title: 1999 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles
text: # 1999 Great American Insurance ATP Championships – Singles
  
  Pete Sampras defeated the defending champion Patrick Rafter in a rematch of the previous year's final, $7–6^{(9–7)},$ 6–3 to win the singles tennis title at the 1999 Cincinnati Masters.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.
  
  * Pete Sampras (champion)
  * Patrick Rafter (final)
  * Andre Agassi (semifinals)
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
  * Tim Henman (quarterfinals)
  * Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals)
  * Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
  * Álex Corretja (second round)
  * Todd Martin (second round)
  * Carlos Moyà (first round)
  * Tommy Haas (third round)
  * Nicolas Kiefer (third round)
  * Thomas Enqvist (second round)
  * Álbert Costa (second round)
  * Nicolás Lapentti (third round)
  * Thomas Johansson (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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pete Sampras | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | |
  | 3 | Andre Agassi | $6^7$ | 4 | | | | |
  | 3 | Andre Agassi | $6^7$ | 4 | 1 | Pete Sampras | $7^9$ | 6 |
  | | | | | 2 | Patrick Rafter | $6^7$ | 3 |
  | 4 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | 2 | 2 | Patrick Rafter | $6^7$ | 3 |
  | 2 | Patrick Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  **Section 1**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | P Sampras | $7^{11}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | J Siemerink | $6^9$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Krošlák | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | P Sampras | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | M Larsson | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | |
  | Q | A Clément | $6^5$ | 0 | | | M Larsson | 5 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Schüttler | 6 | 3 | | | R Schüttler | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 16 | T Johansson | 4 | $4^r$ | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Sampras | 6 | 6 |
  | 9 | T Martin | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 7 | R Krajicek | 4 | 2 |
  | Q | R Delgado | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | T Martin | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Gimelstob | 6 | 6 | | | J Gimelstob | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Stoltenberg | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | J Gimelstob | 4 | 2 | | | | |
  | WC | R Reneberg | $6^2$ | 4 | | | | | | 7 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | I Ljubičić | $7^7$ | 6 | | Q | I Ljubičić | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 7 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 2**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 6 | | | A Di Pasquale | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | M Washington | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | A Agassi | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | Q | A Pretzsch | $7^7$ | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | J Novák | $6^3$ | $6^5$ | | | | |
  | | J Novák | $6^3$ | 7 | 6 | | J Novák | $7^7$ | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Ilie | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | Á Costa | $6^3$ | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | 14 | Á Costa | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Agassi | 6 | $7^{12}$ |
  | 11 | T Haas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Kuerten | 2 | $6^{10}$ |
  | WC | X Malisse | 5 | 2 | | 11 | T Haas | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | B Black | $6^5$ | 3 | | | F Santoro | 0 | $7^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Santoro | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | T Haas | 5 | 5 | | | | |
  | | A Martín | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | G Kuerten | 7 | 7 | | | | |
  | | D Prinosil | $6^3$ | 3 | | | A Martín | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 6 | G Kuerten | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  **Section 3**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J van Lottum | 6 | 6 | | J van Lottum | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | W Black | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | P Goldstein | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 12 | N Kiefer | 4 | 1 | | | | |
  | Q | M Woodforde | 3 | 2 | | P Goldstein | 6 | 4 | $6^{10}$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Grosjean | 5 | 3 | 12 | N Kiefer | 2 | 6 | $7^{12}$ | | | | | | | | |
  | 12 | N Kiefer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Henman | 5 | 5 |
  | 13 | T Enqvist | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 7 |
  | Q | W Arthurs | 5 | $6^1$ | 13 | T Enqvist | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | W Ferreira | 3 | 4 | | C Woodruff | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | C Woodruff | 4 | 4 | | | | |
  | | A Pavel | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Björkman | 6 | 7 | | J Björkman | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Section 4**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 8 | Á Corretja | 3 | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Chang | 6 | 6 | | | M Chang | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Safin | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | G Ivanišević | $6^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | C Pioline | 1 | 4 | | | | |
  | | J Courier | $7^7$ | 6 | | | J Courier | $7^7$ | $6^4$ | $0^r$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Pioline | 6 | 6 | | | C Pioline | $6^5$ | $7^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | 10 | C Moyà | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Chang | 2 | 1 |
  | 15 | N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 |
  | | V Spadea | 2 | 2 | | 15 | N Lapentti | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Schalken | 6 | 3 | 4 | | J-M Gambill | 0 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J-M Gambill | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 15 | N Lapentti | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | WC | C Mamiit | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | P Rafter | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | D Vacek | $6^3$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | P Rafter | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  