# 1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

Nathalie Tauziat defeated Barbara Schett in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 Kremlin Cup.
Mary Pierce was the defending champion, but lost to Ai Sugiyama in the second round.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Mary Pierce (second round)
* Barbara Schett (final)
* Julie Halard-Decugis (quarterfinals)
* Nathalie Tauziat (champion)
* Dominique Van Roost (semifinals)
* Conchita Martínez (first round)
* Sandrine Testud (first round)
* Elena Likhovtseva (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Lisa Raymond | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 6 | 4 | Nathalie Tauziat | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Barbara Schett | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Dominique Van Roost | 5 | 6$^6$ | 2 | Barbara Schett | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Barbara Schett | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Pierce | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | | A Sugiyama | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kremer | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | A Sugiyama | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | E Tatarkova | 3 | 6$^0$ | | | | | | | | L Raymond | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | L Raymond | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | Q | N Petrova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Martínez | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | L Raymond | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Panova | 7$^9$ | 1 | 7 | WC | T Panova | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Dementieva | 6$^7$ | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 4 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| LL | K Po | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | | A Huber | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | A Huber | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | A Huber | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 6 | 7 | | | R Dragomir | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | D Van Roost | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 5 | 2 | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | L Krasnoroutskaya | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Talaja | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 5 | D Van Roost | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Plischke | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | J Halard-Decugis | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | A-G Sidot | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | J Halard-Decugis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Van Roost | 5 | 6$^6$ |
| 7 | S Testud | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Schett | 7 | 7$^8$ |
| | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Zvereva | 4 | 3 | | | S Pitkowski | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Farina | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | B Schett | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Myskina | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | B Schett | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Maureen Drake (first round)
* Elena Dementieva (qualifier)
* Anastasia Myskina (qualifier)
* Miroslava Vavrinec (first round)
* replaced by Tatiana Poutchek (first round)
* Elena Tatarkova (qualifier)
* Cătălina Cristea (second round)
* Kimberly Po (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

### Qualifiers

* Nadia Petrova
* Elena Tatarkova
* Anastasia Myskina
* Elena Dementieva

### Lucky loser

* Kimberly Po

## 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 qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Maureen Drake | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Germana Di Natale | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Caroline Schneider | 6 | 4 | 2 | | Germana Di Natale | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Germana Di Natale | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Germana Di Natale | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Nadia Petrova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Kimberly Po | 3 | 3 |
| | Irina Kornienko | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Kimberly Po | 3 | 3 |
| | Ekaterina Sysoeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Sysoeva | 6 | 6 | | | Ekaterina Sysoeva | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Kimberly Po | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Michaela Paštiková | 7$^8$ | 3 | 1 | 8 | Kimberly Po | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Kimberly Po | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Miroslava Vavrinec | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elena Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elena Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | Elena Makarova | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Angelika Bachmann | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | |
| | Angelika Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | | Angelika Bachmann | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Julia Oussanova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Julia Oussanova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | Elena Makarova | 2 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Elena Tatarkova | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Goulnara Fattakhetdinova | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Elena Tatarkova | 6 | 6 |
| | Marketa Kochta | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Marketa Kochta | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Marketa Kochta | 4 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Elena Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Tracy Singian | 4 | 3 | | 6 | Elena Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Elena Tatarkova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Cătălina Cristea | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Milena Nekvapilová | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Milena Nekvapilová | 3 | 5 | 7 | Cătălina Cristea | 7$^{11}$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | WC | Galina Fokina | 6$^9$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Svetlana Krivencheva | 3 | 1 | WC | Galina Fokina | 6$^9$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Galina Fokina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Galina Fokina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | Galina Fokina | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| | Nina Nittinger | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Vanessa Henke | 4 | 6$^5$ | 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| Alt | Tatiana Poutchek | 6$^6$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alina Jidkova | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alina Jidkova | 7$^8$ | 7 | | Alina Jidkova | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | Maria Goloviznina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Natalia Egorova | 3 | 1 | | Maria Goloviznina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Maria Goloviznina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Maria Goloviznina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Maria Goloviznina | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 |
| | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 |
| | Nóra Köves | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nóra Köves | 2 | 0 | | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Tatiana Perebiynis | 0 | 1 | 2 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |