title: 1999 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
text: # 1999 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
  
  Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis were the defending champions. Eltingh chose not to participate. Haarhuis teamed up with Jared Palmer, but they lost in the first round to Andrea Gaudenzi and Diego Nargiso.
  
  Olivier Delaître and Tim Henman won the title, by defeating Jiří Novák and David Rikl 6–2, 6–3 in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  
  * Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (second round)
  * Jonas Björkman / Mark Knowles (quarterfinals)
  * Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (second round)
  * Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Mark Woodforde (second round)
  * David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (first round)
  * Paul Haarhuis / Jared Palmer (first round)
  * Donald Johnson / Cyril Suk (semifinals)
  * Jiří Novák / David Rikl (final)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Donald Johnson Cyril Suk | 4 | 5 | | | | |
  | | Olivier Delaître Tim Henman | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  | | Olivier Delaître Tim Henman | 6 | 7 | | Olivier Delaître Tim Henman | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | 8 | Jiří Novák David Rikl | 2 | 3 |
  | | Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann | 4 | 5 | 8 | Jiří Novák David Rikl | 2 | 3 |
  | 8 | Jiří Novák David Rikl | 6 | 7 | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Hrbatý K Kučera | 3 | 6 | 6 | | D Hrbatý K Kučera | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | F Meligeni S Prieto | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | D Hrbatý K Kučera | 3 | 2 | | | | |
  | | M-K Goellner A Kitinov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | D Orsanic M Puerta | 4 | 2 | | | M-K Goellner A Kitinov | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | D Macpherson P Tramacchi | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 4 | 5 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | O Delaître T Henman | 6 | 7 |
  | | | | | | 4 | Y Kafelnikov M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | O Delaître T Henman | 6 | 6 | | | O Delaître T Henman | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Clément J Golmard | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | O Delaître T Henman | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | L Lobo M Ríos | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | J Eagle A Florent | 6 | 2 | 1 | | L Lobo M Ríos | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | 6 | 6 | | | A Gaudenzi D Nargiso | w/o | | | | | | | | | |
  | 6 | P Haarhuis J Palmer | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 3 | 7 | 4 | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Haggard F Montana | 6 | 2 | 6 | | C Haggard F Montana | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Nyborg A Olhovskiy | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | J Tarango D Vacek | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | J Tarango D Vacek | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
  | | M Damm P Vízner | 6 | 5 | 4 | | J Tarango D Vacek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 3 | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | W Arthurs A Kratzmann | 4 | 5 |
  | 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 7 |
  | | A Berasategui F Roig | 2 | 5 | | 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | P Norval K Ullyett | 6 | 6 | | | P Norval K Ullyett | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Broad R Koenig | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | J Novák D Rikl | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 2 | Jonas Björkman Mark Knowles | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
  | | P Albano J Sánchez | 3 | 6 | | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | Jonas Björkman Mark Knowles | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  