1999 Serena Williams tennis season

The Serena Williams 1999 season was her breakthrough season, winning her first career title at the Open Gaz de France and winning her first slam at the US Open.

1999 Serena Williams tennis season
Full nameSerena Jameka Williams
Country United States
Calendar prize money$2,605,102
Singles
Season record41-7 (85.42%)
Calendar titles5
Year-end ranking4
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 16
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open3R
French Open3R
WimbledonA
US Open'W
Doubles
Season record29-4 (87.88%)
Calendar titles3
Year-end ranking10
Ranking change from previous yearIncrease 26
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF
French OpenW
WimbledonA
US OpenW
Mixed doubles
Season record5-1 (83.33%)
Calendar titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF
French OpenA
WimbledonA
US OpenA
Last updated on: April 2, 2013.

Year summary

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Early hard court season

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At the Australian Open, Williams lost in the third round to Sandrine Testud despite holding two match points.[1] After two losses in tight three-setters in Australia, at the hands of Testud in Melbourne and Steffi Graf in Sydney, Williams won her first professional singles title when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris, thus becoming the 13th unseeded player to win a Tier II or higher event since 1980.[2][3] With Venus also winning the IGA Superthrift Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, that day, the pair became the first sisters to win professional tournaments in the same week.[3][4]

In March of that year, at the Evert Cup in California, Williams won her first WTA 1000 event, defeating a 29-year-old Steffi Graf in the final,[5][6] thus ending Graf's completed finals winning streak at 20, which dated back to 1995.[3] Soon afterward at the Miami Masters, Williams had her 16-match winning streak ended by her sister in the first all-sister singles final in WTA history and the first all-sister women's final in 115 years, with the only other such final taking place at Wimbledon in 1884, when Maud Watson beat her older sister, Lilian, to become Wimbledon's first female champion.[3][7] This was the best winning streak that includes a player's first title since Steffi Graf's 23-match streak in 1986.[3] Williams then made her top-10 debut, at No. 9.[3]

Clay court season

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Williams lost in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open[8] and the German Open.[9] At the French Open, Williams lost in the third round to Mary Joe Fernández,[1] but in the doubles event, she and Venus did not drop a single set en route to the final, where they defeated the pair of Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova, who were the self-proclaimed "Spice Girls" of tennis, having dropped just a single set on their route to the Australian Open doubles title.[10] It was the first major title for the Williams sisters and would be their first step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles.[10]

Williams then missed Wimbledon because of injury. When she returned to the tour two months later, Williams made her Fed Cup debut. After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay and with Monica Seles unavailable, the USTA and U.S. captain Billie Jean King turned to her other rookie, 17-year-old Serena, to try to close out the tie.[11] Williams did just that, toppling Rita Grande, 6-1, 6-1, in 50 minutes, thus sending the U.S. back to the final for the first time since 1996.[11] In doing so at 17 years and nine months old, she became the sixth youngest player in US Fed Cup history to win a match.[11] The Williams sisters, who were traveling internationally without their parents for the first time in their careers, then teamed up to win the dead doubles rubber against Tathiana Garbin and Adriana Serra Zanetti, to cap a perfect debut.[11] She then won her third title at the JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles, beating Julie Halard-Decugis in the final. This moved her ranking back into the Top 10 at No. 9, tying her career high.[3]

Late hard court season

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At the US Open, Williams defeated Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters, Conchita Martínez, Monica Seles, and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in consecutive matches to reach the final,[5][12] where she faced the world No. 1, the 18-year-old Martina Hingis, who had defeated her sister in the semifinals and also in the 1997 US Open final.[13] She finished the job that her sister could not by beating Hingis 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to capture her first US Open title at age 17 in only her second year as a pro; she won despite making 57 unforced errors, 33 more than Hingis.[13] In doing so, she became the lowest seed to win the US Open in the Open era, the sixth American woman in the Open Era to win a Major, and only the second African-American woman, after Althea Gibson in 1958, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament.[3][13]

In the doubles event, the Williams sisters defeated Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles title. It was the second doubles major title for the Williams sisters, and their second step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles. Serena thus became the fifth woman in the Open Era to win both the singles and doubles event of a major,[3] while she and Venus became the first sisters to win a US Open doubles championship in 101 years, since Juliette and Kathleen Atkinson accomplished it in 1897 and 1898.[14] In total, the Williams girls earned $1.29 million for their two-week US Open travel, $915,000 of it reeled in by Serena.[14]

To complete her 1999 season, Williams teamed up with Venus to win a doubles match in the Fed Cup final to help Team USA win the 1999 Fed Cup title against Russia at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, Calif.[11] Williams ended the year ranked in a career-high world No. 4 in just her second full year on the main tour.[3]

All matches

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Singles matches

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Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score
Sydney International
Sydney, Australia
Tier II
Hard, outdoor
11–17 January 1999
56 1R   Inés Gorrochategui #208 Win 6–4, 6–2
57 2R   Steffi Graf #10 Loss 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
18–31 January 1999
58 1R   Raluca Sandu #99 Win 6–2, 6–3
59 2R   Magüi Serna #22 Win 6–1, 6–3
60 3R   Sandrine Testud #15 Loss 2–6, 6–2, 7–9
Open Gaz de France
Paris, France
Tier II
Hard, outdoor
22–28 February 1999
61 1R   Åsa Svensson #94 Win 6–1, 6–2
62 2R   Nathalie Tauziat #9 Win 6–1, 6–4
63 QF   Julie Halard-Decugis #21 Win 6–2, 6–3
64 SF   Nathalie Dechy #43 Win 6–1, 6–4
65 F   Amélie Mauresmo #18 Win 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Evert Cup
Indian Wells, USA
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
1–14 March 1999
66 1R   Jessica Steck #230 Win 6–1, 7–5
67 2R   Lindsay Davenport #2 Win 6–4, 6–2
68 3R   Cara Black #36 Win 6–0, 7–5
69 QF   Mary Pierce #8 Win 7–5, 7–6(7–1)
70 SF   Sandrine Testud #14 Win 7–5, 6–0
71 F   Steffi Graf #7 Win 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Lipton Championships
Miami, USA
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
15–28 March 1999
- 1R Bye
72 2R   Alicia Molik #107 Win 6–2, 6–3
73 3R   Magüi Serna #25 Win 6–3, 6–2
74 4R   Monica Seles #3 Win 6–2, 6–3
75 QF   Amanda Coetzer #9 Win 6–4, 6–0
76 SF   Martina Hingis #1 Win 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
77 F   Venus Williams #6 Loss 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Italian Open
Rome, Italy
Tier I
Clay, outdoor
3–9 May 1999
- 1R Bye
78 2R   Tatiana Panova #71 Win 6–4, 6–1
79 3R   Irina Spîrlea #17 Win 6–2, 6–3
80 QF   Martina Hingis #1 Loss 2–6, 2–6
German Open
Berlin, Germany
Tier I
Clay, outdoor
10–16 May 1999
- 1R Bye
81 2R   Jennifer Capriati #115 Win 7–6(7–3), 6–3
82 3R   Lisa Raymond #38 Win 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
83 QF   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario #7 Loss 3–6, 2–3 Ret
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay, outdoor
25 May – 7 June 1999
84 1R   Laurence Courtois #99 Win 6–0, 6–4
85 2R   Mariana Díaz Oliva #94 Win 6–3, 6–4
86 3R   Mary Joe Fernández #37 Loss 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Fed Cup WG: USA vs. Italy
Ancona, Italy
Team Event
Clay
July 19–25, 1999
87   Rita Grande NR Win 6–1, 6–1
Acura Classic
Los Angeles, USA
Tier II
Hard
9–15 August 1999
88 1R   Elena Likhovtseva #21 Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
89 2R   Patty Schnyder #19 Win 6–3, 6–1
90 QF   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario #8 Win 6–2, 6–3
91 SF   Martina Hingis #1 Win 6–3, 7–5
92 F   Julie Halard-Decugis #16 Win 6–1, 6–4
US Open
New York City, USA
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
30 August – 12 September 1999
93 1R   Kimberly Po #80 Win 6–1, 6–0
94 2R   Jelena Kostanić #128 Win 6–4, 6–2
95 3R   Kim Clijsters #98 Win 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
96 4R   Conchita Martínez #16 Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
97 QF   Monica Seles #4 Win 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
98 SF   Lindsay Davenport #2 Win 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
99 F   Martina Hingis #1 Win 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Grand Slam Cup
Munich, Germany
Exhibition
Carpet,indoor
27 September – 3 October 1999
100 QF   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario #15 Win 6–3, 6–1
101 SF   Lindsay Davenport #2 Win 6–3, 6–4
102 F   Venus Williams #15 Win 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Filderstadt, Germany
Tier II
Hard, outdoor
4–10 October 1999
- 1R Bye
103 2R   Sandrine Testud #13 Loss 6–3, 4–6, 5–7

Doubles matches

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Tournament Match Round Partner Opponents Rank Result Score
Sydney International
Sydney, Australia
Tier II
Hard, outdoor
11–17 January 1999
28 1R   Venus Williams   Amanda Coetzer
  Natasha Zvereva
#25
#1
Win 7–5, 7–5
29 QF   Venus Williams   Inés Gorrochategui
  Conchita Martínez
#99
#16
Win 6–4, 6–1
30 SF   Venus Williams   Mary Joe Fernández
  Anke Huber
#78
#70
Loss 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 5–7
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
18–31 January 1999
31 1R   Venus Williams   Catherine Barclay-Reitz
  Kerry-Anne Guse
#44
#29
Win 6–4, 6–1
32 2R   Venus Williams   Christina Singer
  Helena Vildová
#114
#86
Win 6–3, 6–1
33 3R   Venus Williams   Mariaan de Swardt
  Elena Tatarkova
#16
#21
Win 7–6(7–3), 6–2
34 QF   Venus Williams   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  Larisa Neiland
#12
#10
Win 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
35 SF   Venus Williams   Lindsay Davenport
  Natasha Zvereva
#4
#1
Loss 6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Faber Grand Prix
Hanover, Germany
Tier II
Hard, indoorS
15–22 February 1999
36 1R   Venus Williams   Elena Wagner
  Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
#89
#59
Win 6–1, 6–1
37 QF   Venus Williams   Manon Bollegraf
  Caroline Vis
#19
#14
Win 6–1, 6–4
38 SF   Venus Williams   Elena Likhovtseva
  Ai Sugiyama
#11
#15
Win 6–2, 7–6(10–8)
39 F   Venus Williams   Alexandra Fusai
  Nathalie Tauziat
#9
#8
Win 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Evert Cup
Indian Wells, USA
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
1–14 March 1999
40 1R   Venus Williams   Katrina Adams
  Debbie Graham
#33
#34
Win 6–0, 6–1
41 2R   Venus Williams   Silvia Farina Elia
  Linda Wild
#22
#196
Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
42 QF   Venus Williams   Lindsay Davenport
  Natasha Zvereva
#4
#1
Win 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
43 SF   Venus Williams   Mary Joe Fernández
  Jana Novotná
#50
#3
Loss 3–6, 4–6
Lipton Championships
Miami, USA
Tier I
Hard, outdoor
15–28 March 1999
1R Bye
44 2R   Venus Williams   Debbie Graham
  Rita Grande
#35
#102
Win 6–4, 7–5
3R   Venus Williams   Silvia Farina Elia
  Karina Habšudová
#33
#37
Withdrew N/A
French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay, outdoor
24 May – 6 June 1999
45 1R   Venus Williams   Amanda Coetzer
  Inés Gorrochategui
#41
#78
Win 6–2, 6–3
46 2R   Venus Williams   Amy Frazier
  Katie Schlukebir
#72
#56
Win 6–3, 6–2
47 3R   Venus Williams   Vanessa Menga
  Elena Wagner
#112
#99
Win 6–1, 6–3
48 QF   Venus Williams   Els Callens
  Rita Grande
#33
#88
Win 6–0, 7–5
49 SF   Venus Williams   Lindsay Davenport
  Mary Pierce
#4
#53
Win 6–4, 6–1
50 F   Venus Williams   Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
#2
#5
Win 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
Fed Cup WG: USA vs. Italy
Ancona, Italy
Team Event
Clay
July 19–25, 1999
51   Venus Williams   Tathiana Garbin
  Adriana Serra Zanetti
#187
#207
Win 6–2, 6–2
TIG Tennis Classic
San Diego, USA
Tier II
Hard
2–8 August 1999
52 1R   Venus Williams   Tina Križan
  Katarina Srebotnik
#52
#33
Win 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
53 QF   Venus Williams   Cara Black
  Cătălina Cristea
#28
#60
Win 6–2, 6–3
54 SF   Venus Williams   Elena Likhovtseva
  Ai Sugiyama
#7
#12
Win 6–2, 6–0
55 F   Venus Williams   Lindsay Davenport
  Corina Morariu
#3
#17
Loss 4–6, 1–6
US Open
New York City, USA
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
30 August – 12 September 1999
56 1R   Venus Williams   Miho Saeki
  Yuka Yoshida
#57
#56
Win 6–2, 6–3
57 2R   Venus Williams   Amanda Coetzer
  Inés Gorrochategui
#38
#67
Win 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
58 3R   Venus Williams   Linda Wild
  Nana Smith
#69
#72
Win 6–4, 6–1
59 QF   Venus Williams   Mary Joe Fernández
  Monica Seles
#23
#24
Win 6–3, 6–3
60 SF   Venus Williams   Mary Pierce
  Barbara Schett
#22
#32
Win 7–6(7–2), 6–3
61 F   Venus Williams   Chanda Rubin
  Sandrine Testud
#51
#68
Win 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Fed Cup WG: USA vs. Russia
Stanford
Team Event
Clay
September 13–19, 1999
62   Venus Williams   Elena Dementieva
  Elena Makarova
#NA
#330
Win 6–2, 6–1

Mixed doubles matches

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Tournament Match Round Partner Opponents Rank Result Score
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Hard, outdoor
18–30 January 1999
18 1R   Max Mirnyi   Rennae Stubbs
  Jim Grabb
#5
#18
Win 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
19 2R   Max Mirnyi   Elena Likhovtseva
  Jeff Tarango
#9
#53
Win 6–4, 6–4
20 QF   Max Mirnyi   Els Callens
  Chris Haggard
#45
#47
Win 6–3, 6–4
21 SF   Max Mirnyi   Manon Bollegraf
  Pablo Albano
#18
#51
Win 6–4, 6–4
22 F   Max Mirnyi   Mariaan de Swardt
  David Adams
#16
#34
Loss 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)

Tournament schedule

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Singles schedule

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Williams' 1999 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date Championship Location Category Surface Points Outcome
11 January 1999–
17 January 1999
Sydney International Sydney (AUS) WTA Tier II Hard 26 Second Round
lost to Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
18 January 1999–
31 January 1999
Australian Openl Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam Hard 44 Third Round
lost to Sandrine Testud 2–6, 6–2, 7–9
22 February 1999–
28 February 1999
Open Gaz de France Paris (FRA) WTA Tier II Hard 200 Winner
defeated Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
1 March 1999–
14 March 1999
Evert Cup Indian Wells (USA) WTA Tier I Hard 260 Winner
defeated Steffi Graf 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
15 March 1999–
28 March 1999
Lipton Championships Miami (USA) WTA Tier I Hard 182 Final
lost to Venus Williams 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
3 May 1999–
9 May 1999
Italian Open Rome (ITA) WTA Tier I Clay 65 Quarterfinals
lost to Martina Hingis 2–6, 2–6
10 May 1999–
16 May 1999
German Open Berlin (GER) WTA Tier I Clay 65 Quarterfinals
lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 2–3 Ret
24 May 1999–
6 June 1999
French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam Clay 44 Third Round
lost to Mary Joe Fernández 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
19 July 1999–
25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group:
Italy vs. United States
Ancona (ITA) Fed Cup Clay   United States def.   Italy, 4–1
United States Advanced to Fed Cup Final
9 August 1999–
15 August 1999
Acura Classic Los Angeles (USA) WTA Tier II Hard 200 Winner
defeated Julie Halard-Decugis 6–1, 6–4
30 August 1999–
12 September 1999
US Open New York City (USA) Grand Slam Hard 520 Winner
defeated Martina Hingis 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
27 September 1999–
3 October 1999
Grand Slam Cup Munich (GER) Exhibition Carpet (i) Winner
defeated Venus Williams 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
4 October 1999–
10 October 1999
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt (GER) WTA Tier II Hard 1 Second Round
lost to Sandrine Testud 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
1999 Total year-end points 1607

Doubles schedule

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Williams' 1999 doubles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date Championship Location Category Partner Surface Points Outcome
11 January 1999–
17 January 1999
Sydney International Sydney (AUS) WTA Tier II   Venus Williams Hard 90 Semifinals
lost to Fernández/Huber 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 5–7
18 January 1999–
31 January 1999
Australian Openl Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam   Venus Williams Hard 234 Semifinals
lost to Davenport/Zvereva 6–1, 4–6, 4–6
15 February 1999–
21 February 1999
Faber Grand Prix Hanover (GER) WTA Tier II   Venus Williams Hard (i) 200 Winner
defeated Fusai/Tauziat 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1 March 1999–
14 March 1999
Evert Cup Indian Wells (USA) WTA Tier I   Venus Williams Hard 117 Semifinals
lost to Fernández/Novotná 3–6, 4–6
15 March 1999–
28 March 1999
Lipton Championships Miami (USA) WTA Tier I   Venus Williams Hard 36 Third Round
Withdrew against Elia/Habšudová
24 May 1999–
6 June 1999
French Open Paris (FRA) Grand Slam   Venus Williams Clay 520 Winner
defeated Hingis/Kournikova 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
19 July 1999–
25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group:
Italy vs. United States
Ancona (ITA) Fed Cup   Venus Williams Clay   United States def.   Italy, 4–1
United States Advanced to Fed Cup Final
2 August 1999–
8 August 1999
TIG Tennis Classic San Diego (USA) WTA Tier II   Venus Williams Hard 140 Final
lost to Davenport/Morariu 4–6, 1–6
30 August 1999–
12 September 1999
US Open New York City (USA) Grand Slam   Venus Williams Hard 520 Winner
defeated Rubin/Testud 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
19 July 1999–
25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group:
United States vs. Russia
Stanford (USA) Fed Cup   Venus Williams Clay   United States def.   Russia, 4–1
United States Wins Fed Cup Title
1999 Total year-end points 2117

Mixed doubles schedule

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Williams' 1999 doubles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date Championship Location Category Partner Surface Outcome
18 January 1999-
30 January 1999
Australian Open Melbourne (AUS) Grand Slam   Max Mirnyi Hard Final
lost to de Swardt/  Adams 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)

Yearly records

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Head-to-head matchups

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Finals

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Singles: 6 (5–1)

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Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
Grand Slam Cup (1–0)
Tier I (1–1)
Tier II (2–0)
Finals by Surface
Hard (4–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Outdoors (4–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. February 28, 1999 Paris, France (1) Carpet   Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2. March 14, 1999 Indian Wells, US (1) Hard   Steffi Graf 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up 1. March 29, 1999 Miami, US (1) Hard   Venus Williams 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner 3. August 15, 1999 Los Angeles, US (1) Hard   Julie Halard-Decugis 6–1, 6–4
Winner 4. September 12, 1999 US Open, New York City, US (1) Hard   Martina Hingis 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 5. October 3, 1999 Grand Slam Cup, Germany (1) Hard   Venus Williams 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (2–0)
Tier II (1–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 3. February 15, 1999 Hanover, Germany (1) Carpet   Venus Williams   Alexandra Fusai
  Nathalie Tauziat
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. May 24, 1999 French Open, Paris, France (1) Clay   Venus Williams   Martina Hingis
  Anna Kournikova
6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
Runner-up 1. August 8, 1999 San Diego, US (1) Hard   Venus Williams   Lindsay Davenport
  Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–1
Winner 5. August 30, 1999 US Open, New York City, US (1) Hard   Venus Williams   Chanda Rubin
  Sandrine Testud
4–6, 6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles: (0-1)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 2. September 12, 1999 Australian Open Hard   Max Mirnyi   David Adams
  Mariaan de Swardt
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)

Earnings

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# Event Prize money Year-to-date
1 Sydney International $5,450 $5,450
Sydney International (doubles) $3,100 $8,550
2 Australian Open $14,575 $23,125
Australian Open (doubles) $18,934 $42,059
3 Faber Grand Prix (doubles) $12,750 $54,809
4 Open Gaz de France $80,000 $134,809
5 Evert Cup $215,000 $349,809
Evert Cup (doubles) $8,850 $358,659
6 Lipton Championships $132,000 $490,659
Lipton Championships (doubles) $3,138 $493,797
7 Italian Open $16,000 $509,797
8 German Open $16,000 $525,797
9 French Open $20,990 $546,787
French Open (doubles) $99,268 $646,055
10 Acura Classic $80,000 $726,055
11 TIG Tennis Classic (doubles) $6,500 $732,555
12 US Open $750,000 $1,482,555
US Open (doubles) $165,000 $1,647,555
13 Grand Slam Cup $900,000 $2,547,555
14 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix $3,700 $2,551,255
Bonus Pool $27,593 $2,605,102
$2,605,102

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

See also

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References

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