1999 Estoril Open
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The 1999 Estoril Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Estoril Court Central
in the Oeiras Municipality in Portugal
that was part of the International Series
of the 1999 ATP Tour
and of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from April 5 through April 12, 1999.
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Ângela Cardoso /
Cristina Correia
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Anca Barna
Laurence Courtois
Cristina Torrens Valero
Anna Földényi
Nirupama Vaidyanathan
/
Andreea Vanc
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Eva Bes Ostariz Lubomira Bacheva
Albert Costa
def.
Todd Martin
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
Katarina Srebotnik
def.
Rita Kuti-Kis
6–3, 6–1
Tomás Carbonell
/ Donald Johnson
def.
Jiří Novák
/ David Rikl
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Alicia Ortuño / Cristina Torrens Valero
def. Anna Földényi
/ Rita Kuti-Kis
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
at the Estoril Court Central
Estoril Court Central
Estoril Court Central is the main tennis court in Oeiras, Portugal. Built in 2005, it currently holds 10,000 spectators. It annually hosts the Estoril Open in May....
in the Oeiras Municipality in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
that was part of the International Series
ATP International Series
The International Series was a series of professional tennis tournaments held internationally as part of the ATP Tour until 2008....
of the 1999 ATP Tour
1999 ATP Tour
The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the ATP Tour World...
and of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour
1999 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association . The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events...
. The tournament was held from April 5 through April 12, 1999.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
Anke Huber Anke Huber Anke Huber is a German retired professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open. Her career-high singles ranking was fourth, also in 1996.-Early life:... |
28 | 1 |
 France |
Sarah Pitkowski | 41 | 2 |
 Luxembourg |
Anne Kremer Anne Kremer Anne Kremer is a professional female tennis player from Luxembourg. Her highest WTA Ranking has been World No... |
43 | 3 |
| Germany |
Elena Wagner Elena Pampoulova Elena Pampoulova is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She competed for Fed Cup of the International Tennis Federation . Elena's first tennis coach was her own mother, Bulgarian tennis player Lubka Radkova... |
83 | 4 |
 Croatia |
Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja is a former Croatian professional tennis player.Her most successful year was 2000, when she won two WTA tournaments and received career-high ranking of number 18... |
79 | 5 |
 Belarus |
Olga Barabanschikova Olga Barabanschikova Olga Barabanschikova is a professional Belarusian tennis player.Barabanschikova highest WTA singles ranking is 49th, which she reached on 2 March 1998. Her career high in doubles was at 81 set at 19 October 1998... |
72 | 6 |
 Italy |
Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa Laura Golarsa is a former professional tennis player .Golarsa was born in Milan, Italy on 27 November 1967 and played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001. She did not win any senior titles but did reach the quarter finals of Wimbledon in 1989... |
89 | 7 |
 Netherlands |
Seda Noorlander Seda Noorlander Seda Noorlander is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands who turned professional in 1993. She reached the final of the 2001 Tashkent Open in singles, losing to Bianka Lamade. She has also won one doubles titles with Christina Papadáki. Her career high ranking is No. 80 in the... |
93 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Ana Catarina Nogueira Vanessa MengaVanessa Menga
Vanessa Menga is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father...
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Ângela Cardoso /
Cristina CorreiaThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Anca Barna
Anca Barna
Anca Barna is a retired professional German tennis player. Barna turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking: World Number 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on on 21 April 1997, when she became World Number 119. In her career, she...
Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.Courtois won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career.-Singles 2:-Doubles 9 :-References:*...
Cristina Torrens Valero
Cristina Torrens Valero
Cristina Torrens Valero is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 27 on 4 March 2002....
Anna Földényi
Anna Földényi
Anna Földényi is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Földényi won 13 ITF singles titles. She retired in 2007.-External links:...
Nirupama Vaidyanathan
Nirupama Vaidyanathan
Nirupama Sanjeev is a former Indian female professional tennis player. She was known as Nirupama Vaidyanathan before marriage....
/
Andreea VancAndreea Ehritt-Vanc
Andreea Ehritt-Vanc is a Romanian professional tennis player. Vanc plays predominantly in doubles; and has won two WTA Tour titles.-Wins :-Finalist :-External links:...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Eva Bes Ostariz Lubomira Bacheva
Lubomira Bacheva
Lubomira Bacheva is a retired professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career high ranking of No. 68 in the world on November 1, 1999.-Tennis career:As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991....
Men's Singles
Albert CostaAlbert Costa
Albert Costa i Casals is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002.-Tennis career:...
def.
Todd MartinTodd Martin
----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3
- It was Costa's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.
Women's Singles
Katarina SrebotnikKatarina Srebotnik
Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006.Srebotnik won 4 singles titles on the WTA-tour and was a steady top 30...
def.
Rita Kuti-KisRita Kuti-Kis
Rita Kuti-Kis is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In 1992 she was beaten by future international no 1 Martina Hingis in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has been renowned for the discovery of young tennis talent...
6–3, 6–1
- It was Srebotnik's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Men's Doubles
Tomás CarbonellTomas Carbonell
Tomás Carbonell Lladó is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He twice reached the semifinals of the French Open in doubles, in 1999 with Pablo Albano, and in 2000 with Martín García. Carbonell reached his...
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Donald JohnsonDonald Johnson
----Donald James "Don" Johnson is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, PA he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
def.
Jiří NovákJirí Novák
Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...
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David RiklDavid Rikl
David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
- It was Carbonell's 1st title of the year and the 19th of his career. It was Johnson's 1st title of the year and the 8th of his career.
Women's Doubles
Alicia Ortuño / Cristina Torrens ValeroCristina Torrens Valero
Cristina Torrens Valero is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 27 on 4 March 2002....
def.
Anna FöldényiAnna Földényi
Anna Földényi is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. Földényi won 13 ITF singles titles. She retired in 2007.-External links:...
/
Rita Kuti-KisRita Kuti-Kis
Rita Kuti-Kis is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In 1992 she was beaten by future international no 1 Martina Hingis in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has been renowned for the discovery of young tennis talent...
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3
- It was Ortuño's only title of the year and the 1st of her career. It was Torrens Valero's 1st title of the year and the 1st of her career.