1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad – Singles

Àlex Corretja was the defending champion,[1] but was forced to withdraw at his first round match against tournament runner-up Nicolás Lapentti.

Singles
1999 Rado Swiss Open Gstaad
Final
ChampionSpain Albert Costa
Runner-upEcuador Nicolás Lapentti
Score7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (2WC/4Q/1LL)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Albert Costa won the title by defeating Nicolás Lapentti 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–4 in the final.[2][3][4]

Seeds

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  1.   Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
  2.   Àlex Corretja (first round, retired)
  3.   Marcelo Ríos (second round)
  4.   Greg Rusedski (first round)
  5.   Félix Mantilla (semifinals)
  6.   Francisco Clavet (quarterfinals)
  7.   Mariano Zabaleta (second round)
  8.   Albert Costa (champion)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
            
8   Albert Costa 4 77 6
  Younes El Aynaoui 6 65 3
8   Albert Costa 77 6 6
  Nicolás Lapentti 64 3 4
5   Félix Mantilla 4 6 5
  Nicolás Lapentti 6 4 7

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   G Kuerten 6 6
  M Puerta 4 4 1   G Kuerten 2 6 66
LL   R Furlan 3 2   V Spadea 6 2 78
  V Spadea 6 6   V Spadea 3 2
  S Koubek 4 6 6 8   A Costa 6 6
  K Alami 6 4 1   S Koubek 77 1 5
WC   L Manta 1 1 8   A Costa 63 6 7
8   A Costa 6 6 8   A Costa 4 77 6
3   M Ríos 6 67 77   Y El Aynaoui 6 65 3
  B Ulihrach 2 79 61 3   M Ríos 65 65
  Y El Aynaoui 6 6   Y El Aynaoui 77 77
WC   R Federer 2 3   Y El Aynaoui 77 7
  G Bastl 68 4 6   F Clavet 65 5
Q   D Johnson 710 6 Q   D Johnson 4 4
Q   J Balcells 7 1 64 6   F Clavet 6 6
6   F Clavet 5 6 77

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   F Mantilla 6 6
  F Squillari 3 2 5   F Mantilla 6 6
  H Arazi 6 77   H Arazi 2 0
  J Novák 3 63 5   F Mantilla 3 6 6
  A Di Pasquale 6 5 6   A Di Pasquale 6 3 4
  F Meligeni 3 7 0   A Di Pasquale 7 77
  M Rosset 77 64 6   M Rosset 5 63
4   G Rusedski 62 77 2 5   F Mantilla 4 6 5
7   M Zabaleta 4 6 77   N Lapentti 6 4 7
  C Pioline 6 3 64 7   M Zabaleta 77 64 3
  R Schüttler 2 1 Q   A Gaudenzi 65 77 6
Q   A Gaudenzi 6 6 Q   A Gaudenzi 5 3
Q   I Ljubičić 65 6 6   N Lapentti 7 6
  D Vacek 77 4 4 Q   I Ljubičić 4 6 3
  N Lapentti 4   N Lapentti 6 2 6
2   À Corretja 3r

References

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  1. ^ "1998 Swiss Open". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. ^ "À Propos – Vainqueurs Simple". Swiss Open Gstaad (in French). Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020. 1999 – A Costa – N Lapentti – 7-6 (4) 6-3 6-4
  3. ^ Thompson, Jack (12 July 1999). "Costa living high again in Switzerland". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Albert Costa, campeón del Torneo de Gstaad tras vencer a Lapentti" [Albert Costa, winner at the Gstaad tournament after defeating Lapentti] (in Spanish). Periódico de Ibiza. Europa Press. 12 July 1999. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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