title: 1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles
text: # 1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles
  
  The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.
  
  Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (champions)
  * Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (final)
  * Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
  * Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)
  * Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
  * Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (semifinals)
  * Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (second round)
  * Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez (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
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 6 | Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis | 4 | 3 | | | | |
  | 6 | Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis | 4 | 3 | 1 | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 2 | 2 |
  | | Mary Pierce Natasha Zvereva | 2 | 1 | 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 2 | 2 |
  | 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Graham L Montalvo | 6 | 6 | | | D Graham L Montalvo | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Drake L Golarsa | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis A Kournikova | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | R Dragomir K Hrdličková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | |
  | | T Garbin R Grande | 4 | 2 | | | R Dragomir K Hrdličková | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Bes-Ostariz K Freye | 2 | 5 | | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | V Ruano Pascual P Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Hingis A Kournikova | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 4 | 3 |
  | | | | | | 4 | M de Swardt E Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | L Schaerer M Serna | 6 | 3 | 4 | | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Noorlander C Papadáki | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | M de Swardt E Tatarkova | 6 | $6^6$ | 4 | | | | |
  | WC | F Perfetti F Schiavone | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 2 | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | |
  | | A Coetzer A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | A Coetzer A Mauresmo | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Ad Serra Zanetti An Serra Zanetti | 4 | 1 | | 6 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 2 | 3 | | 5 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Pierce N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | M Pierce N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Appelmans M Oremans | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | M Pierce N Zvereva | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 3 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  | | F Labat D Van Roost | 7 | 5 | 0 | | A Dechaume-Balleret S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Pierce N Zvereva | 2 | 1 |
  | 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
  | | C Black A-G Sidot | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | C Martínez P Tarabini | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Jeyaseelan C Morariu | $7^7$ | 6 | | | S Jeyaseelan C Morariu | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Menga M Saeki | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | S Jeyaseelan C Morariu | 5 | 4 | | | | |
  | LL | J Kandarr S Reeves | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | L Horn E Melicharová | 6 | $6^2$ | 5 | LL | J Kandarr S Reeves | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Jana Kandarr / Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers)
  * Nathalie Dechy / Nadia Petrova (second round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Larissa Schaerer / Magüi Serna
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Jana Kandarr / Samantha Reeves
  
  ## Qualifying 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
  
  | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jana Kandarr Samantha Reeves | | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | 1 | Jana Kandarr Samantha Reeves | 8 | | |
  | | | | | Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci | 9 | | |
  | | Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci | 8 | | Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci | 9 | | |
  | | Kristina Brandi María Vento | 4 | | | | | |
  | | Kristina Brandi María Vento | 4 | | | | Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Larissa Schaerer Magüi Serna | 8 |
  | | Larissa Schaerer Magüi Serna | 8 | | | | | | Larissa Schaerer Magüi Serna | 8 |
  | | Jill Craybas Anne Kremer | 5 | | | | | |
  | | Jill Craybas Anne Kremer | 5 | | Larissa Schaerer Magüi Serna | 8 | | |
  | | | | 2 | Nathalie Dechy Nadia Petrova | 5 | | |
  | | Bye | | 2 | Nathalie Dechy Nadia Petrova | 5 | | |
  | 2 | Nathalie Dechy Nadia Petrova | | | | | | |
  