The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hope Island Resort Tennis Centre in

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in Australia that was part of the Tier III category of the

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. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 3 January through 9 January 1999. Second-seeded

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder (born 14 December 1978)
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defeated

Mary Pierce Mary Caroline Pierce (born 15 January 1975) is a French former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 3 in singles and in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Pierce won 18 singles titles on the WTA Tour, including two ...

, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2 * It was Schnyder's 1st title of the year and the 8th of her career.

Doubles

Corina Morariu Corina Maria Morariu (born January 26, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Morariu (pronounced: mo-RA-R'ju) was born in Detroit, Michigan and is of Romanian descent. She turned professional in 1994. Mainly known as a doubl ...

Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (, ; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a tennis coach and former professional player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world No. 1 doubles player, Neiland won six Grand Slam t ...

defeated

Kristine Kunce Kristine Kunce (née Radford; born 3 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia who competed during the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Kunce reached a career-high ranking of world No. 45 on 15 August 1994, and a career hig ...

Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she becam ...

, 6–3, 6–3

Entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

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

Nicole Pratt Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...

Alicia Molik Alicia Molik (born 27 January 1981) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6. Molik won a bronze medal in singles for Australi ...

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

Annabel Ellwood Annabel Ellwood (born 2 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the sister of former ATP Tour professional Ben Ellwood. Ellwood, a right-handed player, born in Canberra, competed at seven Australian Open t ...

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

Inés Gorrochategui Inés Gorrochategui (born 13 June 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking world No. 19 on October 17, 1994. Her best performance at a Grand Slam championship came when she got ...

Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan (born 2 December 1971) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Annabel Ellwood Annabel Ellwood (born 2 February 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. She is the sister of former ATP Tour professional Ben Ellwood. Ellwood, a right-handed player, born in Canberra, competed at seven Australian Open t ...

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 the

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spots: * Brie Rippner The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: *

Evie Dominikovic Evie Dominikovic (, ; born 29 May 1980) is a retired Australian tennis player. Her younger sister (by seven years) is the fellow former tennis player Daniella Dominikovic (later Daniella Jeflea). Evie Dominikovic also has a child. Her son is J ...

/ Cindy Watson

External links

ITF tournament edition details

Tournament draws
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