1999_Torneo_Internazionali_Femminili_di_Palermo_–_Doubles

1999 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles

1999 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles

1999 tennis event results

The 1999 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo doubles was the doubles event of the twelfth edition of the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Italy. Pavlina Nola and Elena Wagner were the defending champions, but Nola did not compete this year. Wagner therefore competed with Laurence Courtois as the third seed, and was defeated in the semifinals by second seeds Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik.

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Križan and Srebotnik then ended up winning the tournament by defeating home players Giulia Casoni and Maria Paola Zavagli in the final.

Seeds

  1. France Alexandra Fusai / Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual (quarterfinals)
  2. Slovenia Tina Križan / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik (champions)
  3. Belgium Laurence Courtois / Germany Elena Wagner (semifinals)
  4. Sweden Åsa Carlsson / Canada Sonya Jeyaseelan (semifinals)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 France A Fusai
Spain V Ruano Pascual 		6 6  
  Thailand B Sangaram
Romania A Vanc 		2 1   1 France A Fusai
Spain V Ruano Pascual 		6 3 4
  Italy G Casoni
Italy M P Zavagli 		6 6     Italy G Casoni
Italy M P Zavagli 		3 6 6
  Japan M Inoue
Japan K Nagatomi 		3 3     Italy G Casoni
Italy M P Zavagli 		6 6  
4 Sweden Å Carlsson
Canada S Jeyaseelan 		7 6   4 Sweden Å Carlsson
Canada S Jeyaseelan 		3 4  
  Italy L Golarsa
Argentina M-F Landa 		5 3   4 Sweden Å Carlsson
Canada S Jeyaseelan 		4 6 6
WC Italy F Pennetta
Italy A Serra Zanetti 		3 6 6 WC Italy F Pennetta
Italy A Serra Zanetti 		6 2 2
  Germany A Barna
Germany C Schneider 		6 0 1   Italy G Casoni
Italy M P Zavagli 		6 3 0
Q South Africa J Kruger
China F Li 		6 6   2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik 		4 6 6
  Argentina MJ Gaidano
Paraguay L Schaerer 		3 1   Q South Africa J Kruger
China F Li 		65 3  
LL Germany N Nittinger
Spain M Serna 		3 1   3 Belgium L Courtois
Germany E Wagner 		77 6  
3 Belgium L Courtois
Germany E Wagner 		6 6   3 Belgium L Courtois
Germany E Wagner 		3 6 3
  Netherlands K Boogert
Netherlands M Oremans 		w/o     2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik 		6 2 6
  Switzerland E Gagliardi
United States S Reeves 		        Netherlands K Boogert
Netherlands M Oremans 		3 2  
  Bulgaria L Bacheva
Austria P Wartusch 		66 2   2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik 		6 6  
2 Slovenia T Križan
Slovenia K Srebotnik 		78 6  

Qualifying

Seeds

  1. Russia Maria Goloviznina / Russia Anastasia Myskina (first round)
  2. Germany Nina Nittinger / Spain Magüi Serna (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

Qualifiers

  1. South Africa Joannette Kruger / China Li Fang

Lucky losers

  1. Germany Nina Nittinger / Spain Magüi Serna

Qualifying draw

Key

First round Qualifying competition
      
1 Russia Maria Goloviznina
Russia Anastasia Myskina 		5
  South Africa Joannette Kruger
China Li Fang 		8
  South Africa Joannette Kruger
China Li Fang 		8
2 Germany Nina Nittinger
Spain Magüi Serna 		4
  Germany Petra Begerow
Austria Sanra Dopfer 		1
2 Germany Nina Nittinger
Spain Magüi Serna 		8

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