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1999 Kremlin Cup

18–24 October (women)

The 1999 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from 8 November through 14 November 1999, while the women's tournament was held from 18 October through 24 October 1999. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Nathalie Tauziat won the singles titles.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated ZIM Byron Black 7–6(7–2), 6–4

It was Kafelnikov's 3rd title of the year and the 20th of his career.

Women's singles

Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

FRA Nathalie Tauziat defeated AUT Barbara Schett 2–6, 6–4, 6–1

It was Tauziat's 1st title of the year and the 5th of her career.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

USA Justin Gimelstob / CZE Daniel Vacek defeated UKR Andriy Medvedev / RUS Marat Safin 6–2, 6–1

It was Gimelstob's 5th title of the year and the 7th of his career. It was Vacek's 4th title of the year and the 24th of his career.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

USA Lisa Raymond / AUS Rennae Stubbs defeated FRA Julie Halard-Decugis / GER Anke Huber 6–1, 6–0

It was Raymond's 4th title of the year and the 13th of her career. It was Stubbs's 4th title of the year and the 18th of her career.

WTA entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
FRA	Mary Pierce	6	1
AUT	Barbara Schett	8	2
FRA	Julie Halard-Decugis	9	3
FRA	Nathalie Tauziat	10	4
BEL	Dominique Van Roost	12	5
ESP	Conchita Martínez	13	6
FRA	Sandrine Testud	14	7
RUS	Elena Likhovtseva	16	8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

RUS Tatiana Panova
RUS Lina Krasnoroutskaya

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

RUS Lina Krasnoroutskaya / RUS Elena Makarova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles qualifying

UKR Elena Tatarkova
RUS Nadia Petrova
RUS Elena Dementieva
RUS Anastasia Myskina Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles qualifying
FRA Sarah Pitkowski / RUS Ekaterina Sysoeva

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

USA Kimberly Po

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