1999 du Maurier Open - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1999 Canadian Open (known as the du Maurier
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Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis

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 hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters

Canada Masters

The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...

, and was part of the ATP Super 9

ATP Masters Series

The ATP Masters Series was a series of nine tennis tournaments that formed part of the Association of Tennis Professionals tour, held annually throughout the year in Europe, North America...

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 the Tier I Series 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 men's event took place at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada, from August 2 through August 8, 1999, and the women's event at the National Tennis Centre

National Tennis Centre (Canada)

The original National Tennis Centre in Toronto was located in the north end of York University's Keele campus next to the Metro Toronto Track and Field Centre. Originally the courts were clay, they were later changed to Har-Tru...

in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada, from August 16 through August 23, 1999.

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
Switzerland	Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...	1	1
United States	Monica Seles Monica Seles Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...	5	2
France	Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...	6	3
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...	7	4
Spain	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...	10	5
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...	9	6
France	Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....	12	7
Austria	Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...	16	9
France	Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud Sandrine Testud is a former professional female tennis player from France.-Career:Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 1999, she became the fourth Frenchwoman after Françoise Durr, Mary Pierce and Nathalie Tauziat to break into singles top 10 rankings...	14	10
Spain	Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...	18	12
Switzerland	Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...	19	13
Romania	Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...	20	14
Russia	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Russian tennis player, currently inactive. She turned professional in January 1992 at the age of 16.Likhovtseva's career best appearance in a Grand Slam was when she reached the semi finals of the French Open 2005 before she was defeated by Mary Pierce, 6–1 6–1...	21	15
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...	23	16
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...	24	17

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

s into the singles main draw: Martina Nejedly Sonya Jeyaseelan

Sonya Jeyaseelan

Sonya Jeyaseelan is a professional Canadian tennis player.Her highest WTA singles ranking is World No. 48, which she reached on December 4, 2000. Her career high in doubles is World No. 40, set on October 16, 2000.-External links:...

Renata Kolbovic

Renata Kolbovic is a former tennis player, who was born in Czechoslovakia but competed for Canada.Kolbovic had a professional career from 1996 to 2002. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Kolbovic reached her highest individual ranking in the WTA Tour in December 4, 2000, when she became...

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Renata Kolbovic

Renata Kolbovic

Vanessa Webb

Vanessa Webb is a Canadian former professional tennis player. She has 11 ITF Singles titles, 20 ITF Doubles titles and has reached one WTA Doubles final in Kuala Lumpur in 2000....

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...

Alexandra 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...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
María Vento

Maria Vento-Kabchi

María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi is a professional female tennis player from Venezuela. On July 19, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking: World No...

Émilie Loit

Emilie Loit

Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...

Elena Tatarkova

Elena Tatarkova is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. Now retired, she won four ITF singles titles, four WTA doubles titles, and 25 ITF doubles titles...

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...

Marlene Weingärtner

Marlene Weingärtner is a former German professional tennis player. Weingärtner retired in late 2005 after suffering several first round losses due to ongoing physical problems....

Maureen Drake

Maureen Drake is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is No. 47, which she reached on September 13, 1999. Her career high doubles ranking is No...

Fabiola Zuluaga

Fabiola Zuluaga was a professional tennis player from Colombia. She retired on 9 September 2005. She reached the Australian Open Semifinals in 2004 and became the first Colombian tennis player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. She is one of the best tennis player that Colombia has had .- External...

Tatiana Panova

Tatiana Urayevna Panova is a Russian professional female tennis player. On 23 September 2002 Panova reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 20....

Magdalena Grzybowska

Magdalena Grzybowska is a former Polish tennis player.Grzybowska was born in Poznań, Poland. She won the Juniors singles competition at the Grand Slam tournament 1996 Australian Open...

Marie-Ève Pelletier

Marie-Ève Pelletier is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career high ranking of 106 in singles on June 20, 2005 and a career high of 54 in doubles on April 12, 2010 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour.-1998–present:...

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:...

María Sánchez Lorenzo

María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo is a retired Spanish professional tennis player.Her highest WTA ranking has been World No...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: Amélie Cocheteux

Amélie Cocheteux

Amélie Cocheteux is a former professional tennis player from France. She reached her career high ranking of No. 55 in the world on 10 May 1999. She defeated world number ten Nathalie Tauziat in the Prostějov tournament in 1999...

Ángeles Montolio

Ángeles Montolio is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo...

Men's Singles

Thomas Johansson
Thomas Johansson
Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...

def.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...

, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3

It was Thomas Johansson's 1st title of the year, and his 3rd overall. It was his 1st career Masters title.

Women's Singles

Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...

def.

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...

, 6–4, 6–4

It was Martina Hingis' 6th title of the year, and her 25th overall. It was her 4th Tier I title of the year, and her 9th overall.

Men's Doubles

Jonas Björkman
Jonas Björkman
Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

/

Pat Rafter def.

Byron Black

Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...

Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School....

, 6–4, 6–3

Women's Doubles

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...

/

Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...

def.

Larisa Neiland

Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

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