title: 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
text: # 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis)
  
  The 1999 Sparkassen Cup (tennis) was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Leipzig, Germany. It was part of the Tier II category of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 1 November until 7 November 1999. Second-seeded Nathalie Tauziat won the singles title and earned $80,000 first-prize money.
  
  ## Entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | FRA | Mary Pierce | 5 | 1 |
  | FRA | Nathalie Tauziat | 7 | 2 |
  | FRA | Julie Halard-Decugis | 9 | 3 |
  | BEL | Dominique Van Roost | 14 | 4 |
  | RUS | Anna Kournikova | 12 | 5 |
  | ESP | Conchita Martínez | 15 | 6 |
  | RUS | Elena Likhovtseva | 18 | 7 |
  | GER | Anke Huber | 16 | 8 |
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Sabine Appelmans
  * Kim Clijsters
  * Sandra Klösel
  
  The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Julia Schruff / Lydia Steinbach
  
  The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
  
  * Tatiana Panova
  * Květa Hrdličková
  * Nadia Petrova
  * Sandra Kleinová
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  Nathalie Tauziat defeated Květa Hrdličková, 6–1, 6–3
  
  * This was Tauziat's sixth WTA title of her career, and her second of the year.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Mary Pierce / Larisa Neiland defeated Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama, 6–4, 6–3
  
  