# 1999 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles

The 1999 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo doubles was the doubles event of the twelfth edition of the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Italy. Pavlina Stoyanova and Elena Wagner were the defending champions, but Stoyanova did not compete this year. Wagner partnered with Laurence Courtois as the third seed, and was defeated in the semifinals by second seeds Tina Križan and Katarina Srebotnik.
Križan and Srebotnik then ended up winning the tournament by defeating Åsa Carlsson and Sonya Jeyaseelan in the final.

## Seeds

* Alexandra Fusai / Virginia Ruano Pascual (quarterfinals)
* Tina Križan / Katarina Srebotnik (champions)
* Laurence Courtois / Elena Wagner (semifinals)
* Åsa Carlsson / Sonya Jeyaseelan (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
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | A Fusai V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Sangaram A Vanc | 2 | 1 | | 1 | A Fusai V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Casoni M P Zavagli | 6 | 6 | | | G Casoni M P Zavagli | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Inoue K Nagatomi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | G Casoni M P Zavagli | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa M-F Landa | 5 | 3 | | 4 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Pennetta A Serra Zanetti | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | F Pennetta A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Barna C Schneider | 6 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Å Carlsson S Jeyaseelan | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Q | J Kruger F Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | MJ Gaidano L Schaerer | 3 | 1 | | Q | J Kruger F Li | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | N Nittinger M Serna | 3 | 1 | | 3 | L Courtois E Wagner | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Courtois E Wagner | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | L Courtois E Wagner | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | K Boogert M Oremans | w/o | | | | | | | | 2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | E Gagliardi S Reeves | | | | | K Boogert M Oremans | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva P Wartusch | 6$^6$ | 2 | | 2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Križan K Srebotnik | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Maria Goloviznina / Anastasia Myskina (first round)
* Nina Nittinger / Magüi Serna (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

### Qualifiers

* Joannette Kruger / Li Fang

### Lucky losers

* Nina Nittinger / Magüi Serna

## 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
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
| First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Maria Goloviznina Anastasia Myskina | 5 | | | |
| | Joannette Kruger Li Fang | 8 | | | |
| | Joannette Kruger Li Fang | 8 | | Joannette Kruger Li Fang | 8 |
| | | | 2 | Nina Nittinger Magüi Serna | 4 |
| | Petra Begerow Sandra Dopfer | 1 | 2 | Nina Nittinger Magüi Serna | 4 |
| 2 | Nina Nittinger Magüi Serna | 8 | | | |