# 1999 Faber Grand Prix – Singles

The 1999 Faber Grand Prix singles was the singles event of the seventh edition of the Faber Grand Prix; a WTA Tier II tournament held in Hanover, Germany. Patty Schnyder was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Elena Likhovtseva.
Jana Novotná won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Venus Williams. This was her first win at the Faber Grand Prix after having lost in the past three finals.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.
* Jana Novotná (champion)
* Venus Williams (final)
* Steffi Graf (semifinals)
* Patty Schnyder (second round)
* Nathalie Tauziat (second round)
* Dominique Van Roost (withdrew)
* Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Barbara Schett (quarterfinals)
* Silvia Farina (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jana Novotná | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Elena Likhovtseva | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | Elena Likhovtseva | 6$^4$ | 4 | | 1 | Jana Novotná | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Venus Williams | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Steffi Graf | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Venus Williams | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Venus Williams | 6 | 3 | 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Dragomir | 6 | 6 | | | R Dragomir | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Pitkowski | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Plischke | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | 7 | S Testud | 1 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Huber | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | A Huber | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Glass | 6$^6$ | 1 | | 7 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Testud | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Novotná | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| | | | | | 4 | P Schnyder | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Nagyová | 2 | 2 | r | | E Likhovtseva | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | E Likhovtseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | É Loit | 0 | 0 | | | | | | LL | M Oremans | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| LL | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | LL | M Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy | 3 | 7$^{10}$ | 3 | 5 | N Tauziat | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Tauziat | 6 | 6$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 8 | B Schett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Capriati | 4 | 2 | | 8 | B Schett | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Fusai | 3 | 2 | | | V Ruano Pascual | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Ruano Pascual | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | B Schett | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | S Appelmans | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | A-G Sidot | 6 | 6 | | Q | A-G Sidot | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | S Graf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Graf | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | S Farina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Q | K Habšudová | 3 | 1 | | 9 | S Farina | 2 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Rittner | 6 | 5 | 6 | Q | B Rittner | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Serna | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | Q | B Rittner | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| | I Majoli | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Sugiyama | 2 | 7 | 6 | | A Sugiyama | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Émilie Loit (qualifier)
* Karina Habšudová (qualifier)
* Miriam Oremans (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Cătălina Cristea (first round)
* Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifier)
* María Vento (qualifying competition)
* Barbara Rittner (qualifier)
* Olga Barabanschikova (qualifying competition, withdrew)

### Qualifiers

* Émilie Loit
* Barbara Rittner
* Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
* Karina Habšudová

### Lucky loser

* Miriam Oremans

## 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 | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Émilie Loit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Flora Perfetti | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Flora Perfetti | 3 | 4 | 1 | Émilie Loit | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | Laurence Courtois | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Laurence Courtois | 6 | 7 | | Laurence Courtois | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Elena Wagner | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Elena Wagner | 1 | 5 | | | | | | 1 | Émilie Loit | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | María Vento | 4 | 2 |
| WC | Jasmin Wöhr | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | María Vento | 4 | 2 |
| | Adriana Barna | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adriana Barna | 2 | 4 | WC | Jasmin Wöhr | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | María Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Sandra Klösel | 2 | 4 | 6 | María Vento | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 6 | María Vento | 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 | Miriam Oremans | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Petra Begerow | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Petra Begerow | 5 | 4 | | 3 | Miriam Oremans | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Lea Ghirardi | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Lea Ghirardi | 6$^2$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Lea Ghirardi | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Laura Golarsa | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Laura Golarsa | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | 3 | Miriam Oremans | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Barbara Rittner | 6 | 6 |
| | Sandra Naćuk | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 7 | Barbara Rittner | 6 | 6 |
| | Eugenia Kulikovskaya | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Eugenia Kulikovskaya | 6 | 5 | 2 | | Sandra Naćuk | 6$^0$ | 6$^0$ | | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Barbara Rittner | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | Laurence Andretto | 4 | 6$^4$ | | 7 | Barbara Rittner | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| 7 | Barbara Rittner | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adriana Gerši | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adriana Gerši | 3 | 4 | | 5 | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| | Sandra Dopfer | 6$^4$ | 6 | 0 | WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Stephanie Gehrlein | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | 5 | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Maureen Drake | 3 | 2 |
| | Miriam Schnitzer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Maureen Drake | 3 | 2 |
| | Olga Lugina | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Olga Lugina | 2 | 0 | | | Miriam Schnitzer | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Maureen Drake | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Maureen Drake | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Maureen Drake | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Cătălina Cristea | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | Olga Barabanschikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Martina Müller | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Martina Müller | 4 | 4 | | 8 | Olga Barabanschikova | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | |
| | | | | | | Åsa Carlsson | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| | Larisa Neiland | 4 | 6 | 2 | | Åsa Carlsson | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| | Åsa Carlsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Åsa Carlsson | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | Olga Barabanschikova | w/o |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Karina Habšudová | |
| | Anca Barna | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Karina Habšudová |
| | Julia Abe | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Julia Abe | 7$^7$ | 1 | 2 | | Anca Barna | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Karina Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Denisa Chládková | 6$^5$ | 0 | | 2 | Karina Habšudová | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 2 | Karina Habšudová | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |