1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles
# 1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles

The 1999 Belgian Open doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the Belgian Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium on clay. The tournament had not occurred since 1993, when it was won by Radka Bobková and María José Gaidano. They did not compete this year.

Laura Golarsa and Katarina Srebotnik won the tournament without losing a set, defeating Louise Pleming and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.

## Seeds

* Els Callens / Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (first round)
* Olga Barabanschikova / Irina Selyutina (first round)
* Cătălina Cristea / Rita Grande (withdrew)
* Seda Noorlander / Christína Papadáki (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

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | E Callens A Dechaume-Balleret | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Martincová E Wagner | 6 | 6 | | | E Martincová E Wagner | 2 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | L Golarsa K Srebotnik | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lee K Schlukebir | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | L Golarsa K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | WC | J Henin A Kremer | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| | M Nekvapilová H Šromová | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Chi M Tu | 6 | 5 | 3 | WC | J Henin A Kremer | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Henin A Kremer | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | L Golarsa K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 |
| | L Pleming M Shaughnessy | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Pleming M Shaughnessy | 4 | 2 |
| | RM Andrés Rodríguez L Schaerer | $6^5$ | 2 | | | L Pleming M Shaughnessy | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | V Menga M Saeki | 5 | 4 | | LL | K Clijsters N Vaidyanathan | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | K Clijsters N Vaidyanathan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Pleming M Shaughnessy | $7^7$ | 4 | 7 | | | |
| | K Ishida K Nagatomi | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | A Cocheteux S Pitkowski | $6^4$ | 6 | 5 | | | |
| | L Bacheva K Freye | 3 | 6 | 3 | | K Ishida K Nagatomi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cocheteux S Pitkowski | 7 | 6 | | | A Cocheteux S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | O Barabanschikova I Selyutina | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Jane Chi / Meilen Tu (Qualifiers)
* Kim Clijsters / Nirupama Vaidyanathan (qualifying competition, withdrew, lucky losers)

### Qualifiers

* Jane Chi / Meilen Tu

### Lucky losers

* Kim Clijsters / Nirupama Vaidyanathan

## Qualifying draw

| First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jane Chi Meilen Tu | w/o | | | |
| | Kristina Brandi Catherine Tanvier | | | | |
| | Kristina Brandi Catherine Tanvier | | 1 | Jane Chi Meilen Tu | w/o |
| | | | 2 | Kim Clijsters Nirupama Vaidyanathan | |
| | Jill Craybas María Vento | 1 | 2 | Kim Clijsters Nirupama Vaidyanathan | |
| 2 | Kim Clijsters Nirupama Vaidyanathan | 8 | | | |
