1999 Flanders Women's Open – Doubles

Doubles
1999 Flanders Women's Open
Champions	Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik
Runners-up	Louise Pleming Meghann Shaughnessy
Score	6–4, 6–2

The 1999 Belgian Open doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the Belgian Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium on clay. The tournament had not occurred since 1993, when it was won by Radka Bobková and María José Gaidano. They did not compete this year.

Laura Golarsa and Katarina Srebotnik won the tournament without losing a set, defeating Louise Pleming and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final.

Seeds

1. Els Callens / Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (first round)
2. Olga Barabanschikova / Irina Selyutina (first round)
3. Cătălina Cristea / Rita Grande (withdrew)
4. Seda Noorlander / Christína Papadáki (quarterfinals)

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

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	E Callens A Dechaume-Balleret	4	1
		E Martincová E Wagner	6	6					E Martincová E Wagner	2	62
		L Golarsa K Srebotnik	6	6					L Golarsa K Srebotnik	6	77
		J Lee K Schlukebir	4	3												L Golarsa K Srebotnik	6	6
	4	S Noorlander C Papadáki	3	7	6										WC	J Henin A Kremer	4	1
		M Nekvapilová H Šromová	6	5	3			4	S Noorlander C Papadáki	6	2	4
	Q	J Chi M Tu	6	5	3			WC	J Henin A Kremer	2	6	6
	WC	J Henin A Kremer	2	7	6																		L Golarsa K Srebotnik	6	6
		L Pleming M Shaughnessy	77	6																			L Pleming M Shaughnessy	4	2
		RM Andrés Rodríguez L Schaerer	65	2					L Pleming M Shaughnessy	1	6	6
		V Menga M Saeki	5	4				LL	K Clijsters N Vaidyanathan	6	4	2
	LL	K Clijsters N Vaidyanathan	7	6												L Pleming M Shaughnessy	77	4	7
		K Ishida K Nagatomi	6	3	6											A Cocheteux S Pitkowski	64	6	5
		L Bacheva K Freye	3	6	3				K Ishida K Nagatomi	2	4
		A Cocheteux S Pitkowski	7	6					A Cocheteux S Pitkowski	6	6
	2	O Barabanschikova I Selyutina	5	2

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Jane Chi / Meilen Tu (Qualifiers)
2. Kim Clijsters / Nirupama Vaidyanathan (qualifying competition, withdrew, lucky losers)

Qualifiers

1. Jane Chi / Meilen Tu

Lucky losers

1. Kim Clijsters / Nirupama Vaidyanathan

Qualifying draw

	First round					Qualifying competition
	1	Jane Chi Meilen Tu	w/o
		Kristina Brandi Catherine Tanvier
						1	Jane Chi Meilen Tu	w/o
						2	Kim Clijsters Nirupama Vaidyanathan
		Jill Craybas María Vento	1
	2	Kim Clijsters Nirupama Vaidyanathan	8

External links

• ITF tournament profile
• Main draw (WTA)