The 1999 Estoril Open was a

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Estoril Court Central in the Oeiras Municipality in Portugal that was part of the International Series of the

1999 ATP Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 1999 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the ATP ...

and of Tier IVa of the

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. The tournament was held from 5 April until 12 April 1999.

Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...

and

Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...

won the singles title.

Finals

Men's singles

defeated

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, 7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–3 *It was Costa's 1st title of the year and the 9th of his career.

Women's singles

defeated

Rita Kuti-Kis Rita Kuti Kis (born 13 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In 1992, she was beaten by future international No. 1, Martina Hingis, in the Petits As competition, a juniors tournament at Tarbes, France which has b ...

, 6–3, 6–1 *It was Srebotnik's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Men's doubles

Tomás Carbonell Tomás Carbonell Lladó (born 7 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Carbonell won 2 singles and 22 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He won the French Open in 2001 in mixed doubles with Virginia Ruano P ...

Donald Johnson Donald James Johnson (born September 9, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 2002. Although born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he was raised and learned the sport of tennis in the ...

defeated

Jiří Novák Jiří Novák (; born 22 March 1975) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Career Novák turned professional in 1993 and won seven singles and 18 doubles ...

David Rikl David Rikl (born 27 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. His success came mostly in doubles, winning 30 titles and finishing runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships Doubles even ...

, 6–3, 2–6, 6–1

Women's doubles

Alicia Ortuño Alicia Ortuño (; born 2 May 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. From 1990 to 2001, she won 30 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. She appeared in six Grand Slam events. Career highligh ...

Cristina Torrens Valero Cristina Torrens Valero (born 12 September 1974) is a former professional female tennis player from Spain. She won two singles and two doubles titles on WTA Tour. Cristina reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 27 on 4 March 2002. ...

defeated

Anna Földényi Anna Maria Földényi (born 22 August 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Hungary. In her career, Földényi won 13 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 27 September 1999, she reached her best singles ran ...

, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–3

WTA entrants

Seeds

* Ranking date: 29 March 1999

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Ana Catarina Nogueira Ana Catarina Nogueira (born 20 September 1978) is a Portuguese professional padel player and former international tennis player. Biography Born in Porto, Nogueira holds the Portugal Fed Cup record for most ties played and is the most successfu ...

Vanessa Menga Vanessa Menga (born 10 October 1976) is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. Born in São Paulo, she started playing tennis at the age of 4, when she went to an academy along with her father. At the age of 14, Menga went to train ...

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Angela Cardoso /

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The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: *

Anca Barna Anca Barna (born 14 May 1977) is a former German tennis player. She turned professional in 1992 and retired in 2005. On 12 April 2004, Barna reached her highest singles ranking, world No. 46. Her highest doubles ranking came on 21 April 1997, whe ...

Laurence Courtois Laurence Courtois (born 18 January 1976) is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium. Courtois, who was born in Kortrijk, won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour (also known as the Hologic WTA Tour for sponsorship ...

The following players received entry as a lucky loser: *

Eva Bes Ostariz Eva Bes Ostáriz (born 14 January 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Over her career, she won a total of 35 titles (29 in doubles) on the ITF Circuit. On 4 March 2002, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...

Lubomira Bacheva Lubomira Bacheva (, born 7 March 1975) is a retired tennis player from Bulgaria. She reached her career-high ranking of world No. 68 on 1 November 1999. Tennis career As a junior, Bacheva won the European Championships in 1989 and 1991. Bacheva ...

The following player received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: *

Nirupama Vaidyanathan Nirupama Sanjeev (''née'' Vaidyanathan; born 8 December 1976) is an Indian former professional tennis player. In the 1998 Australian Open, Sanjeev became the second Indian woman (after Nirupama Mankad) in the Open era to feature in a major ...

Andreea Vanc Andreea Ehritt-Vanc (born 6 October 1973) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. Vanc played predominantly in doubles, and won two WTA Tour titles. Her best performance at the major tournaments is third round: at the 2005 Australian Op ...

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