# 1999 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

Àlex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.
Nicolás Lapentti won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
* Todd Martin (second round)
* Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals)
* Àlex Corretja (second round)
* Tommy Haas (second round)
* Nicolás Lapentti (champion)
* Cédric Pioline (second round)
* Vincent Spadea (semifinals)
* Mark Philippoussis (second round)
* Albert Costa (second round, retired)
* Mariano Zabaleta (third round)
* Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
* Lleyton Hewitt (final)
* Andrei Medvedev (second round)
* Marat Safin (second round)
* Marc Rosset (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Vincent Spadea | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 13 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 13 | Lleyton Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | 13 | Lleyton Hewitt | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 6 | Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Nicolás Lapentti | 6$^5$ | 7$^8$ | 6 | 6 | Nicolás Lapentti | 6 | 6 |
| | Magnus Gustafsson | 7$^7$ | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Reneberg | 6 | | | Q | R Reneberg | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Knippschild | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | R Delgado | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | PR | M Larsson | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| PR | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | PR | M Larsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC/16 | M Rosset | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Y Kafelnikov | 2 | 6 | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | V Spadea | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | 9 | M Philippoussis | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Di Pasquale | 6 | 6$^2$ | 5 | | J Courier | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Courier | 2 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | J Courier | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| WC | G Raoux | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | 8 | V Spadea | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | S Schalken | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | S Schalken | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | V Spadea | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 4 | À Corretja | 5 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | C Woodruff | 6 | 6 | | PR | C Woodruff | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Clément | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | PR | C Woodruff | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 13 | L Hewitt | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| SE | R Federer | 6 | 6 | | SE | R Federer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | L Hewitt | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | L Hewitt | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | SE | M Tillström | 3 | 6$^1$ |
| | | | | | 11 | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević | 4 | 6 | 6 | | G Ivanišević | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Pozzi | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 11 | M Zabaleta | 6 | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | |
| | S Koubek | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | SE | M Tillström | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| SE | M Tillström | 2 | 7 | 6 | SE | M Tillström | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | T Haas | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 6 | N Lapentti | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Siemerink | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Siemerink | 6 | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Arazi | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | 6 | N Lapentti | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J-M Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 | S Grosjean | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 1 | 2 | | | J-M Gambill | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | S Grosjean | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | N Lapentti | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC/3 | G Kuerten | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | 14 | A Medvedev | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira | 6 | 6 | | | W Ferreira | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Hanquez | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | W Ferreira | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | |
| | F Vicente | 0 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | WC/3 | G Kuerten | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | | F Vicente | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | WC/3 | G Kuerten | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 7 | C Pioline | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | N Escudé | 6 | 7 | WC | N Escudé | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Björkman | 4 | 5 | | | | | | WC | N Escudé | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Q | M Knowles | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | J Tarango | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | J Tarango | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | A Costa | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J Tarango | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M Gustafsson | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | 15 | M Safin | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Santoro | 1 | 1 | | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Schüttler | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Schüttler | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | G Cañas | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Gustafsson | 6 | 6 | | M Gustafsson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | T Martin | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |