1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup

The 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup were tennis tournaments played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 26th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's tournaments took place at the Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California in the United States from March 5 through March 14, 1999.

1999 Newsweek Champions Cup
and Evert Cup
DateMarch 5 – March 14
Edition26th
CategorySuper 9 (ATP)
Tier I Series (WTA)
Prize money$2,200,000
SurfaceHard / Outdoor
LocationIndian Wells, CA, USA
VenueIndian Wells Tennis Garden
Champions
Men's Singles
Mark Philippoussis [1]
Women's Singles
Serena Williams
Men's Doubles
Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle [2]
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singles

Mark Philippoussis defeated Carlos Moyá, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

  • It was Philippoussis' 2nd title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was his 1st Super 9 title.

Women's Singles
Main article: 1999 Evert Cup – Singles

Serena Williams defeated Steffi Graf, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

  • It was Williams' 3rd title of the year and the 7th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title.

Men's Doubles
Main article: 1999 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles

Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle defeated Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Women's Doubles
Main article: 1999 Evert Cup – Doubles

Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova defeated Mary Joe Fernández / Jana Novotná, 6–2, 6–2

WTA entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis 1 1
 USA Lindsay Davenport 2 2
 USA Monica Seles 3 3
 CZE Jana Novotná 4 4
 GER Steffi Graf 7 5
 FRA Mary Pierce 8 6
 RSA Amanda Coetzer 9 7
 FRA Nathalie Tauziat 10 8
 RUS Anna Kournikova 11 9
  SUI Patty Schnyder 12 10
 BEL Dominique Van Roost 13 11
 FRA Sandrine Testud 14 12
 ROU Irina Spîrlea 16 13
 ESP Conchita Martínez 17 14
 BLR Natasha Zvereva 18 15
 AUT Barbara Schett 19 16

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

References
  1. "Indian Wells Men's Singles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  2. "Indian Wells Men's Doubles draw". www.atpworldtour.com. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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