title: 1999 Italian Open – Women's singles qualifying
text: # 1999 Italian Open – Women's singles qualifying
  
  The 1999 Italian Open was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor clay courts.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * n.a.
  * Tatiana Panova (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * n.a.
  * María Vento (qualifier)
  * Christína Papadáki (qualifier)
  * Seda Noorlander (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Miho Saeki (first round)
  * Sabine Appelmans (qualifier)
  * Laura Golarsa (qualifying competition)
  * Sonya Jeyaseelan (first round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Germana Di Natale
  * Sabine Appelmans
  * María Vento
  * Francesca Schiavone
  * Sandra Cacic
  * Elena Dementieva
  * Christína Papadáki
  * Antonella Serra Zanetti
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Tatiana Panova
  
  ## 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 qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | Laura Golarsa | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | | Laura Golarsa | 4 | 3 |
  | | | | | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 6 |
  | | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 7 | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 6 |
  | | Elena Makarova | 2 | 5 | | | |
  
  ### Second qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | WC | Maria Elena Camerin | $7^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Larissa Schaerer | $6^6$ | 6 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Larissa Schaerer | $6^6$ | 6 | 2 | WC | Maria Elena Camerin | 2 | 2 |
  | | | | | | 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 6 |
  | | Vanessa Menga | 2 | 5 | | 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 6 |
  | 8 | Sabine Appelmans | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  
  ### Third qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | María Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Marijana Kovačević | 0 | 2 | | | | |
  | | Marijana Kovačević | 0 | 2 | 4 | María Vento | 6 | 7 |
  | | | | | | Nadia Petrova | 2 | 5 |
  | | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | Nadia Petrova | 2 | 5 |
  | | Lea Ghirardi | 3 | 0 | | | | |
  
  ### Fourth qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bye | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Francesca Schiavone | | | | | | | |
  | WC | Francesca Schiavone | | | | WC | Francesca Schiavone | 6 | 7 |
  | | | | | | 6 | Seda Noorlander | 3 | 5 |
  | | Barbara Mulej | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Seda Noorlander | 3 | 5 |
  | 6 | Seda Noorlander | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Fifth qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Miho Saeki | 6 | 5 | $6^4$ | | | | |
  | | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 7 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 7 | $7^7$ | Sandra Cacic | 2 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
  | | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 6 | | Flora Perfetti | 6 | 3 | 4 |
  | | Liezel Horn | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
  
  ### Sixth qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | WC | Roberta Vinci | | | | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | | | | | | | |
  | | Bye | | | | WC | Roberta Vinci | 2 | 6 | 2 |
  | | | | | | | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | | Elena Dementieva | 3 | $7^7$ | 6 | | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 4 | 6 |
  | 10 | Sonya Jeyaseelan | 6 | $6^3$ | 2 | | | | | |
  
  ### Seventh qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Christína Papadáki | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Florencia Labat | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | Florencia Labat | 5 | 1 | | 5 | Christína Papadáki | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | | | Jill Craybas | 4 | $6^4$ |
  | | Jana Kandarr | 6 | 4 | 3 | | Jill Craybas | 4 | $6^4$ |
  | | Jill Craybas | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  
  ### Eighth qualifier
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
  | WC | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 2 | 3 | | Antonella Serra Zanetti | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ |
  | | | | | | 2 | Tatiana Panova | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
  | | Samantha Reeves | 2 | 5 | | 2 | Tatiana Panova | 2 | 6 | $6^5$ |
  | 2 | Tatiana Panova | 6 | 7 | | | | | | |
  