1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open
Encyclopedia
The 1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
in Budapest
in Hungary
that was part of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour
. The tournament was held from April 19 through April 25, 1999.
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Petra Mandula
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Katarzyna Straczy Eva Martincová Zsófia Gubacsi
Martina Suchá
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Sandra Dopfer
Sarah Pitkowski
def.
Cristina Torrens Valero
6–2, 6–2
Evgenia Kulikovskaya
/ Sandra Nacuk def.
Laura Montalvo
/ Virginia Ruano Pascual
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 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...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
that was part 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 19 through April 25, 1999.
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic |
Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... |
4 | 1 |
 Slovakia |
Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová Henrieta Nagyová is a Slovak female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1994 and has been ranked as high as the 21st in the world . In recent years her ranking has fallen due to constant injury. In late 2005, she brought her ranking up to a year ending 145, after it fell below 200... |
24 | 2 |
 Italy |
Silvia Farina Silvia Farina Elia Silvia Farina Elia is a former female tennis player from Italy. She reached a career high of World No. 11 on 20 May 2002. She won her first ITF title at Caltagirone in 1991 and her first WTA tournament at Strasbourg in 2001... |
25 | 3 |
| Spain |
Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002... |
28 | 4 |
| France |
Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy Nathalie Dechy is a French former professional tour tennis player.Dechy is a three-time doubles Grand Slam champion, winning the 2006 US Open women's doubles title with Vera Zvonareva, the 2007 French Open mixed doubles title with Andy Ram, and the 2007 US Open women's doubles title with Dinara... |
30 | 5 |
| Spain |
María Sánchez Lorenzo María Sánchez Lorenzo María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo is a retired Spanish professional tennis player.Her highest WTA ranking has been World No... |
40 | 6 |
| France |
Sarah Pitkowski | 41 | 7 |
| Spain |
Gala León García Gala Leon Garcia Gala León García is a former professional tennis player from Spain.-Singles :-Grand Slam Singles performance timeline:-External links:... |
49 | 8 |
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Zsófia GubacsiZsófia Gubacsi
Zsófia Gubacsi is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2001.-Singles :-External links:...
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Petra MandulaPetra Mandula
Petra Mandula is a Hungarian tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was eliminated in the first round by Amanda Coetzer of South Africa...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Katarzyna Straczy Eva Martincová Zsófia Gubacsi
Zsófia Gubacsi
Zsófia Gubacsi is a Hungarian professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2001.-Singles :-External links:...
Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá
Martina Suchá is a retired female tennis player from Slovakia.With a height of 1.70 m and a weight of 57 kg , she is right-handed, and plays with a two-handed backhand....
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Sandra Dopfer
Singles
Sarah PitkowskiSarah Pitkowski-Malcor
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor is a former professional female tennis player from France. Her career high singles ranking is World No. 29, which she achieved on 1 November 1999....
def.
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....
6–2, 6–2
- It was Pitkowski's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.
Doubles
Evgenia KulikovskayaEvgenia Kulikovskaya
Evgenia Kulikovskaya is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached her highest singles ranking of No. 91 on June 9, 2003. She had more success in doubles, winning four WTA doubles titles and reaching the top fifty.Kulikovskaya is perhaps best known among tennis fans for her...
/ Sandra Nacuk def.
Laura MontalvoLaura Montalvo
Laura Montalvo is an Argentine former professional female tennis player.Montalvo won eight ITF singles titles and reached a career high of No. 191 in singles in June 1995. Her win-loss record for singles is 143 - 76, 266 - 152 for doubles. Being a "doubles specialist" on the WTA tour, she reached...
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Virginia Ruano PascualVirginia Ruano Pascual
Virginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 43 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Between 2002...
6–3, 6–4
- It was Kulikovskaya's 1st title of her career. It was Nacuk's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.