1999 Australian Open

1999 Australian Open
Date	18–31 January
Edition	87th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Hardcourt (Rebound Ace)
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Park
Champions
Men's Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Women's Singles
Martina Hingis
Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova
Mixed Doubles
Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams
Boys' Singles
Kristian Pless
Girls' Singles
Virginie Razzano
Boys' Doubles
Jürgen Melzer / Kristian Pless
Girls' Doubles
Eleni Daniilidou / Virginie Razzano
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Singles players

Champion	Runner-up
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (10)	Thomas Enqvist
Semifinals out
Tommy Haas	Nicolás Lapentti
Quarterfinals out
Todd Martin (15)	Vincent Spadea	Marc Rosset	Karol Kučera (7)
4th Round out
Wayne Black	Andrei Pavel	Fabrice Santoro	Andre Agassi (5)
Bohdan Ulihrach	Mark Philippoussis (14)	Wayne Ferreira	Andrew Ilie
3rd Round out
Gianluca Pozzi	Petr Korda	Jim Courier	Paul Goldstein
Nicolas Kiefer	Daniel Nestor	Martin Damm	Jiří Novák
Tim Henman (6)	Jeff Tarango	Ján Krošlák	Patrick Rafter (3)
Marat Safin	Richard Krajicek (9)	Mikael Tillström	Christian Ruud
2nd Round out
Lionel Roux	Andrei Medvedev	Julian Alonso	Hendrik Dreekmann
Jason Stoltenberg	Younes El Aynaoui	Stéphane Huet	Greg Rusedski (8)
Cecil Mamiit	Guillaume Raoux	Sjeng Schalken	Lleyton Hewitt
Sargis Sargsian	Franco Squillari	Arnaud Clément	Slava Doseděl
Sandon Stolle	Jens Knippschild	Paul Haarhuis	Andrei Cherkasov
Michael Chang	Mariano Puerta	Byron Black	Mark Woodforde
Davide Sanguinetti	Gustavo Kuerten	Daniel Vacek	Mariano Zabaleta
Magnus Norman	Justin Gimelstob	Jérôme Golmard	Àlex Corretja (2)
1st Round out
Óscar Serrano	Albert Portas	Adrian Voinea	Justin Bower
Galo Blanco	Sébastien Lareau	Carlos Costa	Fernando Meligeni
Jonas Björkman	Fredrik Jonsson	Peter Wessels	Félix Mantilla
Arnaud Di Pasquale	Javier Sánchez	Kenneth Carlsen	Scott Draper
Carlos Moyà (4)	Stefan Koubek	Alberto Martín	David Caldwell
Vladimir Voltchkov	Thomas Muster	Michael Kohlmann	Cédric Pioline (13)
Albert Costa (12)	Jan Siemerink	Ramón Delgado	Lars Burgsmüller
Steve Campbell	Francisco Clavet	Dinu Pescariu	Hernán Gumy
Karim Alami	Guillermo Cañas	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs
Michael Tebbutt	Alberto Berasategui	Sébastien Grosjean	Bernd Karbacher
Geoff Grant	Brett Steven	Juan Antonio Marín	Marcio Carlsson
Toby Mitchell	Jan-Michael Gambill	Mark Draper	Oliver Gross
Fernando Vicente	Leander Paes	David Prinosil	Marcos Ondruska
Markus Hipfl	Dominik Hrbatý	Joseph Sirianni	Hicham Arazi
Thomas Johansson (16)	John van Lottum	Laurence Tieleman	Rainer Schüttler
Edwin Kempes	Petr Luxa	Lucas Arnold Ker	Takao Suzuki

Champion	Runner-up
Martina Hingis (2)	Amélie Mauresmo
Semifinals out
Lindsay Davenport (1)	Monica Seles (6)
Quarterfinals out
Venus Williams (5)	Dominique Van Roost (11)	Steffi Graf (10)	Mary Pierce (7)
4th Round out
Maureen Drake	Chanda Rubin	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Émilie Loit
Sandrine Testud (14)	Barbara Schett	Anna Kournikova (12)	Amanda Coetzer (16)
3rd Round out
Karina Habšudová	Sylvia Plischke	Natasha Zvereva (15)	Ruxandra Dragomir
Jana Novotná (3)	Jana Nejedly	Conchita Martínez (9)	Nicole Pratt
Sabine Appelmans	Serena Williams	Mary Joe Fernández	Elena Likhovtseva
Rita Grande	Andrea Glass	Janet Lee	Jelena Dokić
2nd Round out
Florencia Labat	Lea Ghirardi	Rachel McQuillan	Anke Huber
Meilen Tu	Elena Pampoulova	Jane Chi	Åsa Carlsson
Henrieta Nagyová	Jennifer Capriati	Cătălina Cristea	Seda Noorlander
Brie Rippner	Anna Smashnova	Samantha Smith	Patty Schnyder (8)
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret	Adriana Serra Zanetti	Magüi Serna	Els Callens
Barbara Schwartz	Amy Frazier	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (4)
Anne Kremer	Li Fang	Tatiana Panova	Miho Saeki
Julie Halard-Decugis	Samantha Reeves	Kristina Brandi	Elena Dementieva
1st Round out
Gala León García	Nany Basuki	Park Sung-hee	Lisa Raymond
Laurence Courtois	Yuka Yoshida	Květa Hrdličková	Irina Spîrlea (13)
Katarína Studeníková	Kimberly Po	Marlene Weingärtner	Christine Papadáki
Karin Miller	Annabel Ellwood	Cristina Torrens Valero	Silvija Talaja
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Kristie Boogert	Evie Dominikovic	Sandra Cacic
Cara Black	Pavlina Stoyanova	Miriam Oremans	Nadia Petrova
Adriana Gerši	Nathalie Dechy	Elena Tatarkova	Mirjana Lučić
Maria-Alejandra Vento	Larisa Neiland	Corina Morariu	Erika deLone
Tina Križan	Denisa Chládková	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Conchita Martínez Granados
Sarah Pitkowski	Raluca Sandu	Wang Shi-ting	Tara Snyder
Paola Suárez	Meghann Shaughnessy	Laura Golarsa	Ai Sugiyama
Radka Bobková	Nana Miyagi	Jana Kandarr	Mariaan de Swardt
Cindy Watson	Catherine Barclay	Rita Kuti-Kis	Tathiana Garbin
Silvia Farina	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Sonya Jeyaseelan	Jill Craybas
Sandra Kleinová	Alicia Molik	Lenka Němečková	Flora Perfetti
Elena Makarova	Amélie Cocheteux	Gloria Pizzichini	Lilia Osterloh

Singles seeds

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	New points	Status
2	3	Àlex Corretja	3550			3530	Second round lost to Christian Ruud
3	4	Patrick Rafter	3269			3264	Third round lost to Thomas Enqvist
4	5	Carlos Moyà	3178			3178	First round lost to Nicolas Kiefer
5	6	Andre Agassi	2879			2845	Fourth round lost to Vincent Spadea
6	7	Tim Henman	2608			2608	Third round lost to Marc Rosset
7	11	Karol Kučera	2498			2261	Quarterfinals lost to Nicolás Lapentti
8	8	Greg Rusedski	2568			2568	Second round lost to Paul Goldstein (Q)
9	9	Richard Krajicek	2548			2575	Third round lost to Wayne Ferreira
10	10	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	2515			3419	Champion, won in the final against Thomas Enqvist
12	14	Albert Costa	1817			1817	First round lost to Martin Damm
13	15	Cédric Pioline	1800			1678	First round lost to Lleyton Hewitt (WC)
14	16	Mark Philippoussis	1762			1898	Fourth round lost to Thomas Enqvist
15	13	Todd Martin	1944			2152	Quarterfinals lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov [10]
16	17	Thomas Johansson	1761			1761	First round lost to Nicolás Lapentti

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	New points	Reason
1	Pete Sampras	3,915	171	3,744	Back injury
2	Marcelo Ríos	3,564	595	2,969	Hamstring injury
12	Goran Ivanišević	2,082	0	2,082	Shoulder injury

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	New points	Status
1	1	Lindsay Davenport	5,951	396	380	5,935	Semifinals lost to Amélie Mauresmo
2	2	Martina Hingis	5,565	846	828	5,547	Champion, defeated Amélie Mauresmo
3	3	Jana Novotná	3,734	0	90	3,823	Third round lost to María Sánchez Lorenzo
4	5	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3,221	200	46	3,067	Second round lost to Barbara Schett
5	6	Venus Williams	3,034	216	196	3,014	Quarterfinals lost to Lindsay Davenport [1]
6	4	Monica Seles	3,226	0	430	3,656	Semifinals lost to Martina Hingis [2]
7	7	Mary Pierce	2,558	208	232	2,582	Quarterfinals lost to Martina Hingis [2]
8	9	Patty Schnyder	2,369	142	30	2,257	Second round lost to Amélie Mauresmo
9	10	Conchita Martínez	2,325	644	68	1,749	Third round lost to Émilie Loit
10	8	Steffi Graf	2,447	0	204	2,651	Quarterfinals lost to Monica Seles [6]
11	12	Dominique Van Roost	2,086	56	166	2,196	Quarterfinals lost to Amélie Mauresmo
12	13	Anna Kournikova	1,971	76	100	1,995	Fourth round lost to Mary Pierce [7]
13	14	Irina Spîrlea	1,926	2	2	1,926	First round lost to Anke Huber
14	15	Sandrine Testud	1,885	190	140	1,835	Fourth round lost to Monica Seles [6]
15	17	Natasha Zvereva	1,658	110	56	1,604	Third round lost to Chanda Rubin
16	16	Amanda Coetzer	1,786	134	126	1,778	Fourth round lost to Martina Hingis [2]

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	New points	Reason
11	Nathalie Tauziat	2,195	0	2,195

Men's Singles Wildcard entries Wayne Arthurs Mark Draper Lleyton Hewitt Toby Mitchell Joseph Sirianni Sandon Stolle Takao Suzuki Michael Tebbutt

Women's Singles Wildcard entries Catherine Barclay Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic Annabel Ellwood Rachel McQuillan Alicia Molik Park Sung-hee Cindy Watson

Men's Doubles Wildcard entries Grant Doyle / Ben Ellwood Scott Draper / Lleyton Hewitt Paul Hanley / Nathan Healey Toby Mitchell / Andrew Painter Dejan Petrovic / Grant Silcock

Women's Doubles Wildcard entries Åsa Carlsson / Jelena Dokić Evie Dominikovic / Cindy Watson Amanda Grahame / Bryanne Stewart Meilen Tu / Marlene Weingärtner

Mixed Doubles Wildcard entries

Men's Singles Main article: 1999 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying Rainer Schüttler Vladimir Voltchkov Paul Goldstein Justin Bower Edwin Kempes Javier Sánchez Lars Burgsmüller Stéphane Huet Cecil Mamiit Fredrik Jonsson Márcio Carlsson Andrei Cherkasov Marcos Ondruska Markus Hipfl David Caldwell Petr Luxa Lucky Losers Bernd Karbacher Óscar Serrano

Women's Singles Main article: 1999 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying Nadia Petrova Jill Craybas Maureen Drake Lenka Němečková Erika deLone Tina Križan Sandra Kleinová Elena Dementieva

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	4R	3R	2R	1R
Singles	Men	A$722,000	A$361,000	A$180,000	A$92,500	A$49,500	A$28,250	A$17,250	A$11,125
Women	A$679,000	A$339,500	A$169,000	A$87,000	A$46,500	A$26,750	A$16,250	A$10,400