1999 Sanex Trophy
# 1999 Sanex Trophy

The 1999 Sanex Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Knokke-Heist, Belgium that was part of the Tier IVa category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 2 August until 8 August 1999. Fourth-seeded María Sánchez Lorenzo won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.

## Entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ROU | Ruxandra Dragomir | 27 | 1 |
| CRO | Silvija Talaja | 36 | 2 |
| SVK | Karina Habšudová | 46 | 3 |
| ESP | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 48 | 4 |
| ESP | Cristina Torrens Valero | 52 | 5 |
| GER | Barbara Rittner | 58 | 6 |
| BLR | Olga Barabanschikova | 57 | 7 |
| BEL | Laurence Courtois | 71 | 8 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Michelle Gerards
* Marta Marrero

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Kim Clijsters / Justine Henin

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

* Angelika Bachmann
* Mariam Ramon Climent
* Anastasia Myskina
* Antonella Serra Zanetti

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

* Petra Begerow / Antonella Serra Zanetti
* Hannah Collin / Marta Marrero

## Finals

### Singles

María Sánchez Lorenzo defeated Denisa Chládková, $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–4, 6–2

* This was Sánchez Lorenzo's only WTA title.

### Doubles

Eva Martincová / Elena Wagner defeated Evgenia Koulikovskaya / Sandra Naćuk, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

