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Singles
Singles
1999 Paris Open
Final
Champion	Andre Agassi
Runner-up	Marat Safin
Score	7–6(7–1), 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	48 (4WC/6Q/2LL)
Seeds	16
Events
Singles	Doubles

Andre Agassi defeated Marat Safin in the final, 7–6^(7–1), 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1999 Paris Open.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Greg Rusedski was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Albert Costa.

Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All sixteen seeds received a bye into the second round.

Andre Agassi (champion)
Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
Pete Sampras (third round)
Todd Martin (second round)
Gustavo Kuerten (second round)
Greg Rusedski (second round)
~~Nicolas Kiefer~~ (withdrew)
Richard Krajicek (second round)
Marcelo Ríos (second round)
Tim Henman (third round)
Nicolás Lapentti (semifinals)
Álex Corretja (second round)
Tommy Haas (quarterfinals)
Carlos Moyà (second round)
Cédric Pioline (quarterfinals)
Karol Kučera (second round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
SR = Special ranking
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

1	Andre Agassi	6	6

	Mark Philippoussis	4	1
					1	Andre Agassi	3	6	6

					11	Nicolás Lapentti	6	3	2
13	Tommy Haas	4	6	3

11	Nicolás Lapentti	6	3	6
										1	Andre Agassi	7⁷	6	4	6

											Marat Safin	6¹	2	6	4
	Marat Safin	6	6

	Jim Courier	2	4
						Marat Safin	6⁵	7⁷	6

					Q	Michael Chang	7⁷	6⁵	3
Q	Michael Chang	5	7⁸	6

15	Cédric Pioline	7	6⁶	4

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					1	A Agassi	6	6
	Y El Aynaoui	6	6			Y El Aynaoui	4	3
	V Spadea	2	4							1	A Agassi	6	3	6
WC	A Clément	6⁴	6	6²						Q	S Schalken	4	6	2
Q	S Schalken	7⁷	4	7⁷	Q	S Schalken	6	6
					16	K Kučera	3	4
															1	A Agassi	6	6
																M Philippoussis	4	1
					10	T Henman	4	7⁹	6
	W Ferreira	6	2	2	LL	J C Ferrero	6	6⁷	4
LL	J C Ferrero	4	6	6						10	T Henman	1	6	3
	M Philippoussis	6	7⁷								M Philippoussis	6	3	6
WC	N Escudé	4	6⁴			M Philippoussis	7	6
					8	R Krajicek	5	3

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

					3	P Sampras	4	6	7⁷
	F Clavet	6	6			F Clavet	6	3	6⁴
	J Novák	4	1							3	P Sampras
Q	S Koubek	7	6							13	T Haas	w/o
	D Hrbatý	5	4		Q	S Koubek	3	2
					13	T Haas	6	6
														13	T Haas	4	6	3
														11	N Lapentti	6	3	6
					11	N Lapentti	6	7⁷
Q	R Schüttler	2	3			F Santoro	3	6⁵
	F Santoro	6	6							11	N Lapentti	6	7
	M Norman	6	3	2							Á Costa	2	5
	Á Costa	4	6	6		Á Costa	7⁹
					6	G Rusedski	6⁷	r

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					5	G Kuerten	6⁴	6	6⁴
	M Safin	6⁵	7	6		M Safin	7⁷	3	7⁷
	M Zabaleta	7⁷	5	3							M Safin	6	6
Q	G Bastl	6⁷	2								M Rosset	4	4
	M Rosset	7⁹	6			M Rosset	7	6
					12	Á Corretja	5	3
																M Safin	6	6
																J Courier	2	4
					14	C Moyà	2	1
WC	A Di Pasquale	6⁵	6	6⁶		J Courier	6	6
	J Courier	7⁷	3	7⁸							J Courier	6³	7⁷	7
	T Enqvist	3	6	7⁷							T Enqvist	7⁷	6⁴	5
	S Grosjean	6	4	6⁵		T Enqvist	4	7⁷	7⁸
					4	T Martin	6	6⁵	6⁶

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

					LL	S Sargsian	3	6⁷
Q	J van Lottum	6	6		Q	J van Lottum	6	7⁹
	F Mantilla	3	2							Q	J van Lottum	1	2
Q	M Chang	6⁷	7	6						Q	M Chang	6	6
	T Johansson	7⁹	5	4	Q	M Chang	7	6
					9	M Ríos	5	2
															Q	M Chang	5	7⁸	6
															15	C Pioline	7	6⁶	4
					15	C Pioline	6	6
	A Medvedev	6	6			A Medvedev	1	4
WC	G Raoux	3	4							15	C Pioline	7⁷	3	7⁸
	F Meligeni	3	2								L Hewitt	6⁴	6	6⁶
	L Hewitt	6	6			L Hewitt	6	2	6
					2	Y Kafelnikov	4	6	4

Qualifying

Qualifying seeds

Hicham Arazi (first round)
Goran Ivanišević (first round)
Stefan Koubek (qualified)
Rainer Schüttler (qualified)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Sargis Sargsian (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
Daniel Vacek (first round)
Sjeng Schalken (qualified)
(n/a)
Guillermo Cañas (qualifying competition)
Jeff Tarango (first round)
Michael Chang (qualified)

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Juan Carlos Ferrero
Sargis Sargsian

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

1	Hicham Arazi	3	3

	Ivan Ljubičić	6	6
					Ivan Ljubičić	6	6	5

				12	Michael Chang	4	7	7
	Jean-René Lisnard	5	1

12	Michael Chang	7	6

Second qualifier

First round				Qualifying competition

2	Goran Ivanišević	6	6

WC	Julien Boutter	7	7
				WC	Julien Boutter	4	6

					George Bastl	6	7
	George Bastl	6	6

11	Jeff Tarango	2	3

Third qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

3	Stefan Koubek	4	6	6

WC	Michaël Llodra	6	2	3
					3	Stefan Koubek	6	6

					10	Guillermo Cañas	3	2
	Justin Gimelstob	4	6	2

10	Guillermo Cañas	6	0	6

Fourth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

4	Rainer Schüttler	6	7

	Daniel Nestor	1	5
					4	Rainer Schüttler	4	6	7

						Wayne Black	6	2	5
	Antony Dupuis	4	6	4

	Wayne Black	6	3	6

Fifth qualifier

First round					Qualifying competition

5	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6	5	6

	Wayne Arthurs	4	7	2
					5	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4	6	3

						John van Lottum	6	4	6
	John van Lottum	6	4	6

7	Daniel Vacek	4	6	1