# 1999 Direct Line International Championships – Doubles

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.

## Seeds

* Jana Novotná / Natasha Zvereva (final)
* Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova (champions)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (first round)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (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 | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Catherine Barclay / Kerry-Anne Guse (first round)
* Miho Saeki / Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Maja Murić / Christína Papadáki

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