# 1999 Salem Open – Singles

The 1999 Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Hong Kong that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the twenty-fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 5 April – 12 April.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Richard Krajicek (quarterfinals)
* Patrick Rafter (first round)
* Andre Agassi (champions)
* Cédric Pioline (first round)
* Nicolas Kiefer (quarterfinals)
* Wayne Ferreira (second round)
* Jonas Björkman (quarterfinals)
* Michael Chang (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 | Final |
| | Hendrik Dreekmann | 3 | 0 | | | | | |
| 3 | Andre Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Andre Agassi | 6 | 6 | 3 | Andre Agassi | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Boris Becker | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| | Boris Becker | 6 | 6 | | Boris Becker | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| | Bernd Karbacher | 4 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 | R Krajicek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Suzuki | 4 | 4 | 1 | R Krajicek | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Carlsen | 6 | 6 | | K Carlsen | 6$^8$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Rodríguez | 1 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | R Krajicek | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | H Dreekmann | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | H Dreekmann | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Tarango | 4 | 4 | | H Dreekmann | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Chang | 6 | 6 | 8 | M Chang | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Vacek | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | H Dreekmann | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 |
| | G Pozzi | 2 | 2 | 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | O Gross | 6 | 6 | | O Gross | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Wong | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | A Agassi | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | P Srichaphan | 6 | 7 | | | | | | 5 | N Kiefer | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | P Luxa | 1 | 6$^{11}$ | | P Srichaphan | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | 5 | N Kiefer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Krošlák | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | W Ferreira | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nestor | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | W Ferreira | 4 | 6$^{10}$ | | | | | | | |
| | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | M Sell | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | B Becker | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | C Mamiit | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | L Tieleman | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | | |
| | S Lareau | 5 | 3 | | | C Mamiit | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | L Tieleman | 2 | 6 | 6 | | L Tieleman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C Pioline | 6 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | B Becker | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | B Karbacher | 4 | 4 |
| | R Štěpánek | 3 | 3 | | 7 | J Björkman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | G Motomura | 7 | 4 | 6 | | G Motomura | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | D Prinosil | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 7 | J Björkman | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | B Steven | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | B Karbacher | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | S Campbell | 4 | 1 | | | B Steven | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | B Karbacher | 6$^5$ | 7 | 6 | | B Karbacher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Rafter | 7 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |