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1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles

RUS Anna Kournikova FRA Nathalie Tauziat

Main article: 1999 Italian Open (tennis)

The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.

Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

SUI Martina Hingis / RUS Anna Kournikova (champions)
FRA Alexandra Fusai / FRA Nathalie Tauziat (final)
RUS Elena Likhovtseva / JPN Ai Sugiyama (second round)
RSA Mariaan de Swardt / UKR Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)
LAT Larisa Neiland / ESP Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)
ROU Irina Spîrlea / NED Caroline Vis (semifinals)
ESP Conchita Martínez / ARG Patricia Tarabini (second round)
ESP Virginia Ruano Pascual / ARG Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

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Top half

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Bottom half

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Qualifying

Seeds

GER Jana Kandarr / USA Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers)
FRA Nathalie Dechy / RUS Nadia Petrova (second round)

Qualifiers

PAR Larissa Schaerer / ESP Magüi Serna

Lucky losers

GER Jana Kandarr / USA Samantha Reeves

Qualifying draw

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