# 1999 WTA Madrid Open – Singles

The 1999 WTA Madrid Open singles was the singles event of the fourth edition of the Madrid Open, a WTA Tier III tournament held in Madrid, Spain and part of the European clay court season. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but she was defeated in the second round by Paola Suárez.
First seed Lindsay Davenport won the title, defeating Suárez in the final.

## Seeds

The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Patty Schnyder (second round)
* Dominique Van Roost (withdrew)
* Chanda Rubin (semifinals)
* Silvia Farina (quarterfinals)
* Magüi Serna (quarterfinals)
* Amy Frazier (semifinals)
* Virginia Ruano Pascual (first round)
* Anna Smashnova (quarterfinals)

## 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 |
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | Amy Frazier | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| 7 | Amy Frazier | 0 | 2 | | 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | LL | Paola Suárez | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chanda Rubin | 5 | 6 | 1 | LL | Paola Suárez | 1 | 3 |
| LL | Paola Suárez | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G León García | 6 | 6 | | | G León García | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Chi | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | N Pratt | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 9 | A Smashnova | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | R Kuti-Kis | 4 | 5 | | Q | N Pratt | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Zuluaga | 4 | 3 | | 9 | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | A Frazier | 0 | 2 |
| | S Talaja | 4 | 4 | | 5 | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Grande | 6 | 7 | | | R Grande | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Marrero | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | S Farina | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | O Barabanschikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | A Frazier | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Po | 3 | 3 | | | O Barabanschikova | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Sánchez Lorenzo | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Frazier | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Snyder | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T Snyder | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Shaughnessy | 4 | 0 | | Q | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | E Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | E Gagliardi | 0 | 2 | | | | | |
| | M Weingärtner | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Brandi | 7 | 4 | 2 | | M Weingärtner | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Rippner | 4 | 2 | | 4 | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | C Rubin | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | M Serna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | LL | P Suárez | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| | C Rodríguez | 3 | 1 | | 6 | M Serna | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Riera | 0 | 2 | | LL | RM Andrés Rodríguez | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | RM Andrés Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | M Serna | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| LL | P Suárez | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | LL | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | R Sandu | 4 | 6 | 1 | LL | P Suárez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | P Schnyder | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Emmanuelle Gagliardi (qualifier)
* Nicole Pratt (qualifier)
* Mariana Díaz Oliva (first round)
* n.a.
* Adriana Serra Zanetti (first round)
* Paola Suárez (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Conchita Martínez Granados (second round, retired)
* Raluca Sandu (qualifier)
* Gisela Riera (qualifier)

### Qualifiers

* Emmanuelle Gagliardi
* Gisela Riera
* Raluca Sandu
* Nicole Pratt

### Lucky losers

* Paola Suárez
* Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez

## 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 |
| 1 | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Michaela Paštiková | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Michaela Paštiková | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Maria Paola Zavagli | 7 | 2 | 1 | WC | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anabel Medina Garrigues | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Mariam Ramón Climent | 3 | 3 |
| | Mariam Ramón Climent | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Mariam Ramón Climent | 3 | 3 |
| | Alice Canepa | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alice Canepa | 2 | 3 | | | Mariam Ramón Climent | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Conchita Martínez Granados | 4 | 2$^r$ | | | | |
| WC | María Nieto | 0 | 0 | | 7 | Conchita Martínez Granados | 4 | 2$^r$ | | | | |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez Granados | 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 |
| 9 | Gisela Riera | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alicia Ortuño | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alicia Ortuño | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | Gisela Riera | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Ainhoa Goñi Blanco | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | Katarzyna Strączy | 3 | 3 | | WC | Ainhoa Goñi Blanco | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Ainhoa Goñi Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Ainhoa Goñi Blanco | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | Gisela Riera | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Paola Suárez | 4 | 2 |
| | Larissa Schaerer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Paola Suárez | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Virginia Romero Barrio | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Virginia Romero Barrio | 4 | 0 | | | Larissa Schaerer | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Paola Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Julia Vakulenko | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | Paola Suárez | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| 6 | Paola Suárez | 6 | 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Raluca Sandu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Katie Schlukebir | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Katie Schlukebir | 2 | 1 | 8 | Raluca Sandu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Svetlana Krivencheva | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| Alt | Keiko Nagatomi | 1 | 6 | | Svetlana Krivencheva | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Svetlana Krivencheva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Svetlana Krivencheva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 8 | Raluca Sandu | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ludmila Richterová | 4 | 3 |
| | Rachel McQuillan | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | Ludmila Richterová | 4 | 3 |
| | Lucie Ahl | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lucie Ahl | 5 | 5 | | Rachel McQuillan | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | Ludmila Richterová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Ludmila Richterová | 6 | 6 | | Ludmila Richterová | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Mariana Díaz Oliva | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth 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 |
| 5 | Adriana Serra Zanetti | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Debbie Graham | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | Debbie Graham | 5 | 6 | 7 | | Debbie Graham | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | María Fernanda Landa | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | María Fernanda Landa | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez | 2 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Nicole Pratt | 6 | 6 |
| | Germana Di Natale | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Nicole Pratt | 6 | 6 |
| | Bryanne Stewart | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Bryanne Stewart | 6 | 2 | 1 | | Germana Di Natale | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Nicole Pratt | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Vanessa Menga | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Nicole Pratt | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Nicole Pratt | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |