The 1999 Swisscom Challenge doubles was the doubles event of the sixteenth edition of the Swisscom Challenge; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Switzerland. Serena and Venus Williams were the reigning champions, but neither competed this year.
Doubles | |
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1999 Swisscom Challenge | |
Champions | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
Runners-up | Nathalie Tauziat Natasha Zvereva |
Score | 6–2, 6–2 |
Draw | 16 |
Seeds | 4 |
Third seeds Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs won the title, defeating first seeds Nathalie Tauziat and Natasha Zvereva in the final.
Qualifying draw
editQualifying competition | ||||
1 | Jelena Kostanić Tara Snyder | 8 | ||
2 | María Sánchez Lorenzo Magüi Serna | 6 |
Main draw
editSeeds
edit- Nathalie Tauziat / Natasha Zvereva (final)
- Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
- Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (champions)
- Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | N Tauziat N Zvereva | 711 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
M Bollegraf D Van Roost | 69 | 4 | 1 | N Tauziat N Zvereva | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Coetzer C Morariu | 6 | 6 | A Coetzer C Morariu | 64 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
J Halard-Decugis L Neiland | 2 | 3 | 1 | N Tauziat N Zvereva | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 6 | M Oremans P Schnyder | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
S Kleinová M Paštiková | 4 | 1 | 4 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 4 | 6 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
C Rubin S Testud | 4 | 5 | M Oremans P Schnyder | 6 | 3 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Oremans P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | 1 | N Tauziat N Zvereva | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
L Osterloh N Petrova | 0 | 77 | 1 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Huber K Po | 6 | 64 | 6 | A Huber K Po | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
M Pierce B Schett | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | L Raymond R Stubbs | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
WC | M Drake M Vavrinec | 4 | 63 | J Kostanić T Snyder | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Q | J Kostanić T Snyder | 6 | 77 | Q | J Kostanić T Snyder | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
S Farina K Habšudová | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 5 | 6 | 6 |