1999 Swisscom Challenge – Singles

The 1999 Swisscom Challenge – Singles was the singles event of the sixteenth edition of the Swisscom Challenge; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Switzerland. Lindsay Davenport was the two-time defending champion, but she did not compete this year.

Singles
1999 Swisscom Challenge
Champions Venus Williams
Runners-up Martina Hingis
Final score6–3, 6–4
Draw28
Seeds8

Venus Williams won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against home player and World No. 1 Martina Hingis.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

  1. Martina Hingis (Final)
  2. Venus Williams (Champion)
  3. Mary Pierce (Semifinals)
  4. Amanda Coetzer (Quarterfinals)
  5. Barbara Schett (Second Round)
  6. Julie Halard-Decugis (Quarterfinals)
  7. Dominique Van Roost (Quarterfinals)
  8. Nathalie Tauziat (Semifinals)

Qualifying draw
Main article: 1999 Swisscom Challenge – Singles Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals
Semifinals Final
          
1 Martina Hingis 6 4 6
8 Nathalie Tauziat 3 6 3
1 Martina Hingis 3 4  
2 Venus Williams 6 6  
3 Mary Pierce 4 4  
2 Venus Williams 6 6  

Top half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 M Hingis 77 6  
  E Likhovtseva 3 5   Q T Panova 64 2  
Q T Panova 6 7   1 M Hingis 7 6  
Q C Morariu 6 6   Q C Morariu 5 2  
Q E Dementieva 2 2   Q C Morariu 78 0 6
WC L Raymond 3 4   5 B Schett 66 6 4
5 B Schett 6 6   1 M Hingis 6 4 6
8 N Tauziat 3 6 3
4 A Coetzer 1 6 6
  A Frazier 6 1 4   P Schnyder 6 3 2
  P Schnyder 4 6 6 4 A Coetzer 3 6 2
Q M Serna 2 6 7 8 N Tauziat 6 3 6
  R Dragomir 6 3 5 Q M Serna 3 65  
  S Testud 5 3   8 N Tauziat 6 77  
8 N Tauziat 7 6  

Bottom half
First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals
7 D Van Roost 3 6 6
  A Sugiyama 6 4 2 7 D Van Roost 6 6  
  S Farina Elia 6 6     S Farina Elia 2 2  
WC M Oremans 4 3   7 D Van Roost 2 4  
  N Dechy 5 4   3 M Pierce 6 6  
  C Rubin 7 6     C Rubin 1 2  
3 M Pierce 6 6  
3 M Pierce 4 4  
6 J Halard-Decugis 77 4 7 2 V Williams 6 6  
WC J Capriati 65 6 5 6 J Halard-Decugis 6 6  
  A Huber 6 6     A Huber 2 4  
  N Zvereva 2 2   6 J Halard-Decugis 6 4 3
  I Spîrlea 6 7   2 V Williams 1 6 6
LL H Nagyová 2 5     I Spîrlea 3 2  
2 V Williams 6 6  

Qualifying

Seeds
  1. Henrieta Nagyová (Qualifying Competition, Lucky Loser)
  2. Magüi Serna (Qualifier)
  3. Corina Morariu (Qualifier)
  4. María Sánchez Lorenzo (Second Round)
  5. Karina Habšudová (Second Round)
  6. Maureen Drake (Second Round)
  7. Tatiana Panova (Qualifier)
  8. Tara Snyder (Qualifying Competition)

Qualifiers
  1. Elena Dementieva
  2. Tatiana Panova
  3. Corina Morariu
  4. Magüi Serna

Lucky Loser
  1. Henrieta Nagyová

Qualifying draw

Key

First qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
1 Henrieta Nagyová 5 7 6
  Anna Żarska 3 2     Sandra Kleinová 7 5 1
  Sandra Kleinová 6 6   1 Henrieta Nagyová 3 65  
  Elena Dementieva 6 77     Elena Dementieva 6 77  
  Olga Barabanschikova 2 64     Elena Dementieva 6 6  
5 Karina Habšudová 2 3  

Second qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
4 María Sánchez Lorenzo 3 79 2
  Denisa Chládková 6 6     Denisa Chládková 6 67 6
  Angelika Bachmann 0 1     Denisa Chládková 5 6 1
  Zuzana Ondrášková w/o     7 Tatiana Panova 7 4 6
  Jana Kandarr         Zuzana Ondrášková 1 2  
7 Tatiana Panova 6 6  

Third qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
6 Maureen Drake 1 3  
  Nadia Petrova 6 6     Nadia Petrova 6 6  
  Lilia Osterloh 1 3     Nadia Petrova 64 6 67
  Camilla Kremer 6 6   3 Corina Morariu 77 1 79
  Sabine Lohmann 3 2     Camilla Kremer 1 2  
3 Corina Morariu 6 6  

Fourth qualifier
First Round Second Round Qualifying Competition
8 Tara Snyder 4 6 6
  Miriam Schnitzer 6 3 4 8 Tara Snyder 6 6  
  Jelena Kostanić 6 65 6   Jelena Kostanić 4 4  
  Adriana Gerši 1 77 4 8 Tara Snyder 3 6 3
  Miroslava Vavrinec 6 6   2 Magüi Serna 6 0 6
  Stephanie Gehrlein 0 1     Miroslava Vavrinec 3 5  
2 Magüi Serna 6 7  
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