1999 Evert Cup – Doubles

Doubles
1999 Newsweek Champions Cup and the Evert Cup
Champions	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná
Final score	6–2, 6–2

The 1999 Evert Cup – Doubles was the doubles event of the eleventh edition of the tennis tournament played at Indian Wells, California, United States. It was the second WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the US Spring tennis season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Mary Joe Fernández and Jana Novotná.

Seeds

The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Lindsay Davenport / Natasha Zvereva (Quarterfinals)
2. Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (Champions)
3. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (Quarterfinals)
4. Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (Second Round)
5. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (Quarterfinals)
6. Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (First Round)
7. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (Semifinals)
8. Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (First Round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Serena Williams   Venus Williams	3	4
		Mary Joe Fernández   Jana Novotná	6	6
									Mary Joe Fernández   Jana Novotná	2	2
								2	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6
	7	Conchita Martínez   Patricia Tarabini	1	0
	2	Martina Hingis   Anna Kournikova	6	6

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	6
	C Rubin   S Testud	3	6	6				C Rubin   S Testud	2	4
	C Cristea   R Dragomir	6	2	4										1	L Davenport   N Zvereva	6	2	3
	S Williams   V Williams	6	6												S Williams   V Williams	4	6	6
	K Adams   D Graham	0	1					S Williams   V Williams	4	6	6
	S Farina   L Wild	6	5	6				S Farina   L Wild	6	4	2
6	M de Swardt   E Tatarkova	3	7	4																		S Williams   V Williams	3	4
																						M J Fernández   J Novotná	6	6
							3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	6
	S Appelmans   C Black	3	6	6				S Appelmans   C Black	3	4
WC	O Barabanschikova   M Serna	6	1	3										3	L Raymond   R Stubbs	6	2	3
	C Morariu   M Seles	6	2	2											M J Fernández   J Novotná	4	6	6
	M J Fernández   J Novotná	3	6	6				M J Fernández   J Novotná	6	7^7
	K Kunce   K Po	6	7^7					K Kunce   K Po	3	6^2
8	I Spîrlea   C Vis	1	6^5

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	6
	M Lučić   M Pierce	2	4				7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	7	6
	E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	7	7					E Callens   J Halard-Decugis	5	4
	N de Villiers   L Horn	5	5											7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	6	2	7^7
	E de Lone   N Pratt	7	1	2										WC	S Graf   A Huber	4	6	6^4
WC	S Graf   A Huber	5	6	6			WC	S Graf   A Huber	6	6
							4	A Fusai   N Tauziat	2	4
																					7	C Martínez   P Tarabini	1	0
5	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	3	6	6																	2	M Hingis   A Kournikova	6	6
Q	K Boogert   A-G Sidot	6	4	4			5	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	6	6
	S Cacic   D Van Roost	2	4					A Frazier   K Schlukebir	4	4
	A Frazier   K Schlukebir	6	6											5	E Likhovtseva   A Sugiyama	4	2
	A Coetzer   J Steck	5	7	3										2	M Hingis   A Kournikova	6	6
	B Schett   P Schnyder	7	5	6				B Schett   P Schnyder	1	1
							2	M Hingis   A Kournikova	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Květa Hrdličková / Helena Vildová (First Round)
2. Janet Lee / Tamarine Tanasugarn (Second Round)

Qualifiers

1. Kristie Boogert / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

Qualifying Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First Round					Second Round					Qualifying Competition
	1	Květa Hrdličková   Helena Vildová	6
		Alexia Dechaume-Balleret   Barbara Rittner	8
							Alexia Dechaume-Balleret   Barbara Rittner	1
							Maureen Drake   Elena Wagner	8
		Aleksandra Olsza   Lilia Osterloh	7
		Maureen Drake   Elena Wagner	9
												Maureen Drake   Elena Wagner	6
												Kristie Boogert   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	8
		Kristie Boogert   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	9
		Tathiana Garbin   Samantha Reeves	8
							Kristie Boogert   Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	8
						2	Janet Lee   Tamarine Tanasugarn	2
	WC	Tara Snyder   Alexandra Stevenson	6
	2	Janet Lee   Tamarine Tanasugarn	8

External links

• 1999 Evert Cup Doubles Draw