# 1999 Lipton Championships – Men's doubles

Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach were the defending champions, but lost in the third round this year.
Wayne Black and Sandon Stolle won the title, defeating Boris Becker and Jan-Michael Gambill 6–1, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes (second round)
* Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde (third round)
* Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor (second round)
* Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach (third round)
* Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien (second round)
* Patrick Galbraith / Paul Haarhuis (second round)
* Wayne Black / Sandon Stolle (champions)
* Olivier Delaître / Fabrice Santoro (second round)
* David Adams / John-Laffnie de Jager (second round)
* Jonas Björkman / Joshua Eagle (second round)
* Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Daniel Vacek (second round)
* Piet Norval / Kevin Ullyett (second round)
* Martin Damm / Cyril Suk (quarterfinals)
* Jiří Novák / David Rikl (second round)
* Jim Grabb / Jared Palmer (second round)
* Andrew Florent / David Macpherson (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| WC | Boris Becker Jan-Michael Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Lan Bale Grant Stafford | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Lan Bale Grant Stafford | 4 | 4 | | WC | Boris Becker Jan-Michael Gambill | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | | 7 | Wayne Black Sandon Stolle | 6 | 6 |
| | Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | Wayne Black Sandon Stolle | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Wayne Black Sandon Stolle | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 1 | M Bhupathi L Paes | 3 | r | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Kempers J Siemerink | 7 | 3 | 2 | | B Coupe M Merklein | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Coupe M Merklein | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Coupe M Merklein | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Gimelstob B MacPhie | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | WC | B Becker J-M Gambill | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | B Becker J-M Gambill | 7 | 6 | | WC | B Becker J-M Gambill | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 15 | J Grabb J Palmer | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | B Becker J-M Gambill | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 4 | 6 |
| | | | | | 10 | J Björkman J Eagle | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Goldstein S Humphries | 3 | 6 | 5 | | M Barnard B Haygarth | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard B Haygarth | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | M Barnard B Haygarth | 2 | 7 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D del Río M Puerta | 5 | 3 | | WC | B Bryan M Bryan | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | O Delaître F Santoro | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| T Carbonell D Johnson | 2 | 6 | 6 | | T Carbonell D Johnson | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| A Kitinov N Zimonjić | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | E Ferreira R Leach | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| N Kiefer D Prinosil | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| G Kuerten N Lapentti | 2 | 6 | 6 | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 7 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | J Novák D Rikl | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | G Kuerten N Lapentti | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | L Bale G Stafford | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 11 | Y Kafelnikov D Vacek | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| P Albano F Montana | 6 | 7 | | | P Albano F Montana | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| M Hood S Prieto | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Albano F Montana | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| L Bale G Stafford | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | L Bale G Stafford | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| G Ivanišević G Köves | 6 | 2 | 4 | | L Bale G Stafford | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | P Galbraith P Haarhuis | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 5 | S Lareau A O'Brien | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 6 | 6 | | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Roditi M Tebbutt | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | C Moyá M Safin | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | WC | C Moyá M Safin | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | N Broad R Koenig | 6 | 6 | | WC | C Moyá M Safin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | P Norval K Ullyett | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N Kulti M Tillström | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | M Damm C Suk | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 13 | M Damm C Suk | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Black W Ferreira | 4 | 6 | 6 | | C Haggard P Nyborg | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Haggard P Nyborg | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | 13 | M Damm C Suk | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | P Kilderry P Vízner | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | R Reneberg J Stark | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | R Reneberg J Stark | 6 | 6 | | | R Reneberg J Stark | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | M Knowles D Nestor | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | | 7 | W Black S Stolle | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Orsanic M Rodríguez | 4 | 4 | | | F Roig J Sánchez | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Roig J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | W Black S Stolle | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | À Corretja A Costa | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | D Flach J Tarango | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | D Flach J Tarango | 7 | 6 | | | D Flach J Tarango | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 9 | D Adams J-L de Jager | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | W Black S Stolle | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | A Florent D Macpherson | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| | | | | | 16 | A Florent D Macpherson | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Ketola P Rosner | 7 | 2 | 6 | | M Mirnyi A Olhovskiy | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Mirnyi A Olhovskiy | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | 16 | A Florent D Macpherson | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | G Grant TJ Middleton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Bowen N Godwin | 1 | 4 | | Q | G Grant TJ Middleton | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | T Woodbridge M Woodforde | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |