1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles

{{Tennis events|1999|Flanders Women's Open|s

| champ = {{flagicon|ITA}} Laura Golarsa
{{flagicon|SLO}} Katarina Srebotnik

| runner = {{flagicon|AUS}} Louise Pleming
{{flagicon|USA}} Meghann Shaughnessy

| score = 6–4, 6–2

| draw = 16

| seeds = 4

| type = singles doubles

| main_name = Belgian Open (tennis) {{!}} Belgian Open

| before_year = 1993

| before_name = Belgian Open

| after_name = Mexx Benelux Open

}}

The 1999 Belgian Open doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the Belgian Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium on clay. The tournament had not occurred since 1993, when it was won by Radka Bobková and María José Gaidano. They did not compete this year.

Laura Golarsa and Katarina Srebotnik won the tournament without losing a set, defeating Louise Pleming and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.

Seeds

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{{flagicon|BEL}} Els Callens / {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (first round)
{{flagicon|BLR}} Olga Barabanschikova / {{flagicon|KAZ}} Irina Selyutina (first round)
{{flagicon|ROM}} ~~Cătălina Cristea~~ / {{flagicon|ITA}} ~~Rita Grande~~ (withdrew)
{{flagicon|NED}} Seda Noorlander / {{flagicon|GRE}} Christína Papadáki (quarterfinals)

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Draw

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| RD1=First round

| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01={{flagicon|BEL}} E Callens
{{flagicon|FRA}} A Dechaume-Balleret

| RD1-score01-1=4

| RD1-score01-2=1

| RD1-score01-3=

| RD1-seed02=

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|CZE}} E Martincová
{{flagicon|GER}} E Wagner

| RD1-score02-1=6

| RD1-score02-2=6

| RD1-score02-3=

| RD1-seed03=

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|ITA}} L Golarsa
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD1-score03-1=6

| RD1-score03-2=6

| RD1-score03-3=

| RD1-seed04=

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|TPE}} J Lee
{{flagicon|USA}} K Schlukebir

| RD1-score04-1=4

| RD1-score04-2=3

| RD1-score04-3=

| RD1-seed05=4

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|NED}} S Noorlander
{{flagicon|GRE}} C Papadáki

| RD1-score05-1=3

| RD1-score05-2=7

| RD1-score05-3=6

| RD1-seed06=

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|CZE}} M Nekvapilová
{{flagicon|CZE}} H Šromová

| RD1-score06-1=6

| RD1-score06-2=5

| RD1-score06-3=3

| RD1-seed07=Q

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|USA}} J Chi
{{flagicon|USA}} M Tu

| RD1-score07-1=6

| RD1-score07-2=5

| RD1-score07-3=3

| RD1-seed08=WC

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|BEL}} J Henin
{{flagicon|LUX}} A Kremer

| RD1-score08-1=2

| RD1-score08-2=7

| RD1-score08-3=6

| RD1-seed09=

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|AUS}} L Pleming
{{flagicon|USA}} M Shaughnessy

| RD1-score09-1=7⁷

| RD1-score09-2=6

| RD1-score09-3=

| RD1-seed10=

| RD1-team10={{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} RM Andrés Rodríguez
{{flagicon|PAR}} L Schaerer}}

| RD1-score10-1=6⁵

| RD1-score10-2=2

| RD1-score10-3=

| RD1-seed11=

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|BRA}} V Menga
{{flagicon|JPN}} M Saeki

| RD1-score11-1=5

| RD1-score11-2=4

| RD1-score11-3=

| RD1-seed12=LL

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|BEL}} K Clijsters
{{flagicon|IND}} N Vaidyanathan

| RD1-score12-1=7

| RD1-score12-2=6

| RD1-score12-3=

| RD1-seed13=

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|JPN}} K Ishida
{{flagicon|JPN}} K Nagatomi

| RD1-score13-1=6

| RD1-score13-2=3

| RD1-score13-3=6

| RD1-seed14=

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|BUL}} L Bacheva
{{flagicon|GER}} K Freye

| RD1-score14-1=3

| RD1-score14-2=6

| RD1-score14-3=3

| RD1-seed15=

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|FRA}} A Cocheteux
{{flagicon|FRA}} S Pitkowski

| RD1-score15-1=7

| RD1-score15-2=6

| RD1-score15-3=

| RD1-seed16=2

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|BLR}} O Barabanschikova
{{flagicon|KAZ}} I Selyutina

| RD1-score16-1=5

| RD1-score16-2=2

| RD1-score16-3=

| RD2-seed01=

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|CZE}} E Martincová
{{flagicon|GER}} E Wagner

| RD2-score01-1=2

| RD2-score01-2=6²

| RD2-score01-3=

| RD2-seed02=

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|ITA}} L Golarsa
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD2-score02-1=6

| RD2-score02-2=7⁷

| RD2-score02-3=

| RD2-seed03=4

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|NED}} S Noorlander
{{flagicon|GRE}} C Papadáki

| RD2-score03-1=6

| RD2-score03-2=2

| RD2-score03-3=4

| RD2-seed04=WC

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|BEL}} J Henin
{{flagicon|LUX}} A Kremer

| RD2-score04-1=2

| RD2-score04-2=6

| RD2-score04-3=6

| RD2-seed05=

| RD2-team05={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} L Pleming
{{flagicon|USA}} M Shaughnessy}}

| RD2-score05-1=1

| RD2-score05-2=6

| RD2-score05-3=6

| RD2-seed06=LL

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|BEL}} K Clijsters
{{flagicon|IND}} N Vaidyanathan

| RD2-score06-1=6

| RD2-score06-2=4

| RD2-score06-3=2

| RD2-seed07=

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|JPN}} K Ishida
{{flagicon|JPN}} K Nagatomi

| RD2-score07-1=2

| RD2-score07-2=4

| RD2-score07-3=

| RD2-seed08=

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|FRA}} A Cocheteux
{{flagicon|FRA}} S Pitkowski

| RD2-score08-1=6

| RD2-score08-2=6

| RD2-score08-3=

| RD3-seed01=

| RD3-team01={{flagicon|ITA}} L Golarsa
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD3-score01-1=6

| RD3-score01-2=6

| RD3-score01-3=

| RD3-seed02=WC

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|BEL}} J Henin
{{flagicon|LUX}} A Kremer

| RD3-score02-1=4

| RD3-score02-2=1

| RD3-score02-3=

| RD3-seed03=

| RD3-team03={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} L Pleming
{{flagicon|USA}} M Shaughnessy}}

| RD3-score03-1=7⁷

| RD3-score03-2=4

| RD3-score03-3=7

| RD3-seed04=

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|FRA}} A Cocheteux
{{flagicon|FRA}} S Pitkowski

| RD3-score04-1=6⁴

| RD3-score04-2=6

| RD3-score04-3=5

| RD4-seed01=

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|ITA}} L Golarsa
{{flagicon|SLO}} K Srebotnik

| RD4-score01-1=6

| RD4-score01-2=6

| RD4-score01-3=

| RD4-seed02=

| RD4-team02={{nowrap|{{flagicon|AUS}} L Pleming
{{flagicon|USA}} M Shaughnessy}}

| RD4-score02-1=4

| RD4-score02-2=2

| RD4-score02-3=

}}

Qualifying

=Seeds=

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{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi / {{flagicon|USA}} Meilen Tu (Qualifiers)
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters / {{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Vaidyanathan (qualifying competition, withdrew, lucky losers)

}}

=Qualifiers=

{{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi / {{flagicon|USA}} Meilen Tu

=Lucky losers=

{{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters / {{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Vaidyanathan

Qualifying draw

{{4TeamBracket

| legs=1/3

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Qualifying competition

|team-width=185

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi
{{flagicon|USA}} Meilen Tu

| RD1-score1=w/o

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{flagicon|PUR}} Kristina Brandi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Catherine Tanvier

| RD1-score2=

| RD1-seed3=

| RD1-team3={{flagicon|USA}} Jill Craybas
{{flagicon|VEN}} María Vento

| RD1-score3=1

| RD1-seed4=2

| RD1-team4={{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
{{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Vaidyanathan

| RD1-score4=8

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1={{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi
{{flagicon|USA}} Meilen Tu

| RD2-score1-1=w/o

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
{{flagicon|IND}} Nirupama Vaidyanathan

| RD2-score2-1=

}}

External links

[https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1020000281 ITF tournament profile]
[https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1999/1016.pdf Main draw (WTA)]

Category:Belgian Open (tennis)

Flanders Women's Open