# 1999 Tashkent Open – Singles

The 1999 Tashkent Open singles was the singles event of the first edition of the Tashkent Open; a WTA Tier IVb tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Central Asia.
Anna Smashnova won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Laurence Courtois, to win what was her first WTA Tour title.

## Seeds

* Anna Smashnova (champion)
* Tatiana Panova (second round)
* Laurence Courtois (final)
* Evgenia Kulikovskaya (first round)
* Adriana Serra Zanetti (second round)
* Patricia Wartusch (second round)
* Seda Noorlander (first round)
* Meilen Tu (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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Anna Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Angelika Bachmann | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| Q | Angelika Bachmann | 1 | 3 | 1 | Anna Smashnova | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 3 | Laurence Courtois | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Laurence Courtois | 6 | 6 | 3 | Laurence Courtois | 3 | 3 |
| | Tina Pisnik | 0 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 | A Smashnova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ellwood | 5 | 3 | | 1 | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Biktyakova | 2 | 5 | | Q | K Nagatomi | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Nagatomi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 1 | A Smashnova | 7 | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | |
| | A Vanc | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | T Garbin | 5 | 7$^8$ | 2 | | | | |
| | F Perfetti | 6 | 1 | 6 | | F Perfetti | 0 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Garbin | 6 | 6 | | | T Garbin | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Tu | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | E Kulikovskaya | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | A Bachmann | 1 | 3 |
| Q | A Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | Q | A Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Barna | 5 | 3 | | | M Vavrinec | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Vavrinec | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | A Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Riera | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | E Makarova | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | E Makarova | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Abe | 3 | 1 | | 6 | P Wartusch | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | P Wartusch | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 5 | A Serra Zanetti | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Myskina | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | A Serra Zanetti | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Bes-Ostáriz | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | R Sandu | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Sandu | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | | R Sandu | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| | L Schaerer | 1 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | 3 | L Courtois | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Mandula | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | P Mandula | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Gerši | 6 | 4 | 6$^5$ | 3 | L Courtois | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | L Courtois | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | L Courtois | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | S Noorlander | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Pisnik | 0 | 4 |
| WC | I Tulyaganova | 6 | 6 | | WC | I Tulyaganova | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Pisnik | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 7 | | T Pisnik | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Lubiani | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | T Pisnik | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Rosen | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | E Dementieva | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | E Dementieva | 7 | 6 | | | E Dementieva | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Zaporozhanova | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | T Panova | 3 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Panova | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* n.a.
* Haruka Inoue (first round)
* Nataly Cahana (qualifying competition)
* Nadejda Ostrovskaya (qualifying competition)
* Adriana Barna (first round)
* Anastasia Myskina (Qualifier)
* Keiko Nagatomi (Qualifier)
* Angelika Bachmann (Qualifier)
* Maria Goloviznina (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Angelika Bachmann
* Anastasia Myskina
* Anna Zaporozhanova
* Keiko Nagatomi

## 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 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 | Maria Goloviznina | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Tatiana Perebiynis | 4 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Tatiana Perebiynis | 4 | 7 | 1 | | Tatiana Perebiynis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Maria Djordjio | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | WC | Maria Djordjio | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Maria Djordjio | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Maria Djordjio | | | | | | | | | Tatiana Perebiynis | 6$^5$ | 6$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 8 | Angelika Bachmann | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ |
| WC | Natalia Nikitina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Angelika Bachmann | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ |
| WC | Olga Timofeeva | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Olga Timofeeva | 3 | 0 | | WC | Natalia Nikitina | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Angelika Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Archana Venkataraman | 2 | 0 | | 8 | Angelika Bachmann | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 8 | Angelika Bachmann | 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 |
| 3 | Nataly Cahana | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anna Shchupak | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Anna Shchupak | 2 | 2 | | 3 | Nataly Cahana | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Gulvona Khodjaeva | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Ksenia Gorbunova | 0 | 0 | | WC | Gulvona Khodjaeva | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Gulvona Khodjaeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Gulvona Khodjaeva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Nataly Cahana | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | Svetlana Mossiakova | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 6 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 |
| | Arthi Venkataraman | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Arthi Venkataraman | 6 | 0 | 6 | | Arthi Venkataraman | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Elena Voropaeva | 3 | 2 | | 6 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Anastasia Myskina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |

### Third qualifier

| 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 Barna | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Anastasia Rodionova | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | Anastasia Rodionova | 6 | 6 | | Anastasia Rodionova | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Sysoeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ekaterina Sysoeva | 4 | 2 | | | | | | Anna Zaporozhanova | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 1 | 6$^3$ |
| | Ekaterina Paniouchkina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 1 | 6$^3$ |
| WC | Nargisa Akramova | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Nargisa Akramova | 1 | 0 | | Ekaterina Paniouchkina | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Zsófia Gubacsi | 4 | 5 | 4 | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Nadejda Ostrovskaya | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |

### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Keiko Nagatomi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Irina Kornienko | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Irina Kornienko | 1 | 2 | 7 | Keiko Nagatomi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | WC | Luiza Biktyakova | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Alexandra Zadoryn | 0 | 3 | WC | Luiza Biktyakova | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Luiza Biktyakova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Luiza Biktyakova | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | Keiko Nagatomi | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | | | | | | Caroline Schneider | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| WC | Furuza Gafurova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Caroline Schneider | 4 | 6$^5$ |
| | Keiko Ishida | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Keiko Ishida | 6 | 6 | | Keiko Ishida | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | Caroline Schneider | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Caroline Schneider | 6 | 6 | | Caroline Schneider | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Haruka Inoue | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |