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1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles
RUS Anna Kournikova BLR Natasha Zvereva
Main article: 1999 Direct Line International Championships
The 1999 Direct Line International Championships doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tennis tournament held in Eastbourne, England and part of the European grass court season. The draw consisted of 16 teams of which four were seeded. Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending doubles champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. De Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natasha Zvereva and they retired in the final to Hingis and Kournikova after losing the first set 4–6.
Seeds
- CZE Jana Novotná / BLR Natasha Zvereva (final)
- SUI Martina Hingis / RUS Anna Kournikova (champions)
- FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
- RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (quarterfinals)
Draw
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Qualifying
Seeds
- AUS Catherine Barclay / AUS Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)
- JPN Miho Saeki / FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (first round)
Qualifiers
- CRO Maja Murić / GRE Christína Papadáki
Qualifying draw
|team-width=175 | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=AUS Catherine Barclay AUS Kerry-Anne Guse | RD1-score1=7 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=USA Amy Frazier USA Katie Schlukebir | RD1-score2=9 | RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3=CRO Maja Murić GRE Christína Papadáki | RD1-score3=8 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=ITA Laura Golarsa SLO Katarina Srebotnik | RD1-score4=5 | RD1-seed5=WC | RD1-team5=CRO Mirjana Lučić GBR Samantha Smith | RD1-score5=5 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6=FRA Amélie Cocheteux FRA Émilie Loit | RD1-score6=8 | RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=TPE Janet Lee THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | RD1-score7=8 | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8=JPN Miho Saeki FRA Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | RD1-score8=2 | RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1=USA Amy Frazier USA Katie Schlukebir | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2=CRO Maja Murić GRE Christína Papadáki | RD2-score2=8 | RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3=FRA Amélie Cocheteux FRA Émilie Loit | RD2-score3=6 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=TPE Janet Lee THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | RD2-score4=8 | RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=CRO Maja Murić GRE Christína Papadáki | RD3-score1=8 | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=TPE Janet Lee THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | RD3-score2=4
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