Women's singles Champion Venus Williams Runner-up Mary Pierce Final score 6–4, 6–2 Draw 56 Seeds 16
1999 tennis event results
The 1999 Italian Open singles was the singles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome , Italy , the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe . It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams .
Williams won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Mary Pierce .
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
Finals [ ]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
1
Martina Hingis
6
6
6
Serena Williams
2
2
1
Martina Hingis
4
6
4
3
Venus Williams
6
1
6
3
Venus Williams
77
6
11
Dominique Van Roost
61
2
3
Venus Williams
6
6
4
Mary Pierce
4
2
8
Sandrine Testud
4
5
4
Mary Pierce
6
7
4
Mary Pierce
61
6
6
10
Amélie Mauresmo
77
2
4
10
Amélie Mauresmo
6
6
Sylvia Plischke
2
3
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
Section 2 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
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
77
3
0r
9
A Kournikova
6
6
9
A Kournikova
64
6
3
3
V Williams
77
6
11
D Van Roost
6
6
11
D Van Roost
61
2
N Arendt
1
0
11
D Van Roost
6
62
6
A Sugiyama
5
4
Q
S Appelmans
4
77
3
Q
S Appelmans
7
6
11
D Van Roost
6
77
M Weingärtner
1
4
7
N Tauziat
4
62
WC
T Garbin
6
6
WC
T Garbin
4
2
7
N Tauziat
6
6
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
Qualifying [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Qualifiers [ ]
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
First qualifier [ ]
Second qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
WC
Maria Elena Camerin
78
3
6
Larissa Schaerer
66
6
2
WC
Maria Elena Camerin
2
2
8
Sabine Appelmans
6
6
Vanessa Menga
2
5
8
Sabine Appelmans
6
7
Third qualifier [ ]
Fourth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
Bye
WC
Francesca Schiavone
WC
Francesca Schiavone
6
7
6
Seda Noorlander
3
5
Barbara Mulej
0
6
1
6
Seda Noorlander
6
4
6
Fifth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
7
Miho Saeki
6
5
64
Sandra Cacic
2
7
77
Sandra Cacic
2
6
6
Flora Perfetti
6
3
4
Flora Perfetti
6
6
Liezel Horn
2
1
Sixth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
WC
Roberta Vinci
Bye
WC
Roberta Vinci
2
6
2
Elena Dementieva
6
4
6
Elena Dementieva
3
77
6
10
Sonya Jeyaseelan
6
63
2
Seventh qualifier [ ]
Eighth qualifier [ ]
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