1999 WTA German Open – Doubles
The 1999 WTA German Open singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Latin Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but only Zvereva participated this year with Mary Pierce. They were eliminated in the first round by Brie Rippner and Tara Snyder.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1999 WTA German Open | |
| Champion |  Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
| Runner-up |  Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini |
| Score | 6–3, 7–5 |
The French team of Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won their first Tier I title as a team, defeating Jana Novotná and Patricia Tarabini in the final.
Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
- Jana Novotná / Patricia Tarabini (final)
- Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
Elena Likhovtseva / 
Ai Sugiyama (second round)
Larisa Neiland / 
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
Mariaan de Swardt / 
Elena Tatarkova (first round)
Mary Joe Fernandez / Lisa Raymond (first round)
Irina Spîrlea / 
Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
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Patty Schnyder (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
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ruxandra Dragomir Florencia Labat
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini
| 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
| 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | J Novotná P Tarabini
| 65 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WC |  A Barna M Weingärtner
| 3 | 5 | S Graf I Gorrochategui
| 77 | 4 | r | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Graf I Gorrochategui
| 6 | 7 | 1 | J Novotná P Tarabini
| 63 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | J Abe J Kandarr
| 6 | 2 | 2 | L Horn.svg.png.webp){kind=small} S Jeyaseelan
| 77 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Horn S Jeyaseelan
| 3 | 6 | 6 | L Horn S Jeyaseelan
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Black A-G Sidot
| 6 | 7 | C Black A-G Sidot
| 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MJ Fernandez L Raymond
| 3 | 5 | 1 | J Novotná P Tarabini
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir F Labat
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama
| 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Dragomir F Labat
| 77 | 64 | 6 | R Dragomir F Labat
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Hopmans A Ortuño
| 65 | 77 | 2 | R Dragomir F Labat
| 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| K Adams C Rubin
| 2 | 1 | 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis
| 63 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Di Natale F Perfetti
| 6 | 6 | K Adams C Rubin
| 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Cacic S Farina
| 63 | 63 | 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis
| 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis
| 77 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | B Schett P Schnyder
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} C Barclay K-A Guse
| 4 | 1 | 8 | B Schett P Schnyder
| 64 | 6 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Hrdličková B Rittner
| 6 | 6 | K Hrdličková B Rittner
| 77 | 4 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Dhenin O Lugina
| 1 | 1 | K Hrdličková B Rittner
| 69 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Olsza P Stoyanova
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario
| 711 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Graham L Montalvo
| 4 | 6 | 6 | D Graham L Montalvo
| 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario
| 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | M de Swardt E Tatarkova
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 7 | 3 | 6 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 N Zvereva M Pierce
| 63 | 3 | LL | B Rippner T Snyder
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | B Rippner T Snyder
| 77 | 6 | N Arendt M Bollegraf
| 1 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová
| w/o | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Halard-Decugis A Mauresmo
| E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová
| 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qualifying
Seeds
- Alicia Molik / Samantha Reeves (second round)
- Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti (champions)
Qualifiers
Lucky losers
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
- SR = Special ranking
| First round | Second round | Qualifying competition | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves
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 Bye
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| 1 | Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Brie Rippner Tara Snyder
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Brie Rippner Tara Snyder
| ||||||||||||||
| Bye
| ||||||||||||||
| Brie Rippner Tara Snyder
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti
| 6 | ||||||||||||
| Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano
| 9 | |||||||||||||
| Sylvia Plischke Raluca Sandu
| 8 | |||||||||||||
| Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti
| 8 | ||||||||||||
| Bye
| ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti
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References
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