1999 Italian Open – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1999 Italian Open | |
| Champions | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach[1] |
| Runners-up | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager |
| Score | 6–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
- Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
- Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle (first round)
- Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)
- Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (champions)
- Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (semifinals)
- Jiří Novák / David Rikl (first round)
- Donald Johnson / Cyril Suk (semifinals)
- David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (final)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
| Semifinals | Final[1] | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Donald Johnson Cyril Suk | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 8 | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||
Top half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Norval K Ullyett | 3 | 4 | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Lobo F Roig | 7 | 5 | 6 | L Lobo F Roig | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Kafelnikov J Sánchez | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Reneberg J Stark | 6 | 6 | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Keil F Meligeni | 2 | 2 | R Reneberg J Stark | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kratzmann F Montana | 3 | 4 | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Bale G Stafford | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| N Broad R Koenig | 6 | 7 | N Broad R Koenig | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Damm P Vízner | 3 | 6 | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Nyborg P Tramacchi | 7 | 6 | 6 | W Ferreira J Tarango | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Orsanic M Puerta | 5 | 7 | 4 | P Nyborg P Tramacchi | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| W Ferreira J Tarango | 6 | 7 | W Ferreira J Tarango | 1 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | J Novák D Rikl | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Kuerten N Lapentti | 4 | 2 | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| T Enqvist T Johansson | 6 | 6 | T Enqvist T Johansson | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| N Kiefer D Sanguinetti | 3 | 2 | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Arazi M Navarra | 3 | 7 | 0 | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J Grabb D Macpherson | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Bhupathi T Henman | 3 | 6 | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C Haggard A Olhovskiy | 7 | 6 | C Haggard A Olhovskiy | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Ivanišević V Santopadre | 5 | 1 | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Florent D Vacek | 7 | 6 | M Bertolini C Brandi | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| P Albano T Carbonell | 5 | 3 | A Florent D Vacek | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Bertolini C Brandi | 6 | 6 | M Bertolini C Brandi | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | W Black S Stolle | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b "1999 Rome". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.