1999 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles

Jana Novotná was the reigning champion, but she retired from tennis earlier in the year.^[1]

Singles
1999 Generali Ladies Linz
Champion	Mary Pierce
Runner-up	Sandrine Testud
Score	7–6(7–2), 6–1
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Mary Pierce won the title, defeating compatriot Sandrine Testud in the final, 7–6^(7–2), 6–1.

Seeds

1. Mary Pierce (champion)
2. Barbara Schett (second round)
3. Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
4. Amélie Mauresmo (semifinals)
5. Sandrine Testud (final)
6. Anna Kournikova (second round)
7. Elena Likhovtseva (first round)
8. Anke Huber (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mary Pierce	7	6
	4	Amélie Mauresmo	5	3
								1	Mary Pierce	77	6
								5	Sandrine Testud	62	1
	5	Sandrine Testud	6	6
		Sarah Pitkowski	4	2

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1	M Pierce	78	6
	SR	M Maleeva	3	3					S Plischke	66	2
		S Plischke	6	6											1	M Pierce	3	6	6
		A Kremer	63	2												I Spîrlea	6	2	3
		I Spîrlea	77	6					I Spîrlea	6	0	6
	LL	C Black	4	4				6	A Kournikova	0	6	1
	6	A Kournikova	6	6																		1	M Pierce	7	6
																						4	A Mauresmo	5	3
								4	A Mauresmo	6	6
	SR	J Kruger	2	1					P Schnyder	2	2
		P Schnyder	6	6											4	A Mauresmo	3	7	4
		H Nagyová	3	6	3										WC	B Schwartz	6	5	1r
		S Talaja	6	4	6				S Talaja	2	1
	WC	B Schwartz	7	6				WC	B Schwartz	6	6
	7	E Likhovtseva	5	1

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	5	S Testud	7	6
	Q	B Rittner	5	2				5	S Testud	6	7
		M Sánchez Lorenzo	0	3				Q	S Kleinová	3	5
	Q	S Kleinová	6	6											5	S Testud	6	3	6
		A Sugiyama	3	0											3	N Tauziat	3	6	3
	Q	A Hopmans	6	6				Q	A Hopmans	5	2
								3	N Tauziat	7	6
																						5	S Testud	6	6
	8	A Huber	2	3																			S Pitkowski	4	2
		A-G Sidot	6	6					A-G Sidot	6	4	1
		S Farina Elia	1	0r					S Pitkowski	4	6	6
		S Pitkowski	6	1												S Pitkowski	6	6
	Q	D Chládková	6	6											Q	D Chládková	2	0
	WC	P Wartusch	3	2				Q	D Chládková	6	6
								2/WC	B Schett	2	1

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Sabine Appelmans (first round)
2. Jelena Dokic (second round)
3. Karina Habšudová (second round)
4. Cara Black (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
5. Barbara Rittner (qualified)
6. Rita Grande (qualifying competition)
7. Nicole Pratt (qualifying competition)
8. Amélie Cocheteux (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Denisa Chládková
2. Barbara Rittner
3. Sandra Kleinová
4. Amanda Hopmans

Lucky losers

1. Cara Black

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	1	Sabine Appelmans	1	4
		Denisa Chládková	6	6
									Denisa Chládková	7	6
									Émilie Loit	5	0
		Émilie Loit	6	6
		Sandra Naćuk	3	3
																Denisa Chládková	7	6
															8	Amélie Cocheteux	5	4
		Miriam Oremans	6	6
		Erika deLone	2	3
									Miriam Oremans	7	67	1
								8	Amélie Cocheteux	5	79	6
		Anca Barna	4	2
	8	Amélie Cocheteux	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	4	Cara Black	6	6
	WC	Evelyn Fauth	0	2
								4	Cara Black	6	6
									Anastasia Myskina	2	3
		Anastasia Myskina	6	77
		Lubomira Bacheva	3	64
															4	Cara Black	64	3
															5	Barbara Rittner	77	6
	WC	Angelika Bachmann	3	6	6
		Miroslava Vavrinec	6	3	4
								WC	Angelika Bachmann	3	4
								5	Barbara Rittner	6	6
		Ľudmila Cervanová	4	0
	5	Barbara Rittner	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	7	Nicole Pratt	6	6
		Magdalena Grzybowska	2	2
								7	Nicole Pratt	6	6
									Anna Földényi	4	4
		Tina Pisnik	4	5
		Anna Földényi	6	7
															7	Nicole Pratt	6	5	1
																Sandra Kleinová	2	7	6
		Sandra Kleinová	6	6
		Adriana Gerši	1	4
									Sandra Kleinová	1
								3	Karina Habšudová	4r
	Alt	Cătălina Cristea	2	2
	3	Karina Habšudová	6	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition
	6	Rita Grande	6	6
		Lenka Němečková	4	0
								6	Rita Grande	6	7
								WC	Marion Maruska	2	5
		Åsa Carlsson	0	4
	WC	Marion Maruska	6	6
															6	Rita Grande	3	4
																Amanda Hopmans	6	6
		Amanda Hopmans	6	6
	WC	Sybille Bammer	1	4
									Amanda Hopmans	4	6	6
								2	Jelena Dokic	6	3	3
		Jelena Kostanić	62	3
	2	Jelena Dokic	77	6