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

The 1999 Italian Open was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor clay courts.

## Players

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | Laura Golarsa | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | 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 | | | | | | |
