1999 US OPEN (TENNIS)

1999 US Open
1999 US Open
Date	August 30 – September 12
Edition	119th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Champions
Men's singles
	Andre Agassi
Women's singles
	Serena Williams
Men's doubles
	Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien
Women's doubles
	Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
	Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi
Boys' singles
	Jarkko Nieminen
Girls' singles
	Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Boys' doubles
	Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut
Girls' doubles
	Dája Bedáňová / Iroda Tulyaganova

The 1999 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 119th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 through September 12, 1999.

Singles players

Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Andre Agassi [2]		Todd Martin [7]
Semifinals out
Cédric Pioline		Yevgeny Kafelnikov [3]
Quarterfinals out
Slava Doseděl	Gustavo Kuerten [5]	Richard Krajicek [12]	Nicolas Escudé (Q)
4th round out
Jiří Novák	Greg Rusedski [9]	Tommy Haas [14]	Magnus Norman
Vincent Spadea	Andrei Medvedev	Marcelo Ríos [10]	Arnaud Clément
3rd round out
Fabrice Santoro	Fredrik Jonsson (Q)	Chris Woodruff	Magnus Larsson
Peter Wessels (Q)	Hicham Arazi	Richard Fromberg	Goran Ivanišević
Laurence Tieleman (LL)	John van Lottum	Lleyton Hewitt	Jonas Björkman
Xavier Malisse (Q)	Ján Krošlák	Nicolas Kiefer [15]	Justin Gimelstob
2nd round out
Marat Safin	Jan-Michael Gambill	Fernando Meligeni	Nicolás Lapentti [16]
David Prinosil	Christian Ruud	Younes El Aynaoui	Richey Reneberg (WC)
Lars Burgsmüller (Q)	Mark Woodforde	Fernando Vicente	Mariano Puerta
Gianluca Pozzi	Markus Hipfl	Cristiano Caratti (Q)	Paul Haarhuis
Guillermo Cañas	Galo Blanco	Ivan Ljubičić (LL)	Lorenzo Manta (Q)
Wayne Arthurs	Sébastien Lareau	Kenneth Carlsen	Max Mirnyi (LL)
Carlos Moyá [8]	Cecil Mamiit	Paul Goldstein	George Bastl (Q)
Michael Kohlmann (Q)	Michael Chang	Daniel Vacek	Axel Pretzsch (Q)
1st round out
Mikael Tillström (LL)	Ramón Delgado	Stefan Koubek	Sébastien Grosjean
Jim Courier	Kevin Kim (WC)	Arnaud di Pasquale	Francisco Clavet
Juan Carlos Ferrero	Juan Antonio Marín	James Blake (WC)	Rainer Schüttler
Bob Bryan (WC)	Byron Black	Sargis Sargsian	Stephane Huet (Q)
Patrick Rafter [4]	Jan Siemerink	Albert Portas	Mariano Zabaleta
Karim Alami	German Puentes	Bernd Karbacher	Thomas Enqvist
Félix Mantilla [17]	Daniel Nestor	Andrew Ilie	Wayne Ferreira
Jacobo Díaz	Ville Liukko (Q)	Hendrik Dreekmann	Bohdan Ulihrach
Tim Henman [6]	Jens Knippschild	Julien Boutter (Q)	Taylor Dent (WC)
Takao Suzuki (Q)	Jeff Morrison (WC)	Sjeng Schalken	Phillip King (WC)
Àlex Corretja [13]	Marc Rosset	Martín Rodríguez	Gastón Gaudio
Jeff Tarango	Hernán Gumy	Tomáš Zíb	Alberto Martín
Dominik Hrbatý	Magnus Gustafsson	Ivo Heuberger (Q)	Guillaume Raoux
Scott Draper	Mashiska Washington (WC)	Franco Squillari	Martin Damm
Jason Stoltenberg	Andrei Pavel	Marcelo Filippini	Wayne Black
Albert Costa	Andrea Gaudenzi	Cyril Saulnier (Q)	Nicklas Kulti

Women's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Serena Williams [7]		Martina Hingis [1]
Semifinals out
Venus Williams [3]		Lindsay Davenport [2]
Quarterfinals out
Anke Huber	Barbara Schett [12]	Monica Seles [4]	Mary Pierce [5]
4th round out
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario [10]	Amélie Mauresmo [15]	Mary Joe Fernández	Elena Likhovtseva
Conchita Martínez [16]	Jennifer Capriati	Sabine Appelmans	Julie Halard-Decugis [9]
3rd round out
Sandra Klösel (Q)	Patty Schnyder	Tara Snyder	Jana Novotná [8]
Henrieta Nagyová	Dominique Van Roost [13]	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Irina Spîrlea
Kim Clijsters	Elena Dementieva	Nathalie Tauziat [11]	Ai Sugiyama
Ángeles Montolio	Magüi Serna	Amélie Cocheteux	Amy Frazier
2nd round out
Sarah Pitkowski	Jane Chi	Lisa Raymond	Nicole Pratt
Mariaan de Swardt	Mirjana Lučić	Anne Kremer	Tina Križan (Q)
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Magdalena Grzybowska (Q)	Anastasia Myskina (Q)	Rita Grande
Åsa Carlsson (Q)	Amanda Hopmans	Tina Pisnik (Q)	Tamarine Tanasugarn
Jelena Kostanić (Q)	Adriana Gerši (Q)	Fabiola Zuluaga	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret
María Sánchez Lorenzo	Seda Noorlander	Karina Habšudová	Silvia Farina
Gala León García	Paola Suárez	Samantha Reeves (WC)	Sandrine Testud [14]
Fang Li	Sylvia Plischke	Natasha Zvereva	Ruxandra Dragomir
1st round out
Květa Hrdličková	Jennifer Hopkins (WC)	Zuzana Lešenarová (WC)	Sandra Kleinová
Cristina Torrens Valero	Émilie Loit	Meilen Tu	Jelena Dokic
Justine Henin	Kristina Brandi	Erika deLone (WC)	Ľudmila Cervanová
Silvija Talaja	Jill Craybas (WC)	Meghann Shaughnessy	Shi-ting Wang
Tatiana Poutchek (Q)	Laurence Courtois	Lubomira Bacheva	Jana Nejedly
Lisa McShea (Q)	Miriam Oremans	Barbara Schwartz	Maureen Drake
Tracy Singian (Q)	Andrea Glass	Elena Wagner	Emmanuelle Gagliardi
Cătălina Cristea (Q)	Denisa Chládková	Tatiana Panova	Amanda Coetzer [6]
Kimberly Po	Mashona Washington (WC)	Nathalie Dechy	Anca Barna (Q)
Laura Granville (WC)	Christína Papadáki	Katarina Srebotnik	Chanda Rubin
Alexandra Stevenson	Janet Lee (Q)	Iva Majoli	Laura Golarsa
Lenka Němečková	Anna Smashnova	María Vento (Q)	Barbara Rittner
Sandra Načuk	Brie Rippner	Olga Barabanschikova	Melissa Middleton (WC)
Lilia Osterloh	Jana Kandarr (Q)	Els Callens	Marlene Weingärtner
Cara Black	Pavlina Stoyanova	Alicia Molik	Elena Tatarkova
Inés Gorrochategui	Annie Miller	Rita Kuti-Kis	Corina Morariu

Seniors

Men's singles

Andre Agassi defeated Todd Martin, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–2

• It was Agassi's 5th career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd and last at the US Open.

Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)

• It was Williams' 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Men's doubles

Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4

• It was Lareau's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

• It was O'Brien's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

It was Serena Williams' 5th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd US Open title. It was Venus Williams' 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title.v

Mixed doubles

Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Kimberly Po / Donald Johnson, 6–4, 6–4

• It was Sugiyama's 1st and only career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

• It was Bhupathi's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 1st at the US Open.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Kristian Pless 6–7, 6–3, 6–4

Seeds

Men's singles

Pete Sampras (withdrew because of a back injury)
Andre Agassi (champion)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals, lost to Andre Agassi)
Patrick Rafter (first round, lost to Cédric Pioline)
Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals, lost to Cédric Pioline)
Tim Henman (first round, lost to Guillermo Cañas)
Todd Martin (final, lost to Andre Agassi)
Carlos Moyà (second round retired against Nicolas Escudé)
Greg Rusedski (fourth round, lost to Todd Martin)
Marcelo Ríos (fourth round, lost to Nicolas Escudé)
Mark Philippoussis (withdrew because of a left knee injury)
Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov)
Àlex Corretja (first round, lost to Wayne Arthurs)
Tommy Haas (fourth round, lost to Cédric Pioline)
Nicolas Kiefer (third round, lost to Arnaud Clément)
Nicolás Lapentti (second round, lost to Fredrik Jonsson)
Félix Mantilla (first round, lost to Magnus Norman)

Women's singles

Martina Hingis (final, lost to Serena Williams)
Lindsay Davenport (semifinals, lost to Serena Williams)
Venus Williams (semifinals, lost to Martina Hingis)
Monica Seles (quarterfinals, lost to Serena Williams)
Mary Pierce (quarterfinals, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
Amanda Coetzer (first round, lost to Irina Spîrlea)
Serena Williams (champion)
Jana Novotná (third round, lost to Anke Huber)
Julie Halard-Decugis (fourth round, lost to Lindsay Davenport)
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (fourth round, lost to Martina Hingis)
Nathalie Tauziat (third round, lost to Jennifer Capriati)
Barbara Schett (quarterfinals, lost to Venus Williams)
Dominique Van Roost (third round, lost to Mary Joe Fernández)
Sandrine Testud (second round, lost to Magüi Serna)
Amélie Mauresmo (fourth round, lost to Anke Huber)
Conchita Martínez (fourth round, lost to Serena Williams)

Withdrawals: Steffi Graf,^[1] Anna Kournikova^[2]

References

^ "Sport: Tennis Graf bows out". BBC. August 13, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
^ "Kournikova withdraws from U.S. Open". Boca Raton News. August 21, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

External links

Official US Open website

Preceded by 1999 Wimbledon Championships	Grand Slams	Succeeded by 2000 Australian Open

[1] "Sport: Tennis Graf bows out". BBC. August 13, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

[2] "Kournikova withdraws from U.S. Open". Boca Raton News. August 21, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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Grand Slam events	Australian Open ( S, D, X) French Open ( S, D, X) Wimbledon ( S, D, X) US Open ( S, D, X)
Mercedes Super 9	Indian Wells ( S, D) Key Biscayne ( S, D) Monte Carlo ( S, D) Hamburg ( S, D) Rome ( S, D) Montreal ( S, D) Cincinnati ( S, D) Stuttgart ( S, D) Paris ( S, D)
ATP Championship Series	Memphis ( S, D) Rotterdam ( S, D) London ( S, D) Barcelona ( S, D) Tokyo ( S, D) Stuttgart ( S, D) Kitzbühel ( S, D) Indianapolis ( S, D) Washington ( S, D) Singapore ( S, D) Vienna ( S, D)
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Team events	Davis Cup World Group Qualifying round ATP World Team Championship
ATP Tour World Championships, Hanover (singles), Hartford (doubles) ( S, D) Grand Slam Cup, Munich

v t e 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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Singles players

Seniors

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Juniors

Boys' singles

Girls' singles

Boys' doubles

Girls' doubles

Seeds

Men's singles

Women's singles

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Seniors

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Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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Juniors

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