1999 Flanders Women's Open
# 1999 Flanders Women's Open

The 1999 Flanders Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Antwerp, Belgium that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1999. Unseeded Justine Henin, who entered on a wildcard, won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first-prize money.

## Finals

### Singles

Justine Henin defeated Sarah Pitkowski, 6–1, 6–2

* This was future World No. 1 Henin's first WTA title.

### Doubles

Laura Golarsa / Katarina Srebotnik defeated Louise Pleming / Meghann Shaughnessy, 6–4, 6–2

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Sarah Pitkowski | 35 | 1 |
| LUX | Anne Kremer | 40 | 2 |
| NED | Miriam Oremans | 48 | 3 |
| FRA | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret | 52 | 4 |
| ITA | Rita Grande | 53 | 5 |
| FRA | Amélie Cocheteux | 55 | 6 |
| PUR | Kristina Brandi | 58 | 7 |
| USA | Jane Chi | 64 | 8 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Justine Henin
* Laurence Courtois

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Justine Henin / Anne Kremer

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Marion Maruska
* Janet Lee
* Gisela Riera
* Lubomira Bacheva

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Meilen Tu
* Kim Clijsters

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

* Jane Chi / Meilen Tu

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Kim Clijsters / Nirupama Vaidyanathan
