1999 Serena Williams tennis season
The Serena Williams 1999 season was her breakthrough season, winning her first career title at the Open Gaz de France and winning her first slam at the US Open .
Year summary
Early hard court season
At the Australian Open , Williams lost in the third round to Sandrine Testud despite holding two match points.[ 1] After two losses in tight three-setters in Australia, at the hands of Testud in Melbourne and Steffi Graf in Sydney , Williams won her first professional singles title when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris, thus becoming the 13th unseeded player to win a Tier II or higher event since 1980.[ 2] [ 3] With Venus also winning the IGA Superthrift Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, that day, the pair became the first sisters to win professional tournaments in the same week.[ 3] [ 4]
In March of that year, at the Evert Cup in California, Williams won her first WTA 1000 event, defeating a 29-year-old Steffi Graf in the final,[ 5] [ 6] thus ending Graf's completed finals winning streak at 20, which dated back to 1995.[ 3] Soon afterward at the Miami Masters , Williams had her 16-match winning streak ended by her sister in the first all-sister singles final in WTA history and the first all-sister women's final in 115 years, with the only other such final taking place at Wimbledon in 1884 , when Maud Watson beat her older sister, Lilian , to become Wimbledon's first female champion.[ 3] [ 7] This was the best winning streak that includes a player's first title since Steffi Graf's 23-match streak in 1986.[ 3] Williams then made her top-10 debut, at No. 9.[ 3]
Clay court season
Williams lost in the quarterfinals of the Italian Open [ 8] and the German Open .[ 9] At the French Open , Williams lost in the third round to Mary Joe Fernández ,[ 1] but in the doubles event , she and Venus did not drop a single set en route to the final, where they defeated the pair of Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova , who were the self-proclaimed "Spice Girls" of tennis, having dropped just a single set on their route to the Australian Open doubles title.[ 10] It was the first major title for the Williams sisters and would be their first step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles.[ 10]
Williams then missed Wimbledon because of injury. When she returned to the tour two months later, Williams made her Fed Cup debut. After a two-and-a-half-hour rain delay and with Monica Seles unavailable, the USTA and U.S. captain Billie Jean King turned to her other rookie, 17-year-old Serena, to try to close out the tie.[ 11] Williams did just that, toppling Rita Grande , 6-1, 6-1, in 50 minutes, thus sending the U.S. back to the final for the first time since 1996.[ 11] In doing so at 17 years and nine months old, she became the sixth youngest player in US Fed Cup history to win a match.[ 11] The Williams sisters, who were traveling internationally without their parents for the first time in their careers, then teamed up to win the dead doubles rubber against Tathiana Garbin and Adriana Serra Zanetti , to cap a perfect debut.[ 11] She then won her third title at the JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles, beating Julie Halard-Decugis in the final. This moved her ranking back into the Top 10 at No. 9, tying her career high.[ 3]
Late hard court season
At the US Open , Williams defeated Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters , Conchita Martínez , Monica Seles , and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in consecutive matches to reach the final,[ 5] [ 12] where she faced the world No. 1, the 18-year-old Martina Hingis, who had defeated her sister in the semifinals and also in the 1997 US Open final.[ 13] She finished the job that her sister could not by beating Hingis 6–3, 7–6(7–4) to capture her first US Open title at age 17 in only her second year as a pro; she won despite making 57 unforced errors, 33 more than Hingis.[ 13] In doing so, she became the lowest seed to win the US Open in the Open era, the sixth American woman in the Open Era to win a Major, and only the second African-American woman, after Althea Gibson in 1958, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament.[ 3] [ 13]
In the doubles event , the Williams sisters defeated Chanda Rubin and Sandrine Testud in the final, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 to win the women's doubles title. It was the second doubles major title for the Williams sisters, and their second step towards completing the career Golden Slam in doubles. Serena thus became the fifth woman in the Open Era to win both the singles and doubles event of a major,[ 3] while she and Venus became the first sisters to win a US Open doubles championship in 101 years, since Juliette and Kathleen Atkinson accomplished it in 1897 and 1898 .[ 14] In total, the Williams girls earned $1.29 million for their two-week US Open travel, $915,000 of it reeled in by Serena.[ 14]
To complete her 1999 season, Williams teamed up with Venus to win a doubles match in the Fed Cup final to help Team USA win the 1999 Fed Cup title against Russia at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, Calif.[ 11] Williams ended the year ranked in a career-high world No. 4 in just her second full year on the main tour.[ 3]
All matches
Singles matches
Tournament
Match
Round
Opponent
Rank
Result
Score
Sydney International Sydney , Australia Tier II Hard, outdoor 11–17 January 1999
56
1R
Inés Gorrochategui
#208
Win
6–4, 6–2
57
2R
Steffi Graf
#10
Loss
2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 18–31 January 1999
58
1R
Raluca Sandu
#99
Win
6–2, 6–3
59
2R
Magüi Serna
#22
Win
6–1, 6–3
60
3R
Sandrine Testud
#15
Loss
2–6, 6–2, 7–9
Open Gaz de France Paris, France Tier II Hard, outdoor 22–28 February 1999
61
1R
Åsa Svensson
#94
Win
6–1, 6–2
62
2R
Nathalie Tauziat
#9
Win
6–1, 6–4
63
QF
Julie Halard-Decugis
#21
Win
6–2, 6–3
64
SF
Nathalie Dechy
#43
Win
6–1, 6–4
65
F
Amélie Mauresmo
#18
Win
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Evert Cup Indian Wells , USA Tier I Hard, outdoor 1–14 March 1999
66
1R
Jessica Steck
#230
Win
6–1, 7–5
67
2R
Lindsay Davenport
#2
Win
6–4, 6–2
68
3R
Cara Black
#36
Win
6–0, 7–5
69
QF
Mary Pierce
#8
Win
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
70
SF
Sandrine Testud
#14
Win
7–5, 6–0
71
F
Steffi Graf
#7
Win
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Lipton Championships Miami , USA Tier I Hard, outdoor 15–28 March 1999
-
1R
Bye
72
2R
Alicia Molik
#107
Win
6–2, 6–3
73
3R
Magüi Serna
#25
Win
6–3, 6–2
74
4R
Monica Seles
#3
Win
6–2, 6–3
75
QF
Amanda Coetzer
#9
Win
6–4, 6–0
76
SF
Martina Hingis
#1
Win
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
77
F
Venus Williams
#6
Loss
6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Italian Open Rome, Italy Tier I Clay, outdoor 3–9 May 1999
-
1R
Bye
78
2R
Tatiana Panova
#71
Win
6–4, 6–1
79
3R
Irina Spîrlea
#17
Win
6–2, 6–3
80
QF
Martina Hingis
#1
Loss
2–6, 2–6
German Open Berlin, Germany Tier I Clay, outdoor 10–16 May 1999
-
1R
Bye
81
2R
Jennifer Capriati
#115
Win
7–6(7–3) , 6–3
82
3R
Lisa Raymond
#38
Win
6–1, 7–6(7–1)
83
QF
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
#7
Loss
3–6, 2–3 Ret
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 25 May – 7 June 1999
84
1R
Laurence Courtois
#99
Win
6–0, 6–4
85
2R
Mariana Díaz Oliva
#94
Win
6–3, 6–4
86
3R
Mary Joe Fernández
#37
Loss
3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Fed Cup WG : USA vs. Italy Ancona , Italy Team Event Clay July 19–25, 1999
87
–
Rita Grande
NR
Win
6–1, 6–1
Acura Classic Los Angeles, USA Tier II Hard 9–15 August 1999
88
1R
Elena Likhovtseva
#21
Win
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
89
2R
Patty Schnyder
#19
Win
6–3, 6–1
90
QF
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
#8
Win
6–2, 6–3
91
SF
Martina Hingis
#1
Win
6–3, 7–5
92
F
Julie Halard-Decugis
#16
Win
6–1, 6–4
US Open New York City, USA Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 30 August – 12 September 1999
93
1R
Kimberly Po
#80
Win
6–1, 6–0
94
2R
Jelena Kostanić
#128
Win
6–4, 6–2
95
3R
Kim Clijsters
#98
Win
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
96
4R
Conchita Martínez
#16
Win
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
97
QF
Monica Seles
#4
Win
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
98
SF
Lindsay Davenport
#2
Win
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
99
F
Martina Hingis
#1
Win
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Grand Slam Cup Munich , Germany Exhibition Carpet,indoor 27 September – 3 October 1999
100
QF
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
#15
Win
6–3, 6–1
101
SF
Lindsay Davenport
#2
Win
6–3, 6–4
102
F
Venus Williams
#15
Win
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt , Germany Tier II Hard, outdoor 4–10 October 1999
-
1R
Bye
103
2R
Sandrine Testud
#13
Loss
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Doubles matches
Tournament
Match
Round
Partner
Opponents
Rank
Result
Score
Sydney International Sydney , Australia Tier II Hard, outdoor 11–17 January 1999
28
1R
Venus Williams
Amanda Coetzer Natasha Zvereva
#25 #1
Win
7–5, 7–5
29
QF
Venus Williams
Inés Gorrochategui Conchita Martínez
#99 #16
Win
6–4, 6–1
30
SF
Venus Williams
Mary Joe Fernández Anke Huber
#78 #70
Loss
7–6(9–7) , 5–7, 5–7
Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 18–31 January 1999
31
1R
Venus Williams
Catherine Barclay-Reitz Kerry-Anne Guse
#44 #29
Win
6–4, 6–1
32
2R
Venus Williams
Christina Singer Helena Vildová
#114 #86
Win
6–3, 6–1
33
3R
Venus Williams
Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova
#16 #21
Win
7–6(7–3) , 6–2
34
QF
Venus Williams
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland
#12 #10
Win
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
35
SF
Venus Williams
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
#4 #1
Loss
6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Faber Grand Prix Hanover , Germany Tier II Hard, indoorS 15–22 February 1999
36
1R
Venus Williams
Elena Wagner Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
#89 #59
Win
6–1, 6–1
37
QF
Venus Williams
Manon Bollegraf Caroline Vis
#19 #14
Win
6–1, 6–4
38
SF
Venus Williams
Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
#11 #15
Win
6–2, 7–6(10–8)
39
F
Venus Williams
Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
#9 #8
Win
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Evert Cup Indian Wells , USA Tier I Hard, outdoor 1–14 March 1999
40
1R
Venus Williams
Katrina Adams Debbie Graham
#33 #34
Win
6–0, 6–1
41
2R
Venus Williams
Silvia Farina Elia Linda Wild
#22 #196
Win
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
42
QF
Venus Williams
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
#4 #1
Win
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
43
SF
Venus Williams
Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná
#50 #3
Loss
3–6, 4–6
Lipton Championships Miami , USA Tier I Hard, outdoor 15–28 March 1999
–
1R
Bye
44
2R
Venus Williams
Debbie Graham Rita Grande
#35 #102
Win
6–4, 7–5
–
3R
Venus Williams
Silvia Farina Elia Karina Habšudová
#33 #37
Withdrew
N/A
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 24 May – 6 June 1999
45
1R
Venus Williams
Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
#41 #78
Win
6–2, 6–3
46
2R
Venus Williams
Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir
#72 #56
Win
6–3, 6–2
47
3R
Venus Williams
Vanessa Menga Elena Wagner
#112 #99
Win
6–1, 6–3
48
QF
Venus Williams
Els Callens Rita Grande
#33 #88
Win
6–0, 7–5
49
SF
Venus Williams
Lindsay Davenport Mary Pierce
#4 #53
Win
6–4, 6–1
50
F
Venus Williams
Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
#2 #5
Win
6–3, 6–7(2–7) , 8–6
Fed Cup WG : USA vs. Italy Ancona , Italy Team Event Clay July 19–25, 1999
51
–
Venus Williams
Tathiana Garbin Adriana Serra Zanetti
#187 #207
Win
6–2, 6–2
TIG Tennis Classic San Diego , USA Tier II Hard 2–8 August 1999
52
1R
Venus Williams
Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
#52 #33
Win
1–6, 6–2, 6–2
53
QF
Venus Williams
Cara Black Cătălina Cristea
#28 #60
Win
6–2, 6–3
54
SF
Venus Williams
Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama
#7 #12
Win
6–2, 6–0
55
F
Venus Williams
Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
#3 #17
Loss
4–6, 1–6
US Open New York City, USA Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 30 August – 12 September 1999
56
1R
Venus Williams
Miho Saeki Yuka Yoshida
#57 #56
Win
6–2, 6–3
57
2R
Venus Williams
Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
#38 #67
Win
6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–4
58
3R
Venus Williams
Linda Wild Nana Smith
#69 #72
Win
6–4, 6–1
59
QF
Venus Williams
Mary Joe Fernández Monica Seles
#23 #24
Win
6–3, 6–3
60
SF
Venus Williams
Mary Pierce Barbara Schett
#22 #32
Win
7–6(7–2) , 6–3
61
F
Venus Williams
Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
#51 #68
Win
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Fed Cup WG : USA vs. Russia Stanford Team Event Clay September 13–19, 1999
62
–
Venus Williams
Elena Dementieva Elena Makarova
#NA #330
Win
6–2, 6–1
Mixed doubles matches
Tournament schedule
Singles schedule
Williams' 1999 singles tournament schedule is as follows:
Date
Championship
Location
Category
Surface
Points
Outcome
11 January 1999– 17 January 1999
Sydney International
Sydney (AUS)
WTA Tier II
Hard
26
Second Round lost to Steffi Graf 2–6, 6–3, 5–7
18 January 1999– 31 January 1999
Australian Openl
Melbourne (AUS)
Grand Slam
Hard
44
Third Round lost to Sandrine Testud 2–6, 6–2, 7–9
22 February 1999– 28 February 1999
Open Gaz de France
Paris (FRA)
WTA Tier II
Hard
200
Winner defeated Amélie Mauresmo 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
1 March 1999– 14 March 1999
Evert Cup
Indian Wells (USA)
WTA Tier I
Hard
260
Winner defeated Steffi Graf 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
15 March 1999– 28 March 1999
Lipton Championships
Miami (USA)
WTA Tier I
Hard
182
Final lost to Venus Williams 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
3 May 1999– 9 May 1999
Italian Open
Rome (ITA)
WTA Tier I
Clay
65
Quarterfinals lost to Martina Hingis 2–6, 2–6
10 May 1999– 16 May 1999
German Open
Berlin (GER)
WTA Tier I
Clay
65
Quarterfinals lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 2–3 Ret
24 May 1999– 6 June 1999
French Open
Paris (FRA)
Grand Slam
Clay
44
Third Round lost to Mary Joe Fernández 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
19 July 1999– 25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group : Italy vs. United States
Ancona (ITA)
Fed Cup
Clay
United States def. Italy, 4–1 United States Advanced to Fed Cup Final
9 August 1999– 15 August 1999
Acura Classic
Los Angeles (USA)
WTA Tier II
Hard
200
Winner defeated Julie Halard-Decugis 6–1, 6–4
30 August 1999– 12 September 1999
US Open
New York City (USA)
Grand Slam
Hard
520
Winner defeated Martina Hingis 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
27 September 1999– 3 October 1999
Grand Slam Cup
Munich (GER)
Exhibition
Carpet (i)
Winner defeated Venus Williams 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
4 October 1999– 10 October 1999
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Filderstadt (GER)
WTA Tier II
Hard
1
Second Round lost to Sandrine Testud 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
1999 Total year-end points
1607
Doubles schedule
Williams' 1999 doubles tournament schedule is as follows:
Date
Championship
Location
Category
Partner
Surface
Points
Outcome
11 January 1999– 17 January 1999
Sydney International
Sydney (AUS)
WTA Tier II
Venus Williams
Hard
90
Semifinals lost to Fernández /Huber 7–6(9–7) , 5–7, 5–7
18 January 1999– 31 January 1999
Australian Openl
Melbourne (AUS)
Grand Slam
Venus Williams
Hard
234
Semifinals lost to Davenport /Zvereva 6–1, 4–6, 4–6
15 February 1999– 21 February 1999
Faber Grand Prix
Hanover (GER)
WTA Tier II
Venus Williams
Hard (i)
200
Winner defeated Fusai /Tauziat 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1 March 1999– 14 March 1999
Evert Cup
Indian Wells (USA)
WTA Tier I
Venus Williams
Hard
117
Semifinals lost to Fernández /Novotná 3–6, 4–6
15 March 1999– 28 March 1999
Lipton Championships
Miami (USA)
WTA Tier I
Venus Williams
Hard
36
Third Round Withdrew against Elia /Habšudová
24 May 1999– 6 June 1999
French Open
Paris (FRA)
Grand Slam
Venus Williams
Clay
520
Winner defeated Hingis /Kournikova 6–3, 6–7(2–7) , 8–6
19 July 1999– 25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group : Italy vs. United States
Ancona (ITA)
Fed Cup
Venus Williams
Clay
United States def. Italy, 4–1 United States Advanced to Fed Cup Final
2 August 1999– 8 August 1999
TIG Tennis Classic
San Diego (USA)
WTA Tier II
Venus Williams
Hard
140
Final lost to Davenport /Morariu 4–6, 1–6
30 August 1999–12 September 1999
US Open
New York City (USA)
Grand Slam
Venus Williams
Hard
520
Winner defeated Rubin /Testud 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
19 July 1999– 25 July 1999
Fed Cup World Group : United States vs. Russia
Stanford (USA)
Fed Cup
Venus Williams
Clay
United States def. Russia, 4–1 United States Wins Fed Cup Title
1999 Total year-end points
2117
Mixed doubles schedule
Williams' 1999 doubles tournament schedule is as follows:
Yearly records
Head-to-head matchups
Finals
Singles: 6 (5–1)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
Grand Slam Cup (1–0)
Tier I (1–1)
Tier II (2–0)
Finals by Surface
Hard (4–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Outdoors (4–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Winner
1.
February 28, 1999
Paris , France (1)
Carpet
Amélie Mauresmo
6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner
2.
March 14, 1999
Indian Wells , US (1)
Hard
Steffi Graf
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up
1.
March 29, 1999
Miami , US (1)
Hard
Venus Williams
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner
3.
August 15, 1999
Los Angeles , US (1)
Hard
Julie Halard-Decugis
6–1, 6–4
Winner
4.
September 12, 1999
US Open , New York City, US (1)
Hard
Martina Hingis
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner
5.
October 3, 1999
Grand Slam Cup , Germany (1)
Hard
Venus Williams
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Doubles: 4 (3–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Carpet (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (1–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponent
Score
Winner
3.
February 15, 1999
Hanover , Germany (1)
Carpet
Venus Williams
Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Winner
4.
May 24, 1999
French Open , Paris, France (1)
Clay
Venus Williams
Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
6–3, 6–7(2–7) , 8–6
Runner-up
1.
August 8, 1999
San Diego , US (1)
Hard
Venus Williams
Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu
6–4, 6–1
Winner
5.
August 30, 1999
US Open , New York City, US (1)
Hard
Venus Williams
Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Mixed doubles: (0-1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Earnings
#
Event
Prize money
Year-to-date
1
Sydney International
$5,450
$5,450
Sydney International (doubles)
$3,100
$8,550
2
Australian Open
$14,575
$23,125
Australian Open (doubles)
$18,934
$42,059
3
Faber Grand Prix (doubles)
$12,750
$54,809
4
Open Gaz de France
$80,000
$134,809
5
Evert Cup
$215,000
$349,809
Evert Cup (doubles)
$8,850
$358,659
6
Lipton Championships
$132,000
$490,659
Lipton Championships (doubles)
$3,138
$493,797
7
Italian Open
$16,000
$509,797
8
German Open
$16,000
$525,797
9
French Open
$20,990
$546,787
French Open (doubles)
$99,268
$646,055
10
Acura Classic
$80,000
$726,055
11
TIG Tennis Classic (doubles)
$6,500
$732,555
12
US Open
$750,000
$1,482,555
US Open (doubles)
$165,000
$1,647,555
13
Grand Slam Cup
$900,000
$2,547,555
14
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
$3,700
$2,551,255
Bonus Pool
$27,593
$2,605,102
$2,605,102
Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.
See also
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