# 1999 WTA German Open – Doubles

The 1999 WTA German Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Berlin, Germany, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Germanic Europe. It was the sixth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva were the reigning champions, but only Zvereva entered the tournament with Mary Pierce. However, Pierce withdrew from the tournament.
The French team of Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won their first Tier I title as a team, defeating Jana Novotná and Patricia Tarabini in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Jana Novotná / Patricia Tarabini (final)
* Alexandra Fusai / Nathalie Tauziat (champions)
* Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (second round)
* Larisa Neiland / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (semifinals)
* Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova (first round)
* Mary Joe Fernandez / Lisa Raymond (first round)
* Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (quarterfinals)
* Barbara Schett / Patty Schnyder (second 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ruxandra Dragomir Florencia Labat | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | Ruxandra Dragomir Florencia Labat | 3 | 1 | 1 | Jana Novotná Patricia Tarabini | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 1 | 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat | 6 | 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 | J Novotná P Tarabini | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Barna M Weingärtner | 3 | 5 | | | S Graf I Gorrochategui | 7$^7$ | 4 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Graf I Gorrochategui | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná P Tarabini | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | J Abe J Kandarr | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | L Horn S Jeyaseelan | 7$^7$ | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Horn S Jeyaseelan | 3 | 6 | 6 | | L Horn S Jeyaseelan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Black A-G Sidot | 6 | 7 | | | C Black A-G Sidot | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | MJ Fernandez L Raymond | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná P Tarabini | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R Dragomir F Labat | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 3 | E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir F Labat | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | R Dragomir F Labat | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Hopmans A Ortuño | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | R Dragomir F Labat | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Adams C Rubin | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | G Di Natale F Perfetti | 6 | 6 | | | K Adams C Rubin | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cacic S Farina | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | I Spîrlea C Vis | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | B Schett P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Barclay K-A Guse | 4 | 1 | | 8 | B Schett P Schnyder | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 6 | 6 | | | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | C Dhenin O Lugina | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | K Hrdličková B Rittner | 6$^9$ | 1 | | | | |
| | A Olsza P Stoyanova | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario | 7$^{11}$ | 6 | | | | |
| | D Graham L Montalvo | 4 | 6 | 6 | | D Graham L Montalvo | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | L Neiland A Sánchez Vicario | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | M de Swardt E Tatarkova | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 |
| | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 7 | 3 | 6 | | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Huber C Morariu | 6$^3$ | 3 | | LL | B Rippner T Snyder | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | B Rippner T Snyder | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | N Arendt M Bollegraf | 1 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová | w/o | | | | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | J Halard-Decugis A Mauresmo | | | | | E Kulikovskaya E Melicharová | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | A Fusai N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Alicia Molik / Samantha Reeves (second round)
* Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti (champions)

### Qualifiers

* Germana Di Natale / Flora Perfetti

### Lucky losers

* Brie Rippner / Tara Snyder

## 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
| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | 1 | Alicia Molik Samantha Reeves | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Brie Rippner Tara Snyder | 8 | | | |
| | Brie Rippner Tara Snyder | | | Brie Rippner Tara Snyder | 8 | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | Brie Rippner Tara Snyder | 8 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti | 6 |
| | Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano | 9 | | | | | | | 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti | 6 |
| | Sylvia Plischke Raluca Sandu | 8 | | | | | | |
| | Sylvia Plischke Raluca Sandu | 8 | | Mariana Díaz Oliva María José Gaidano | 5 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti | 8 | | | |
| | Bye | | 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti | 8 | | | |
| 2 | Germana Di Natale Flora Perfetti | | | | | | | |