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1999 French Open
Date24 May – 6 June 1999
Edition98
Category69th Grand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceClay
LocationParis (XVI), France
VenueStade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's singles
United States Andre Agassi
Women's singles
Germany Steffi Graf
Men's doubles
India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
South Africa Piet Norval / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Boys' singles
Argentina Guillermo Coria
Girls' singles
Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Boys' doubles
Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze / Croatia Lovro Zovko
Girls' doubles
Italy Flavia Pennetta / Italy Roberta Vinci
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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

Men's singles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Men's singles

United States Andre Agassi defeated Ukraine 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

Main article: 1999 French Open – Women's singles

Germany Steffi Graf defeated Switzerland 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

Main article: 1999 French Open – Men's doubles

India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes defeated Croatia Goran Ivanišević / United States 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

Main article: 1999 French Open – Women's doubles

United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams defeated Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6

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

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Mixed doubles

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik / South Africa Piet Norval defeated Latvia Larisa Neiland / United States 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

Boys' singles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Boys' singles

Argentina Guillermo Coria def. Argentina David Nalbandian, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' singles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Girls' singles

Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino defeated France Stéphanie Foretz, 6–4, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Boys' doubles

Georgia (country) Irakli Labadze / Croatia Lovro Zovko defeated Denmark Kristian Pless / Belgium Olivier Rochus, 6–1, 7–6

Girls' doubles

Main article: 1999 French Open – Girls' doubles

Italy Flavia Pennetta / Italy Roberta Vinci defeated Germany Mia Buric / Belgium Kim Clijsters, 7–5, 5–7, 6–4

Singles players

Men's singles

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

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Coria reached the 2004 Men's Singles final, but lost to Gastón Gaudio.

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