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1999 WTA Tour Championships

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{{TennisEventInfo|1999|WTA Tour Championships|

| date= November 15–21

| edition=29th

| category=Year-end championships

| prize_money=$2,000,000

| draw=16S / 8D

| surface=Carpet / indoor

| venue=Madison Square Garden

| location=New York City, United States

| champs= {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport

| champd= {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis / {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova

| before_name=Chase Championships

| main_name=WTA Finals

}}

The 1999 WTA Tour Championships, also known by its sponsored name The Chase Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 29th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 24th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from November 15 through November 21, 1999. Second-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles event and earned $500,000 first-prize money.{{cite news|author1=Bob Greene|title=Davenport wins season-ending Chase Championships|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/davenport-wins-seasonending-chase-championships-741918.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/davenport-wins-seasonending-chase-championships-741918.html |archive-date=2022-05-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|date=November 21, 1999}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|title=Davenport wins season-ending Chase Championships|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TOFPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qAgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4112%2C3899933|work=Ocala Star-Banner|date=November 22, 1999}} The tournament discarded the best-of-five-set final which it had used since 1984 and reverted to a best-of-three-set final.{{cite book|title=ITF World of Tennis 2000|year=2000|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=9780002189460|editor=John Barrett|editor-link=John Barrett (tennis)|pages=203–204}}

Finals

=Singles=

{{main|1999 WTA Tour Championships – Singles}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport defeated {{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2.

  • It was Davenport's 7th title of the year and the 26th of her career.

=Doubles=

{{main|1999 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles}}

{{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis / {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova defeated {{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / {{flagicon|LAT}} Larisa Neiland, 6–4, 6–4.

Qualified players

=Singles=

class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text:justify; text-align:center;"
width=20|#

!width=205|Players

!width=50|Points

!width=50|Tours

align=center bgcolor=white

|1

align=left|{{flagathlete|Martina Hingis|SUI}}6,15319(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|2

align=left|{{flagathlete|Lindsay Davenport|USA}}4,62718
align=center bgcolor=white

|3

align=left|{{flagathlete|Venus Williams|USA}}4,12516
align=center bgcolor=#C2B280

|4/inj

align=left|{{flagathlete|Serena Williams|USA}}3,02111
align=center bgcolor=#C2B280

|ret

align=left|{{flagathlete|Steffi Graf|GER}}3,00011
align=center bgcolor=white

|5

align=left|{{flagathlete|Mary Pierce|FRA}}2,64920(18)
align=center bgcolor=#C2B280

|inj

align=left|{{flagathlete|Monica Seles|USA}}2,44214
align=center bgcolor=white

|6

align=left|{{flagathlete|Nathalie Tauziat|FRA}}2,10025(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|7

align=left|{{flagathlete|Barbara Schett|AUT}}2,08622(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|8

align=left|{{flagathlete|Julie Halard-Decugis|FRA}}1,98723(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|9

align=left|{{flagathlete|Amélie Mauresmo|FRA}}1,85214
align=center bgcolor=white

|10

align=left|{{flagathlete|Amanda Coetzer|RSA}}1,81624(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|11

align=left|{{flagathlete|Anna Kournikova|RUS}}1,64219(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|12

align=left|{{flagathlete|Sandrine Testud|FRA}}1,64225(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|13

align=left|{{flagathlete|Dominique Van Roost|BEL}}1,60925(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|14

align=left|{{flagathlete|Conchita Martínez|ESP}}1,56923(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|15

align=left|{{flagathlete|Anke Huber|GER}}1,45225(18)
align=center bgcolor=white

|16

align=left|{{flagathlete|Arantxa Sánchez Vicario|ESP}}1,43518
align=center bgcolor=white

|17/Alt

align=left|{{flagathlete|Elena Likhovtseva|RUS}}1,37128(18)
align=center bgcolor=#efefef

|DNQ

align=left|{{flagathlete|Amy Frazier|USA}}1,30120(18)
align=center bgcolor=#efefef

|DNQ

align=left|{{flagathlete|Ruxandra Dragomir|ROU}}1,29623(18)

Race to the finals

Players with a gold background have enough points to qualify, while players with a blue background did not but could play as alternates. A brown background means a player qualified but was unable to play due to injury or retirement.

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
rowspan=2| Rank

!rowspan=2| Athlete

! colspan="18" | Points

!rowspan=2| Total points

!rowspan=2| Tours

width=30|1

!width=30|2

!width=30|3

!width=30|4

!width=30|5

!width=30|6

!width=30|7

!width=30|8

!width=30|9

!width=30|10

!width=30|11

!width=30|12

!width=30|13

!width=30|14

!width=30|15

!width=30|16

!width=30|17

!width=30|18

bgcolor=gold| 1

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|SUI}} Martina Hingis

|bgcolor=lime|W
828

|bgcolor=thistle|F
662

|bgcolor=thistle|F
546

|bgcolor=lime|W
429

|bgcolor=lime|W
427

|bgcolor=lime|W
394

|bgcolor=lime|W
382

|bgcolor=lime|W
356

|bgcolor=lime|W
308

|bgcolor=thistle|F
243

|bgcolor=thistle|F
229

|bgcolor=lime|W
200

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
185

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
167

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
140

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
102

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
52

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R128
2

!5,654

!18

bgcolor=gold| 2

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport

|bgcolor=lime|W
840

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
516

|bgcolor=lime|W
417

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
380

|bgcolor=lime|W
365

|bgcolor=lime|W
318

|bgcolor=lime|W
303

|bgcolor=thistle|F
201

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
186

|bgcolor=lime|W
179

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
128

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
128

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
115

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
65

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
27

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
1

|

!4,242

!17

bgcolor=gold| 3

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams

|bgcolor=lime|W
483

|bgcolor=lime|W
469

|bgcolor=lime|W
426

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
358

|bgcolor=lime|W
345

|bgcolor=lime|W
336

|bgcolor=thistle|F
298

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
228

|bgcolor=thistle|F
206

|bgcolor=lime|W
197

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
196

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
158

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
125

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
1

|

|

|

!4,125

!15

bgcolor=gold| 4

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams

|bgcolor=lime|W
1,046

|bgcolor=lime|W
468

|bgcolor=lime|W
424

|bgcolor=lime|W
418

|bgcolor=lime|W
303

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
98

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
96

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
79

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
28

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!3,021

!11

bgcolor=cd7f32| 5

|align="left" bgcolor=cd7f32|{{flagicon|GER}} Steffi Graf

|bgcolor=lime|W
1,064

|bgcolor=thistle|F
520

|bgcolor=thistle|F
283

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
204

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
186

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
159

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
121

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
92

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
86

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!2,714

!10

bgcolor=gold| 6

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|FRA}} Mary Pierce

|bgcolor=lime|W
288

|bgcolor=thistle|F
283

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
232

|bgcolor=thistle|F
229

|bgcolor=thistle|F
196

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
190

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
182

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
175

|bgcolor=thistle|F
144

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
133

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
116

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
88

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
65

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
39

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
34

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

!2,529

!19

bgcolor=cd7f32| 7

|align="left" bgcolor=cd7f32|{{flagicon|USA}} Monica Seles

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
430

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
358

|bgcolor=lime|W
286

|bgcolor=thistle|F
258

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
226

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
194

|bgcolor=thistle|F
167

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
156

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
67

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
40

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

|

|

|

|

|

!2,310

!13

bgcolor=gold| 8

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|AUT}} Barbara Schett

|bgcolor=thistle|F
244

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
226

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
203

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
196

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
195

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
120

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
116

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
112

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
106

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
93

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
87

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
81

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
69

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
59

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
54

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
49

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
46

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
30

!2,131

!22

bgcolor=gold| 9

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nathalie Tauziat

|bgcolor=lime|W
344

|bgcolor=lime|W
270

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
216

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
210

|bgcolor=thistle|F
201

|bgcolor=thistle|F
132

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
120

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
84

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
54

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
49

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
42

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
40

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
40

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
39

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
32

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
1

!1,976

!24

bgcolor=gold| 10

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Halard-Decugis

|bgcolor=thistle|F
285

|bgcolor=thistle|F
268

|bgcolor=lime|W
234

|bgcolor=lime|W
162

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
112

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
112

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
103

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
98

|bgcolor=thistle|F
95

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
87

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
80

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
66

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
60

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
58

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
41

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
32

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
23

!1,964

!23

bgcolor=gold| 11

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo

|bgcolor=thistle|F
766

|bgcolor=thistle|F
285

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
172

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
123

|bgcolor=lime|W
110

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
104

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
97

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
54

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
46

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
42

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
32

|bgcolor=#afeeee|Q
19

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

|

|

|

|

!1,852

!14

bgcolor=gold| 12

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|RSA}} Amanda Coetzer

|bgcolor=thistle|F
364

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
155

|bgcolor=thistle|F
151

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
128

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
126

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
126

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
108

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
88

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
77

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
62

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
38

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
24

!1,846

!24

bgcolor=gold| 13

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova

|bgcolor=thistle|F
258

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
216

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
180

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
138

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
108

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
100

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
95

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
90

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
86

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
75

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
67

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
49

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
34

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R56
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R56
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

!1,589

!18

bgcolor=gold| 14

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|FRA}} Sandrine Testud

|bgcolor=thistle|F
210

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
187

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
178

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
140

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
116

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
93

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
87

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
85

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
81

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
71

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
66

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
49

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
42

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
34

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

!1,589

!24

bgcolor=gold| 15

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dominique Van Roost

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
185

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
166

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
134

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
128

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
120

|bgcolor=thistle|F
117

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
112

|bgcolor=thistle|F
95

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
95

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
80

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
49

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
39

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
24

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
12

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R128
2

!1,511

!24

bgcolor=gold| 16

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
286

|bgcolor=lime|W
191

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
166

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
134

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
83

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
75

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
74

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
68

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
56

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
54

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
50

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
28

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
26

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
23

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

!1,516

!22

bgcolor=gold| 17

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|GER}} Anke Huber

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
346

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
156

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
149

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
130

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
96

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
90

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
69

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
59

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
53

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
50

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
30

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
26

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
22

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
18

!1,434

!25

bgcolor=gold| 18

|align="left" bgcolor=gold|{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
330

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
190

|bgcolor=lime|W
170

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
154

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
123

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
98

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
73

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
65

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
49

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
46

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
44

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
34

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

|

!1,381

!17

style="background:#59f;"| 19

|align=left style="background:#59f;"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Likhovtseva

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
156

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
151

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
130

|bgcolor=thistle|F
127

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
82

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
82

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
79

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
75

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
73

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
68

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
61

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
56

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
54

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
46

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
41

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
28

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
22

!1,371

!28

20

|align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Amy Frazier

|bgcolor=lime|W
171

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
155

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
139

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
137

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
104

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
90

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
72

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
69

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
69

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
61

|bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF
60

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
58

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
46

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
32

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
32

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R128
2

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R56
1

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R28
1

!1,301

!20

21

|align=left| {{flagicon|ROU}} Ruxandra Dragomir

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
254

|bgcolor=thistle|F
223

|bgcolor=yellow|SF
183

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
132

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
71

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
65

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
60

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
42

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R64
42

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
41

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
36

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
30

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
28

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
24

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R32
23

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
18

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R16
18

|bgcolor=#afeeee|R56
1

!1,296

!23

References

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External links

  • [https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1999/808.pdf WTA tournament draws]
  • [http://www.wtafinals.com/article/champs-history/3668392 WTA Finals history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415053512if_/http://www.wtafinals.com/article/champs-history/3668392 |date=2016-04-15 }}

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