1999_French_Open Knowpia

1999 French Open
1999 French Open
Date	24 May – 6 June 1999
Edition	98
Category	69th Grand Slam (ITF)
Surface	Clay
Location	Paris (XVIe), France
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
	Andre Agassi
Women's singles
	Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
	Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes
Women's doubles
	Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
	Piet Norval / Katarina Srebotnik
Boys' singles
	Guillermo Coria
Girls' singles
	Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Boys' doubles
	Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko
Girls' doubles
	Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci

The 1999 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 103rd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1999.

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

Andre Agassi^[1] defeated Andrei Medvedev, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4

• It was Agassi's 4th career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st and only title at the French Open.

Women's singles edit

Steffi Graf defeated Martina Hingis, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2

• It was Graf's 22nd and last career Grand Slam singles title and her 6th title at the French Open.

Men's doubles edit

Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Goran Ivanišević / Jeff Tarango, 6–2, 7–5

• It was Bhupathi's 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

• It was Paes' 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles edit

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 8–6

• It was S. Williams' 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

• It was V. Williams' 1st career Grand Slam doubles title.

Mixed doubles edit

Katarina Srebotnik / Piet Norval defeated Larisa Neiland / Rick Leach, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

• It was Srebotnik's 1st career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

• It was Norval's 1st and only career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Juniors edit

Singles players edit

Men's singles edit

Men's singles

Champion		Runner-up
Andre Agassi (13)		Andrei Medvedev
Semifinals out
Dominik Hrbatý		Fernando Meligeni
Quarterfinals out
M Ríos (9)	M Filippini	À Corretja (6)	G Kuerten (8)
4th round out
M Safin	A Berasategui	C Moyá (4)	G Rusedski (12)
S Koubek	F Mantilla (14)	B Ulihrach	A Di Pasquale
3rd round out
A Ilie	H Arazi	A Costa	T Henman (7)
S Sargsian	C Woodruff	D Sanguinetti	V Spadea
G Gaudio	S Grosjean	T Haas	P Rafter (3)
S Schalken	A Gaudenzi	C Ruud	B Black
2nd round out
Y Kafelnikov (1)	M Rodríguez	J Knippschild	J Courier
A Boetsch	A Calleri	S Huet	J Novák
P Korda	W Ferreira	N Lapentti	A Clément
R Fromberg	H Gumy	M Damm	R Krajicek (5)
F Vicente	B Karbacher	Á López Morón	M Larsson
M Puerta	M Navarra	Y El Aynaoui	N Escudé
G Cañas	F Clavet	M Hantschk	J Stoltenberg
T Enqvist (16)	M Mirnyi	A Portas	P Sampras (2)
1st round out
M Chang	J Boutter	J Björkman	L Hewitt
L Roux	J Krošlák	Á Calatrava	G Ivanišević (15)
A Pretzsch	Sabău	D Vacek	M Gustafsson
W Black	H Dreekmann	D Nestor	K Alami
M Hipfl	A Martín	K Carlsen	J-R Lisnard
T Muster	D Moyano	C Pioline	F Squillari
D Prinosil	A Dupuis	J van Lottum	A Pavel
L Tieleman	N Kiefer	M Woodforde	J-M Gambill
G Puentes	J Tarango	M Norman	O Gross
G Raoux	T Woodbridge	F Santoro	K Kučera (11)
R Gilbert	G Pozzi	M Rosset	S Draper
J Gimelstob	X Malisse	P Luxa	R Federer
G Blanco	J Siemerink	P Haarhuis	J Alonso
R Schüttler	V Voltchkov	R Delgado	M Philippoussis (10)
H Moretti	C Costa	C Rochus	M Zabaleta
A Voinea	C Mamiit	D Pescariu	J A Marín

Notes edit

^ Agassi became only the fifth male player in history to complete a Career Slam, and the first to ever win all four Grand Slam tournaments on different surfaces.
^ Coria reached the 2004 Men's Singles final, but lost to Gastón Gaudio.