1999 Italian Open – Women's singles
# 1999 Italian Open – Women's singles

Venus Williams defeated Mary Pierce in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 Italian Open.

Martina Hingis was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Williams in a rematch of the previous year's final.

## Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.

* Martina Hingis (semifinals)
* Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (third round)
* Venus Williams (champion)
* Mary Pierce (final)
* Patty Schnyder (third round)
* Serena Williams (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (third round)
* Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Anna Kournikova (third round)
* Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)
* Dominique Van Roost (quarterfinals)
* Amanda Coetzer (second round)
* Irina Spîrlea (third round)
* Natasha Zvereva (first round)
* Conchita Martínez (third round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (first 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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Martina Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Serena Williams | 2 | 2 | 1 | Martina Hingis | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | Venus Williams | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Venus Williams | $7^7$ | 6 | 3 | Venus Williams | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| 11 | Dominique Van Roost | $6^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Dominique Van Roost | $6^1$ | 2 | | | | | | 3 | Venus Williams | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Mary Pierce | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Sandrine Testud | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Mary Pierce | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Mary Pierce | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mary Pierce | 6 | 7 | 4 | Mary Pierce | $6^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | Amélie Mauresmo | $7^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| 10 | Amélie Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | 10 | Amélie Mauresmo | $7^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | Sylvia Plischke | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half

**Section 1**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy | 6 | 6 | | N Dechy | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Oremans | 2 | 2 | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | F Schiavone | 4 | 3 | | | | | | C Morariu | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 | | R Dragomir | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | E Likhovtseva | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Williams | 2 | 2 |
| | C Black | 3 | 0 | 13 | I Spîrlea | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Papadáki | $7^7$ | 6 | Q | C Papadáki | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Tatarkova | $6^4$ | 3 | | | | | 13 | I Spîrlea | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Dechaume-Balleret | 0 | 5 | | | | | 6 | S Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | T Panova | 6 | 7 | LL | T Panova | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | S Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

**Section 2**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 3 | V Williams | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | G León García | 6 | 6 | | | G León García | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | K Habšudová | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | M Vento | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 9 | A Kournikova | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | M Serna | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | $7^7$ | 3 | $0^r$ | 9 | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Kournikova | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | V Williams | $7^7$ | 6 |
| 11 | D Van Roost | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | D Van Roost | $6^1$ | 2 |
| | N Arendt | 1 | 0 | | 11 | D Van Roost | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 5 | 4 | | Q | S Appelmans | 4 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Appelmans | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | D Van Roost | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | M Weingärtner | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | 7 | N Tauziat | 4 | $6^2$ | | | | |
| WC | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Garbin | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

**Section 3**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | | 8 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kremer | 2 | 6 | 1 | | A-G Sidot | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 8 | S Testud | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | A Smashnova | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | T Snyder | 2 | 6 | 3 | | T Snyder | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | A Smashnova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | N Zvereva | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | S Testud | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 6 | 7 |
| | S Farina | 4 | 1 | | 15 | C Martínez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | S Pitkowski | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 15 | C Martínez | 6 | 0 | $6^2$ | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 2 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | K Hrdličková | 6 | 7 | | | K Hrdličková | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

**Section 4**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 5 | P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ad Serra Zanetti | 7 | 7 | WC | Ad Serra Zanetti | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M de Swardt | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 5 | P Schnyder | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | E Dementieva | 7 | 7 | | | | | | 10 | A Mauresmo | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | An Serra Zanetti | 5 | 5 | Q | E Dementieva | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Drake | 2 | 1 | 10 | A Mauresmo | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | A Coetzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | S Plischke | 2 | 3 |
| Q | G Di Natale | 3 | 0 | 12 | A Coetzer | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Lubiani | 2 | 3 | | S Plischke | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Plischke | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Plischke | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | S Cacic | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | K Brandi | 6 | 6 | | K Brandi | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* n.a.
* Tatiana Panova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* n.a.
* María Vento (qualifier)
* Christína Papadáki (qualifier)
* Seda Noorlander (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Miho Saeki (first round)
* Sabine Appelmans (qualifier)
* Laura Golarsa (qualifying competition)
* Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Germana Di Natale
* Sabine Appelmans
* María Vento
* Francesca Schiavone
* Sandra Cacic
* Elena Dementieva
* Christína Papadáki
* Antonella Serra Zanetti

### Lucky losers

* Tatiana Panova

## 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 | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Laura Golarsa | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | 9 | Laura Golarsa | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 6 |
| | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 7 | | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 6 |
| | Elena Makarova | 2 | 5 | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WC | Maria Elena Camerin | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Larissa Schaerer | $6^6$ | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Larissa Schaerer | $6^6$ | 6 | 2 | WC | Maria Elena Camerin | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 6 |
| | Vanessa Menga | 2 | 5 | | 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | María Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Marijana Kovačević | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| | Marijana Kovačević | 0 | 2 | 4 | María Vento | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | Nadia Petrova | 2 | 5 |
| | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | Nadia Petrova | 2 | 5 |
| | Lea Ghirardi | 3 | 0 | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| WC | Francesca Schiavone | | | | | | | |
| WC | Francesca Schiavone | | | | WC | Francesca Schiavone | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 6 | Seda Noorlander | 3 | 5 |
| | Barbara Mulej | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Seda Noorlander | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Seda Noorlander | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |

### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Miho Saeki | 6 | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |
| | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 7 | $7^7$ | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 6 | | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | Liezel Horn | 2 | 1 | | | | | |

### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WC | Roberta Vinci | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | WC | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| | Elena Dementieva | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | $6^3$ | 2 | | | | | |

### Seventh qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Christína Papadáki | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Florencia Labat | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Florencia Labat | 5 | 1 | | 5 | Christína Papadáki | 6 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | | | Jill Craybas | 4 | $6^4$ |
| | Jana Kandarr | 6 | 4 | 3 | | Jill Craybas | 4 | $6^4$ |
| | Jill Craybas | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Eighth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 2 | 3 | | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ |
| | | | | | 2 | Tatiana Panova | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
| | Samantha Reeves | 2 | 5 | | 2 | Tatiana Panova | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
| 2 | Tatiana Panova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
