1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic
Encyclopedia
The 1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic was a tennis
tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City
, Oklahoma
in the United States
that was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from February 22 through February 28, 1999.
Lori McNeil
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Amanda Coetzer
/
Jessica Steck
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Lilia Osterloh
Mashona Washington
Nana Miyagi
Nicole Pratt
Annabel Ellwood
/
Brie Rippner
Venus Williams
def. Amanda Coetzer
6–4, 6–0
Lisa Raymond
/
Rennae Stubbs
def. Amanda Coetzer
/ Jessica Steck 6–3, 6–4
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 indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma city
Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma.Oklahoma City may also refer to:*Oklahoma City metropolitan area*Downtown Oklahoma City*Uptown Oklahoma City*Oklahoma City bombing*Oklahoma City National Memorial...
, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
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in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
that was part of Tier III 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 February 22 through February 28, 1999.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate... |
5 | 1 |
 Russia |
Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... |
13 | 2 |
| South Africa |
Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004... |
10 | 3 |
| United States |
Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles... |
27 | 4 |
| United States |
Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No... |
28 | 5 |
| United States |
Amy Frazier Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance... |
32 | 6 |
| South Africa |
Mariaan de Swardt Mariaan de Swardt Mariaan de Swardt is a former tennis player from South Africa, who played as a professional from 1988 to 2001. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996, and was a member of the South African Fed Cup Team in 1992 and 1994-1997. In 2006, de Swardt became a U.S... |
33 | 7 |
| United States |
Tara Snyder Tara Snyder Tara Snyder is a former tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in May 1995. She reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour on November 16, 1998, when she was ranked No. 33 in the world... |
36 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Alexandra StevensonAlexandra Stevenson
Alexandra Winfield Stevenson is a professional tennis player. She made her professional debut in 1999 at Wimbledon, two weeks following graduation from La Jolla Country Day School. At the Wimbledon Championships, Stevenson became the first woman qualifier in the Tennis Open Era to reach the...
Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
/
Jessica SteckThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh
Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....
Mashona Washington
Mashona Washington
Mashona Washington is a professional tennis player from the United States.Mashona's career high singles ranking is no. 50 which she reached on November 8, 2004, and her career high doubles ranking is no...
Nana Miyagi
Nana Miyagi
Nana Smith Rogers, previously is a Japanese American tennis player, born in Seattle, Washington. She plays right-handed, and hits both forehand and backhand double-handed. She turned pro in March, 1988, and retired in 2006...
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt is a retired professional female tennis player from Australia.She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior player. She attended school in Calen and received a tennis scholarship to the Australian...
Annabel Ellwood
Annabel Ellwood
Annabel Ellwood is a player of tennis in Australia.She played at the 1998 Australian Open , her best singles in a Grand Slam.* Birth Place - Canberra* ACT Lives - Canberra...
/
Brie RippnerSingles
Venus WilliamsVenus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate...
def.
Amanda CoetzerAmanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
6–4, 6–0
- It was Williams' 2nd title of the year and the 9th of her career.
Doubles
Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond
Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...
/
Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008....
def.
Amanda CoetzerAmanda Coetzer
Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
/
Jessica Steck 6–3, 6–4
- It was Raymond's 1st title of the year and the 12th of her career. It was Stubbs' 1st title of the year and the 16th of her career.