1999 Swisscom Challenge
# 1999 Swisscom Challenge

The 1999 Swisscom Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Schluefweg in Zurich, Switzerland that was part of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 11 October until 17 October 1999. Second-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 3 | 2 |
| FRA | Mary Pierce | 6 | 3 |
| RSA | Amanda Coetzer | 8 | 4 |
| AUT | Barbara Schett | 7 | 5 |
| FRA | Julie Halard-Decugis | 9 | 6 |
| BEL | Dominique Van Roost | 12 | 7 |
| FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 10 | 8 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Lisa Raymond
* Miriam Oremans
* Jennifer Capriati

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Maureen Drake / Miroslava Vavrinec

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Tatiana Panova
* Corina Morariu
* Elena Dementieva
* Magüi Serna
* Jelena Kostanić / Tara Snyder

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Henrieta Nagyová

## Finals

### Singles

Venus Williams defeated Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4

* It was Williams' 6th title of the year and the 9th of her career.

### Doubles

Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs defeated Nathalie Tauziat / Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2

* It was Raymond's 3rd title of the year and the 12th of her career. It was also Stubbs' 3rd title of the year, but the 17th of her career.
