# 1999 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles

The 1999 Torneo Internazionali Femminili di Palermo singles was the singles event of the twelfth edition of the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Italy. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion, but she did not compete this year.
Qualifier and World No. 196 Anastasia Myskina won in the final, 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2, against Ángeles Montolio, to win her first WTA title.

## Seeds

* Sarah Pitkowski (quarterfinals)
* Magüi Serna (first round)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round)
* Emmanuelle Gagliardi (first round)
* Katarina Srebotnik (semifinals)
* Elena Wagner (first round)
* Laurence Courtois (quarterfinals)
* Miriam Oremans (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
* NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Elena Dementieva | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Q | Anastasia Myskina | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | Anastasia Myskina | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | Anastasia Myskina | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 |
| 5 | Katarina Srebotnik | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 |
| | Ángeles Montolio | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 2 | 1 | | 1 | S Pitkowski | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Boogert | 1 | 4 | | | A Serra Zanetti | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Serra Zanetti | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | S Pitkowski | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Wartusch | 1 | 2 | | | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Reeves | 6 | 5 | 6 | LL | S Reeves | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Wagner | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | E Dementieva | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | E Gagliardi | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Myskina | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | R Kuti-Kis | 7 | 6 | | | R Kuti-Kis | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Vavrinec | 6 | 7 | | Q | M Vavrinec | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Begerow | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | R Kuti-Kis | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | F Li | 3 | 1 | | | | | | Q | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | L Bacheva | 6 | 6 | | | L Bacheva | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | A Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Oremans | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 5 | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Golarsa | 1 | 2 | | 5 | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin | 2$^r$ | | | Q | A Canepa | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Canepa | 5 | | | | | | | | 5 | K Srebotnik | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | G Casoni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | G Casoni | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | |
| LL | P Van Acker | 4 | 2 | | Q | G Casoni | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Noorlander | 3 | 7 | 6 | | S Noorlander | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K Srebotnik | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 7 | L Courtois | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Á Montolio | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| WC | MP Zavagli | 6$^4$ | 5 | | 7 | L Courtois | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Díaz Oliva | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 | | M Díaz Oliva | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Kruger | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | L Courtois | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Á Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Á Montolio | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | F Perfetti | 4 | 1 | | | Á Montolio | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Å Carlsson | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | Å Carlsson | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Serna | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Miroslava Vavrinec (qualifier)
* Samantha Reeves (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Andreea Vanc (second round)
* Larissa Schaerer (second round)
* Patty Van Acker (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Lea Ghirardi (first round)
* Katalin Marosi (first round)
* Germana Di Natale (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Miroslava Vavrinec
* Alice Canepa
* Anastasia Myskina
* Giulia Casoni

### Lucky losers

* Samantha Reeves
* Patty Van Acker

## 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 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Miroslava Vavrinec | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | María José Gaidano | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | María José Gaidano | 2 | 4 | | 1 | Miroslava Vavrinec | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bahia Mouhtassine | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Bahia Mouhtassine | 2 | 6 | 7 | | Bahia Mouhtassine | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Adriana Barna | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adriana Barna | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | 1 | Miroslava Vavrinec | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Camille Pin | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| | Maiko Inoue | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Camille Pin | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | Caroline Schneider | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Caroline Schneider | 3 | 6 | 3 | | Maiko Inoue | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Camille Pin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Camille Pin | w/o | | | | Camille Pin | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Katalin Marosi | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Larissa Schaerer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Branka Bojović | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Branka Bojović | 0 | 0 | | 4 | Larissa Schaerer | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Alice Canepa | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Alice Canepa | 6 | 6 | | | Alice Canepa | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | Benjamas Sangaram | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Benjamas Sangaram | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | Alice Canepa | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Patty Van Acker | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | Keiko Nagatomi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Patty Van Acker | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| | Nina Nittinger | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Nina Nittinger | 1 | 6 | 1 | | Keiko Nagatomi | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Patty Van Acker | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | María Fernanda Landa | 2 | 2$^r$ | | 5 | Patty Van Acker | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 | Patty Van Acker | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Third 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 |
| 6 | Lea Ghirardi | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | Mireille Dittmann | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | Mireille Dittmann | 6 | 3 | 6 | | Mireille Dittmann | 3 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Laura Dell'Angelo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Laura Dell'Angelo | 2 | 3 | | | | | | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Desislava Topalova | 1 | 0 |
| | Sandra Dopfer | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Desislava Topalova | 1 | 0 |
| | Desislava Topalova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Desislava Topalova | 6 | 6 | | | Desislava Topalova | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Andreea Vanc | 2 | 3 | | | |
| WC | Silvia Schiavetti | 2 | 0 | | 3 | Andreea Vanc | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Andreea Vanc | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | 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 |
| 8 | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maria Goloviznina | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Maria Goloviznina | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | Germana Di Natale | 2$^r$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Giulia Casoni | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Valentina Sassi | 5 | 1 | | | Giulia Casoni | 5 | | | | | | |
| | Giulia Casoni | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Giulia Casoni | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | Giulia Casoni | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Samantha Reeves | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| | Flavia Pennetta | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Samantha Reeves | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| WC | Clelia Anfuso | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Clelia Anfuso | 3 | 3 | | | Flavia Pennetta | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Samantha Reeves | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | Sophie Lefèvre | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Samantha Reeves | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Samantha Reeves | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |