1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

Doubles
1999 Direct Line International Championships
Champions	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
Runners-up	Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva
Score	6–4 retired
Draw	16
Seeds	4

The 1999 Direct Line International Championships doubles was the doubles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tennis tournament held in Eastbourne, England and part of the European grass court season. The draw consisted of 16 teams of which four were seeded. Mariaan de Swardt and Jana Novotná were the defending doubles champions but each competed with different partners in 1999. De Swardt partnered Elena Tatarkova and reached the semifinals where they lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova. Novotná teamed with Natasha Zvereva and they retired in the final to Hingis and Kournikova after losing the first set 4–6.

Key

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	J Novotná N Zvereva	3	6	6
		D Graham L McNeil	6	0	1			1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
		K Adams C Rubin	6	6					K Adams C Rubin	4	4
		N Arendt M Bollegraf	4	3											1	J Novotná N Zvereva	6	6
	4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6												C Martínez P Tarabini	1	4
		L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario	1	2				4	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	4	4
		R McQuillan C Morariu	6	4					C Martínez P Tarabini	6	6
		C Martínez P Tarabini	7	6																		1	J Novotná N Zvereva	4	r
		M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6	6																	2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6
	WC	J Pullin L Woodroffe	2	7	1				M de Swardt E Tatarkova	6	6
		K Kunce K Po	7	6					K Kunce K Po	4	2
	3	A Fusai N Tauziat	5	3												M de Swardt E Tatarkova	2	2
	Q	M Murić C Papadáki	2	4											2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	6
		A Coetzer L Raymond	6	6					A Coetzer L Raymond	0	5
		I Spîrlea C Vis	6	2				2	M Hingis A Kournikova	6	7
	2	M Hingis A Kournikova	7	6

1. Maja Murić / Christína Papadáki

Key

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	7
		Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	9
							Amy Frazier Katie Schlukebir	4
							Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
		Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
		Laura Golarsa Katarina Srebotnik	5
												Maja Murić Christína Papadáki	8
												Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	4
	WC	Mirjana Lučić Samantha Smith	5
		Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	8
							Amélie Cocheteux Émilie Loit	6
							Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8
		Janet Lee Tamarine Tanasugarn	8
	2	Miho Saeki Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	2

• 1999 Direct Line International Championships Doubles Draw