# 1999 Italian Open – Men's doubles

The 1999 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 56th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle (first round)
* Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (champions)
* Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (semifinals)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (first round)
* Donald Johnson / Cyril Suk (semifinals)
* David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (final)

## 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 |
| 7 | Donald Johnson Cyril Suk | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6 | 7 | 4 | Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro | 1 | 5 | 8 | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager | 6 | 7 | | | | | |

### 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 Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Norval K Ullyett | 3 | 4 | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lobo F Roig | 7 | 5 | 6 | | L Lobo F Roig | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Kafelnikov J Sánchez | 5 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | M Knowles D Nestor | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Keil F Meligeni | 2 | 2 | | | R Reneberg J Stark | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 6 | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kratzmann F Montana | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Johnson C Suk | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 |
| | L Bale G Stafford | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Broad R Koenig | 6 | 7 | | | N Broad R Koenig | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Damm P Vízner | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | P Nyborg P Tramacchi | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | W Ferreira J Tarango | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Orsanic M Puerta | 5 | 7 | 4 | | P Nyborg P Tramacchi | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | W Ferreira J Tarango | 6 | 7 | | | W Ferreira J Tarango | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Novák D Rikl | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 4 | 2 | | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Enqvist T Johansson | 6 | 6 | | | T Enqvist T Johansson | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kiefer D Sanguinetti | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | H Arazi M Navarra | 3 | 7 | 0 | | A O'Brien J Palmer | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | J Björkman P Rafter | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Grabb D Macpherson | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | O Delaître F Santoro | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 |
| | M Bhupathi T Henman | 3 | 6 | | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Haggard A Olhovskiy | 7 | 6 | | | C Haggard A Olhovskiy | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Ivanišević V Santopadre | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 8 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | A Florent D Vacek | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Bertolini C Brandi | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | P Albano T Carbonell | 5 | 3 | | | A Florent D Vacek | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bertolini C Brandi | 6 | 6 | | | M Bertolini C Brandi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | W Black S Stolle | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |