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1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open
Date	19 – 25 April
Edition	4th
Category	Tier IVa
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$142,500
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Champions
Singles
Sarah Pitkowski
Doubles
Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Sandra Načuk
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The 1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Budapest in Hungary that was part of Tier IVa of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 19 April until 25 April 1999. Seventh-seeded Sarah Pitkowski won the singles title and earned $22,000 first-prize money.

Finals

Singles

Sarah Pitkowski defeated Cristina Torrens Valero, 6–2, 6–2

• It was Pitkowski's only singles title of her career.

Doubles

Evgenia Kulikovskaya / Sandra Načuk defeated Laura Montalvo / Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6–3, 6–4

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
CZE	Jana Novotná	4	1
SVK	Henrieta Nagyová	24	2
ITA	Silvia Farina	25	3
ESP	Virginia Ruano Pascual	28	4
FRA	Nathalie Dechy	30	5
ESP	María Sánchez Lorenzo	40	6
FRA	Sarah Pitkowski	41	7
ESP	Gala León García	49	8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Zsófia Gubacsi / Petra Mandula

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Katarzyna Straczy
• Eva Martincová
• Zsófia Gubacsi
• Martina Suchá

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Sandra Dopfer

External links

• ITF tournament edition details
• WTA tournament draws

• 1999 WTA Tour
• Budapest Grand Prix
• 1999 in Hungarian women's sport
• 1999 in Hungarian tennis