1999 WTA Madrid Open – Singles

Singles
1999 WTA Madrid Open
Champion	Lindsay Davenport
Runner-up	Paola Suárez
Score	6–1, 6–3

The 1999 WTA Madrid Open singles was the singles event of the fourth edition of the Madrid Open, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Madrid, Spain and part of the European clay court season. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but she was defeated in the second round by Paola Suárez.

First seed Lindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Suárez in the final.^[1]

Seeds

The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.

1. Lindsay Davenport (champion)
2. Patty Schnyder (second round)
3. n.a.
4. Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
5. Silvia Farina (quarterfinals)
6. Magüi Serna (quarterfinals)
7. Amy Frazier (semifinals)
8. Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round)
9. Anna Smashnova (quarterfinals)

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	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
	7	Amy Frazier	0	2
								1	Lindsay Davenport	6	6
								LL	Paola Suárez	1	3
	4	Chanda Rubin	5	6	1
	LL	Paola Suárez	7	2	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	L Davenport	2	6	6
		G León García	6	6					G León García	6	3	1
		J Chi	1	0											1	L Davenport	6	6
	Q	N Pratt	6	7											9	A Smashnova	1	3
		R Kuti-Kis	4	5				Q	N Pratt	0	1
		F Zuluaga	4	3				9	A Smashnova	6	6
	9	A Smashnova	6	6																		1	L Davenport	6	6
	5	S Farina	6	6																		7	A Frazier	0	2
		S Talaja	4	4				5	S Farina	6	6
		R Grande	6	7					R Grande	2	4
	WC	M Marrero	2	6											5	S Farina	6	6	4
		O Barabanschikova	6	6											7	A Frazier	7	3	6
		K Po	3	3					O Barabanschikova	2	2
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	3	6	5			7	A Frazier	6	6
	7	A Frazier	6	2	7

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	8	V Ruano Pascual	6	4	4
		T Snyder	3	6	6				T Snyder	7	1	1
		M Shaughnessy	4	0				Q	E Gagliardi	6	6	6
	Q	E Gagliardi	6	6											Q	E Gagliardi	0	2
		M Weingärtner	5	6	6										4	C Rubin	6	6
		K Brandi	7	4	2				M Weingärtner	1	4
		B Rippner	4	2				4	C Rubin	6	6
	4	C Rubin	6	6																		4	C Rubin	5	6	1
	6	M Serna	6	6																		LL	P Suárez	7	2	6
		C Rodríguez	3	1				6	M Serna	6	3	6
	Q	G Riera	0	2				LL	RM Andrés Rodríguez	3	6	4
	LL	RM Andrés Rodríguez	6	6											6	M Serna	4	2
	LL	P Suárez	6	3	6										LL	P Suárez	6	6
	Q	R Sandu	4	6	1			LL	P Suárez	6	6
								2	P Schnyder	2	0

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Emmanuelle Gagliardi (qualifier)
2. Nicole Pratt (qualifier)
3. Mariana Díaz Oliva (first round)
4. n.a.
5. Adriana Serra Zanetti (first round)
6. Paola Suárez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
7. Conchita Martínez Granados (second round, retired)
8. Raluca Sandu (qualifier)
9. Gisela Riera (qualifier)

Qualifiers

1. Emmanuelle Gagliardi
2. Gisela Riera
3. Raluca Sandu
4. Nicole Pratt

Lucky losers

1. Paola Suárez
2. Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez

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 qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6	6	6
		Michaela Paštiková	4	7	3
								1	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	7	6
								WC	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6	3
		Maria Paola Zavagli	7	2	1
	WC	Anabel Medina Garrigues	5	6	6
															1	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	6	6
																Mariam Ramón Climent	3	3
		Mariam Ramón Climent	6	6
		Alice Canepa	2	3
									Mariam Ramón Climent	6	4
								7	Conchita Martínez Granados	4	2^r
	WC	María Nieto	0	0
	7	Conchita Martínez Granados	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	9	Gisela Riera	4	6	7
		Alicia Ortuño	6	4	6
								9	Gisela Riera	6	6
								WC	Ainhoa Goñi Blanco	4	2
		Katarzyna Strączy	3	3
	WC	Ainhoa Goñi Blanco	6	6
															9	Gisela Riera	6	6
															6	Paola Suárez	4	2
		Larissa Schaerer	6	6
	WC	Virginia Romero Barrio	4	0
									Larissa Schaerer	1	5
								6	Paola Suárez	6	7
	WC	Julia Vakulenko	7	6	2
	6	Paola Suárez	6	7	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	8	Raluca Sandu	6	6
		Katie Schlukebir	2	1
								8	Raluca Sandu	3	6	6
									Svetlana Krivencheva	6	3	2
	Alt	Keiko Nagatomi	1	6
		Svetlana Krivencheva	6	7
															8	Raluca Sandu	6	6
																Ludmila Richterová	4	3
		Rachel McQuillan	7	7
		Lucie Ahl	5	5
									Rachel McQuillan	3	4
									Ludmila Richterová	6	6
		Ludmila Richterová	6	6
	3	Mariana Díaz Oliva	4	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	5	Adriana Serra Zanetti	7	4	6
		Debbie Graham	5	6	7
									Debbie Graham	4	4
									Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6	6
		Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	6	6
		María Fernanda Landa	4	0
																Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez	2	2
															2	Nicole Pratt	6	6
		Germana Di Natale	3	6	6
		Bryanne Stewart	6	2	1
									Germana Di Natale	6	2
								2	Nicole Pratt	7	6
		Vanessa Menga	6	4	2
	2	Nicole Pratt	3	6	6

References

1. "Davenport Has Easy Tuneup For the French". The Washington Post. 22 May 1999. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

External links

• WTA Madrid Open Singles draw Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine