title: 1999 Sanex Trophy
text: # 1999 Sanex Trophy
  
  The 1999 Sanex Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Knokke-Heist, Belgium that was part of the Tier IVa category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 2 August until 8 August 1999. Fourth-seeded María Sánchez Lorenzo won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.
  
  ## Entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Ruxandra Dragomir | 27 | 1 |
  | CRO | Silvija Talaja | 36 | 2 |
  | SVK | Karina Habšudová | 46 | 3 |
  | ESP | María Sánchez Lorenzo | 48 | 4 |
  | ESP | Cristina Torrens Valero | 52 | 5 |
  | GER | Barbara Rittner | 58 | 6 |
  | BLR | Olga Barabanschikova | 57 | 7 |
  | BEL | Laurence Courtois | 71 | 8 |
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Michelle Gerards
  * Marta Marrero
  
  The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Kim Clijsters / Justine Henin
  
  The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
  
  * Angelika Bachmann
  * Mariam Ramon Climent
  * Anastasia Myskina
  * Antonella Serra Zanetti
  
  The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
  
  * Petra Begerow / Antonella Serra Zanetti
  * Hannah Collin / Marta Marrero
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  María Sánchez Lorenzo defeated Denisa Chládková, $6–7^{(2–7)},$ 6–4, 6–2
  
  * This was Sánchez Lorenzo's only WTA title.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  Eva Martincová / Elena Wagner defeated Evgenia Koulikovskaya / Sandra Naćuk, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
  
  