1999 Sydney International
# 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.

## 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:

* Rachel McQuillan
* Alicia Molik

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

* Alicia Molik / Dominique Van Roost

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

* Karina Habšudová
* Inés Gorrochategui
* Amélie Mauresmo
* Tatiana Panova

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

* Sonya Jeyaseelan / Janet Lee

## Finals

### Men's singles

Todd Martin defeated 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

Lindsay Davenport defeated Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–3

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

### Men's doubles

Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor defeated Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis, 6–3, 6–4

### Women's doubles

Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama defeated Mary Joe Fernández / Anke Huber, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0

