1999 du Maurier Open
# 1999 du Maurier Open

The 1999 Canadian Open (known as the du Maurier Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 2 through August 8, 1999, and the women's event at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 16 through August 23, 1999.

## WTA entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Monica Seles | 5 | 2 |
| FRA | Mary Pierce | 6 | 3 |
| CZE | Jana Novotná | 7 | 4 |
| ESP | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 10 | 5 |
| RSA | Amanda Coetzer | 9 | 6 |
| FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 12 | 7 |
| AUT | Barbara Schett | 16 | 9 |
| FRA | Sandrine Testud | 14 | 10 |
| ESP | Conchita Martínez | 18 | 12 |
| SUI | Patty Schnyder | 19 | 13 |
| ROU | Irina Spîrlea | 20 | 14 |
| RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 21 | 15 |
| USA | Chanda Rubin | 23 | 16 |
| USA | Amy Frazier | 24 | 17 |

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Martina Nejedly
* Sonya Jeyaseelan
* Renata Kolbovic

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Renata Kolbovic / Vanessa Webb
* Lori McNeil / Alexandra Stevenson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* María Vento
* Émilie Loit
* Elena Tatarkova
* Nicole Pratt
* Marlene Weingärtner
* Maureen Drake
* Fabiola Zuluaga
* Tatiana Panova
* Magdalena Grzybowska / Marie-Ève Pelletier
* Gala León García / María Sánchez Lorenzo

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Amélie Cocheteux
* Ángeles Montolio

## Finals

### Men's singles

Thomas Johansson defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3

* It was Thomas Johansson's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall. It was his 1st career Masters title.

### Women's singles

Martina Hingis defeated Monica Seles, 6–4, 6–4

* It was Martina Hingis' 6th title of the year, and her 25th overall. It was her 4th Tier I title of the year, and her 9th overall.

### Men's doubles

Jonas Björkman / Pat Rafter defeated Byron Black / Wayne Ferreira, 6–4, 6–3

### Women's doubles

Jana Novotná / Mary Pierce defeated Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

