title: 1999 Qatar Open – Doubles
text: # 1999 Qatar Open – Doubles
  
  Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the first round this year.
  
  Alex O'Brien and Jared Palmer won in the final 6–3, 6–4, against Piet Norval and Kevin Ullyett.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (first round)
  * Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (semifinals, withdrew)
  * Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | B Coupe M Merklein | 6 | 6 | | Q | B Coupe M Merklein | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Kempers P Nyborg | 7 | 6 | 6 | | C Haggard R Koenig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Haggard R Koenig | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | C Haggard R Koenig | 6 | 4 | | | |
  | 3 | M Damm C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | A O'Brien J Palmer | 7 | 6 | | | |
  | | F Roig J Sánchez | 3 | 6 | | 3 | M Damm C Suk | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 6 | | | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Johansson P Korda | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 6 |
  | | A Kitinov J Tarango | 2 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | P Norval K Ullyett | 3 | 4 |
  | | P Norval K Ullyett | 6 | 5 | 7 | | P Norval K Ullyett | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Henman A Richardson | 4 | 6 | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | P Norval K Ullyett | w/o | | | | |
  | WC | K Alami H Arazi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro | | | | | |
  | | M Barnard A Olhovskiy | 6 | 3 | 4 | WC | K Alami H Arazi | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Oosting P Vízner | 4 | 2 | | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  