1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles
# 1999 Egger Tennis Festival – Singles

The 1999 Egger Tennis Festival singles was the singles event of the 29th edition of the Egger Tennis Festival; a Tier IV tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis event held in Austria. Patty Schnyder, the defending champion, was upset in the first round by qualifier Lenka Němečková.

Karina Habšudová defeated in the final Silvija Talaja, in three sets, to win her first WTA title after three finals.

## Seeds

* Patty Schnyder (first round)
* Silvia Farina (quarterfinals)
* Henrieta Nagyová (semifinals)
* Sylvia Plischke (first round)
* Anke Huber (quarterfinals)
* Magüi Serna (second round)
* Sarah Pitkowski (first round)
* Anna Smashnova (second round)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Karina Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Henrieta Nagyová | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Henrieta Nagyová | 2 | 4 | | Karina Habšudová | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Silvija Talaja | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Q | Adriana Gerši | 6 | 5 | 4 | Silvija Talaja | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | Silvija Talaja | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P Schnyder | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Němečková | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | L Němečková | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Li F | 3 | 4 | | | K Habšudová | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Panova | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | 5 | A Huber | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | M Maleeva | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Weingärtner | 3 | 3 | | 5 | A Huber | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | A Huber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Habšudová | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | H Nagyová | $6^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | H Nagyová | 2 | 4 |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret | $7^7$ | 3 | 2 | 3 | H Nagyová | $6^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Kruger | $7^7$ | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | P Wartusch | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | H Nagyová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 1 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | E Gagliardi | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 2 | 6 | $6^3$ | | V Ruano Pascual | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | | | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Pitkowski | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cocheteux | 4 | 3 | | 6 | M Serna | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Chládková | 6 | 4 | 1 | Q | A Gerši | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Gerši | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | A Gerši | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A Földényi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Földényi | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | M Maruska | 2 | 4 | | Q | A Földényi | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | P Suárez | 2 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Plischke | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Gerši | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | A Smashnova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Talaja | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| | B Schwartz | 4 | $6^3$ | | 8 | A Smashnova | $6^7$ | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Talaja | 6 | 6 | | | S Talaja | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Á Montolio | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | S Talaja | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G León García | $6^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | S Farina | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | $7^7$ | 6 | | | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 5 | 7 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Torrens Valero | 3 | 2 | | 2 | S Farina | 7 | 5 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Rita Kuti-Kis (first round)
* Marlene Weingärtner (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Elena Wagner (first round)
* Émilie Loit (second round)
* Åsa Carlsson (first round)
* Lubomira Bacheva (qualifying competition)
* Ľudmila Cervanová (second round)
* Elena Dementieva (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Ángeles Montolio
* Adriana Gerši
* Anna Földényi
* Lenka Němečková

## Qualifying 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 qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rita Kuti-Kis | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | Alt | Eva Martincová | 4 | 2 | | | |
| Alt | Eva Martincová | 2 | 6 | 6 | Alt | Eva Martincová | 4 | 2 | | | |
| WC | Nicole Remis | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| WC | Nicole Remis | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Veronika Martinek | 2 | 4 |
| | Veronika Martinek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Veronika Martinek | 2 | 4 |
| | Gisela Riera | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Gisela Riera | 3 | 6 | | | Veronika Martinek | 7 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 2 | | | |
| | Evelyn Fauth | 4 | 3 | | 7 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Ľudmila Cervanová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Émilie Loit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Bettina Auer | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Bettina Auer | 0 | 2 | | 4 | Émilie Loit | 5 | $0^r$ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Adriana Gerši | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | Adriana Gerši | 6 | 6 | | | Adriana Gerši | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | Katalin Marosi | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Katalin Marosi | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | Adriana Gerši | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Lubomira Bacheva | 0 | 4 |
| | Samantha Reeves | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Lubomira Bacheva | 0 | 4 |
| | Miroslava Vavrinec | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | Miroslava Vavrinec | 6 | 5 | 4 | | Samantha Reeves | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Lubomira Bacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Bettina Resch | 4 | 1 | | 6 | Lubomira Bacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Lubomira Bacheva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | Katarína Studeníková | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Katarína Studeníková | 1 | 7 | 6 | Katarína Studeníková | 5 | $0^r$ | | | | |
| | | | | | Anna Földényi | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | Anna Földényi | 2 | 6 | 6 | Anna Földényi | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | Janette Husárová | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | Janette Husárová | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | Anna Földényi | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Mariam Ramon Climent | 1 | 4 |
| | Mariam Ramon Climent | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | Mariam Ramon Climent | 1 | 4 |
| | Anca Barna | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Anca Barna | 2 | 6 | | Mariam Ramon Climent | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | Tina Pisnik | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | Tina Pisnik | 7 | 6 | | Tina Pisnik | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | |
| 3 | Elena Wagner | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Åsa Carlsson | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lenka Němečková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lenka Němečková | 6 | 6 | | | Lenka Němečková | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| WC | Sybille Bammer | 6 | 1 | | | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | Lenka Němečková | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Marlene Weingärtner | 2 | 0 |
| | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Marlene Weingärtner | 2 | 0 |
| | Sandra Dopfer | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sandra Dopfer | 1 | 2 | | | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Marlene Weingärtner | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Petra Begerow | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Marlene Weingärtner | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Marlene Weingärtner | 0 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
