1999 Family Circle Cup
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{{TennisEventInfo|1999|Family Circle Cup|
| date=March 29 – April 4
| edition=27th
| category=Tier I
| prize_money=$1,000,000
| draw=56S / 28D
| surface=Clay / outdoor
| location=Hilton Head Island, SC, US
| venue=Sea Pines Plantation
| attendance=102,743 {{cite web|author1=Daniel Kaplan|title=After 28 years, Family Circle moving to a new $9M home|url=http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/03/20000313/No-Topic-Name/After-28-Years-Family-Circle-Moving-To-A-New-$9M-Home.aspx|publisher=SportsBusiness Daily|date=March 13, 2000|access-date=2017-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822181300/http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2000/03/20000313/No-Topic-Name/After-28-Years-Family-Circle-Moving-To-A-New-$9M-Home.aspx|archive-date=2017-08-22|url-status=dead}}
| champs={{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis
| champd={{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva / {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná
}}
The 1999 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States that was part of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 27th edition of the tournament and was held from March 29 through April 4, 1999. First-seeded Martina Hingis won the singles title.
Finals
=Singles=
{{main|1999 Family Circle Cup – Singles}}
{{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis defeated {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova, 6–4, 6–3
- It was Hingis' 6th title of the year and the 45th of her career.
=Doubles=
{{main|1999 Family Circle Cup – Doubles}}
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva / {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná defeated {{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Schett / {{flagicon|SUI}} Patty Schnyder, 6–1, 6–4
Entrants
=Seeds=
| class="wikitable" border="1"
! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank ! Seed |
| {{flag|SUI}}
| 1 | 1 |
| {{flag|USA}}
| 3 | 2 |
| {{flag|CZE}}
| 4 | 3 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
| 7 | 4 |
| {{flag|RSA}}
| 9 | 5 |
| {{flag|SUI}}
| 13 | 6 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
| 20 | 7 |
| {{flag|FRA}}
| 14 | 8 |
| {{flag|ROU}}
| 15 | 9 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
| 18 | 10 |
| {{flag|BLR}}
| 17 | 11 |
| {{flag|AUT}}
| 19 | 12 |
| {{flag|ITA}}
| 25 | 13 |
| {{flag|RUS}}
| 22 | 14 |
| {{flag|ESP}}
| 24 | 15 |
| {{flag|SVK}}
| 26 | 16 |
=Other entrants=
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
- {{flagicon|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy
- {{flagicon|USA}} Brie Rippner
- {{flagicon|BLR}} Olga Barabanschikova
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Adriana Gerši
- {{flagicon|USA}} Alexandra Stevenson
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Makarova
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Tatiana Panova
- {{flagicon|USA}} Lilia Osterloh
- {{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Cacic
- {{flagicon|SUI}} Emmanuelle Gagliardi
The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Larisa Neiland
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|POL}} Aleksandra Olsza / {{flagicon|USA}} Lilia Osterloh
References
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External links
- [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1999/804.pdf WTA tournament profile]
- [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/hilton-head/usa/1999/w-wt-usa-04a-1999/draws-and-results/ ITF tournament edition details]
{{Family Circle Cup tournaments}}
{{1999 WTA Tour}}