Men's singles
Main article: 1999 Sydney International – Men's singles

United States Todd Martin defeated Spain Àlex Corretja, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Martin's only title of the year and the 12th of his career.

Women's singles
Main article: 1999 Sydney International – Women's singles

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

  • It was Davenport's 1st title of the year and the 44th of her career.

Men's doubles
Main article: 1999 Sydney International – Men's doubles

Canada Sébastien Lareau / Canada Daniel Nestor defeated United States Patrick Galbraith / Netherlands Paul Haarhuis, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles
Main article: 1999 Sydney International – Women's doubles

Russia Elena Likhovtseva / Japan Ai Sugiyama defeated United States Mary Joe Fernández / Germany Anke Huber, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0

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