The 1999 Wismilak International doubles was the doubles event of the fifth edition of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in
Southeast Asia
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. It was not played the previous year, so there was no defending champion.
Jelena Kostanić Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name.
The name is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helena, and it signifies the word ‘Greek’ (Ελληνικά) meaning bright, light. Helena comes from Helios meaning
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and
Tina Pisnik
Tina Pisnik (born 19 February 1981) is a former professional tennis player and current pickleball player from Slovenia.
In tennis, Pisnik turned professional in 1999. Pisnik's highest singles ranking was world No. 29, which she reached on 12 ...
won in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, against Japanese
Rika Hiraki
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and
Yuka Yoshida
Yuka Kaneko (née Yuka Yoshida, , born 1 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour: 1995 in Tokyo, 1996 in Pattaya
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, to win their respective second and first WTA Tour titles.
Seeds
Draw
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
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Evelyn Fauth
Evelyn Fauth (born 27 November 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Austria.
Biography
Fauth was born in the Styrian town of Sankt Peter, to parents Walter and Ingrid. She began playing tennis at the age of six and turned professio ...
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Miroslava Vavrinec
Miroslava "Mirka" Federer (born Miroslava Vavrincová on 1 April 1978, later Miroslava Vavrinec) is a Swiss former professional tennis player of Slovak origin.
She is married to tennis player Roger Federer, having first met him at the 2000 Summ ...
Qualifying draw
External links
ITF tournament edition details
WTA tournament draws
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Doubles
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