title: 1999 President's Cup – Singles
text: # 1999 President's Cup – Singles
  
  The 1999 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 13 – 18 September.
  
  Tim Henman was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.
  
  Nicolas Kiefer won the title by defeating qualifier George Bastl 6–4, 6–2 in the final.
  
  Roger Federer entered ATP Top 100 for the first time after this tournament.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  * Greg Rusedski (first round)
  * Nicolas Kiefer (champion)
  * Karol Kučera (first round)
  * Cédric Pioline (first round)
  * Marat Safin (first round)
  * Marc Rosset (second round)
  * Ján Krošlák (first round, retired)
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Daniel Vacek | $6^4$ | 2 | | | | |
  | 3 | Nicolas Kiefer | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Nicolas Kiefer | $7^7$ | 6 | 3 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | Q | George Bastl | 4 | 2 |
  | | Peter Wessels | 4 | 3 | Q | George Bastl | 4 | 2 |
  | Q | George Bastl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Cherkasov | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Vacek | 6 | 3 | 6 | | D Vacek | 7 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | V Kutsenko | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | D Vacek | 7 | 7 | | | | |
  | Q | P Srichaphan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | P Srichaphan | 5 | 6 | | | | |
  | | I Ljubičić | 5 | 3 | | Q | P Srichaphan | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | I Heuberger | 6 | | | Q | I Heuberger | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | J Krošlák | 2 | R | | | | | | | | | | | | D Vacek | 6 | 2 |
  | 3 | N Kiefer | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | N Kiefer | 7 | 6 |
  | | T Ketola | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Manta | 7 | 6 | | | L Manta | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J van Lottum | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | N Kiefer | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | C Mamiit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Mamiit | 1 | 5 | | | | |
  | Q | A Shvets | 4 | 1 | | | C Mamiit | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Liukko | 4 | 7 | 3 | | V Liukko | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | M Safin | 6 | 5 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | C Pioline | 4 | 3 | | | R Federer | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Wessels | 3 | 6 | 6 | | P Wessels | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Boutter | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | P Wessels | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Pretzsch | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Pretzsch | 6 | 0 | | | | |
  | | M Navarra | 6 | 6 | 4 | | A Pretzsch | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Sargsian | 6 | 6 | | | S Sargsian | 3 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | 4/WC | K Kučera | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Wessels | 4 | 3 |
  | 7 | M Rosset | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | G Bastl | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | D Tomashevich | 2 | 2 | | 7 | M Rosset | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | G Bastl | 7 | 6 | | Q | G Bastl | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Ogorodov | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | G Bastl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Dupuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Dupuis | 2 | 4 | | | | |
  | | V Voltchkov | 2 | 4 | | | A Dupuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Tieleman | 6 | 6 | | | L Tieleman | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | G Rusedski | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  