1999 Kremlin Cup

{{TennisEventInfo|1999|Kremlin Cup| | date=8–14 November (men) <br> 18–24 October (women) | edition=10th (men) / 4th (women) | surface=[[Carpet court|Carpet]] / indoor | location=[[Moscow]], Russia | venue=[[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]] | champms={{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] | champws={{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]] | champmd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Gimelstob]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Daniel Vacek]] | champwd={{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]] }}

The '''1999 Kremlin Cup''' was a [[tennis]] tournament played on indoor [[carpet court]]s at the [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Moscow]] in [[Russia]] that was part of the [[ATP International Series|International Series]] of the [[1999 ATP Tour]] and of [[WTA Tier I tournaments|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|1999 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles}} {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] defeated {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Byron Black]] 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–4 * It was Kafelnikov's 3rd title of the year and the 20th of his career.

===Women's singles=== {{Main|1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles}} {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]] defeated {{flagicon|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|1999 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Gimelstob]] / {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Daniel Vacek]] defeated {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Medvedev]] / {{flagicon|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|1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles}} {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rennae Stubbs]] defeated {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] / {{flagicon|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=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank ! Seed |- | {{flag|FRA}} | [[Mary Pierce]] | 6 | 1 |- | {{flag|AUT}} | [[Barbara Schett]] | 8 | 2 |- | {{flag|FRA}} | [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] | 9 | 3 |- | {{flag|FRA}} | [[Nathalie Tauziat]] | 10 | 4 |- | {{flag|BEL}} | [[Dominique Monami|Dominique Van Roost]] | 12 | 5 |- | {{flag|ESP}} | [[Conchita Martínez]] | 13 | 6 |- | {{flag|FRA}} | [[Sandrine Testud]] | 14 | 7 |- | {{flag|RUS}} | [[Elena Likhovtseva]] | 16 | 8 |- |}

===Other entrants=== The following players received [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]]s into the singles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Panova]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Lina Krasnoroutskaya]]

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Lina Krasnoroutskaya]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Makarova]]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: {{Main|1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elena Tatarkova]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nadia Petrova]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]] * {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Myskina]] {{Main|1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles qualifying}} * {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sarah Pitkowski]] / {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ekaterina Sysoeva]]

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kimberly Po]]

==External links== * [http://www.kremlincup.ru/ Official website] {{in lang|ru}} * [https://kremlincup.ru/en/ Official website] {{in lang|en}} * [http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Moscow.aspx ATP Tournament Profile] * [http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~664,00.html WTA Tournament Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831183331/http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/page/Tournaments/Info/0,,12781~664,00.html |date=2020-08-31 }}

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