1999 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles
# 1999 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles

The 1999 Generali Ladies Linz doubles was the tennis doubles event of the thirteenth edition of the most prestigious tournament in Austria. Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat were the two-time defending champions, but they were defeated in the semifinals by Tina Križan and Larisa Neiland.

Irina Spîrlea and Caroline Vis won in the final, defeating Križan and Neiland in straight sets to win their third doubles tournament as a team in the year.

## Seeds

* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (semifinals)
* Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (champions)
* Tina Križan / Larisa Neiland (final)

## 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 round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Schett B Schwartz | 4 | 2 | 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson É Loit | 7 | 6 | | Å Carlsson É Loit | 6 | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Cristea R Dragomir | 5 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Kostanić C Schneider | 4 | 3 | 3 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Hopmans S Talaja | 6 | 6 | Q | A Hopmans S Talaja | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cocheteux K Marosi | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 6 |
| | B Rittner P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | T Križan L Neiland | 4 | 3 |
| | C Black J Dokic | 4 | 2 | | B Rittner P Schnyder | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Farina Elia K Habšudová | | | 4 | T Križan L Neiland | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Križan L Neiland | w/o | | | | | | | 4 | T Križan L Neiland | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Němečková R Zrubáková | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| | M Oremans A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | M Oremans A-G Sidot | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Plischke P Wartusch | 4 | 2 | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Svetlana Krivencheva / Sandra Naćuk (first round)
* Amanda Hopmans / Silvija Talaja (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Amanda Hopmans / Silvija Talaja

## 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 round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svetlana Krivencheva Sandra Naćuk | 4 | | | |
| | Anastasia Myskina Sarah Pitkowski | 8 | | | |
| | Anastasia Myskina Sarah Pitkowski | 8 | | Anastasia Myskina Sarah Pitkowski | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Amanda Hopmans Silvija Talaja | 9 |
| WC | Evelyn Fauth Marion Maruska | 7 | 2 | Amanda Hopmans Silvija Talaja | 9 |
| 2 | Amanda Hopmans Silvija Talaja | 9 | | | |
