# 1999 Bank of the West Classic – Singles

The 1999 Bank of the West Classic singles was the singles event of the twenty-eighth edition of the first tournament in the US Open Series.
Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams were the respective defending champion and runner-up, and they met in the final again. Davenport won for a second consecutive year to claim her twenty-third singles title.

## Seeds

* Lindsay Davenport (champion)
* Venus Williams (final)
* Monica Seles (withdrew)
* Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)
* Barbara Schett (second round)
* Anna Kournikova (quarterfinals)
* Dominique Van Roost (first round)
* Sandrine Testud (quarterfinals)
* Conchita Martínez (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 | Lindsay Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Amy Frazier | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| | Amy Frazier | 0 | 4 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | 2 | Venus Williams | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| 4 | Amanda Coetzer | 1 | 4 | 2 | Venus Williams | 6$^1$ | 2 |
| 2 | Venus Williams | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Spîrlea | 4 | 4 | | | C Rubin | 3 | 7$^9$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | C Rubin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | A-G Sidot | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | C Morariu | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | C Morariu | 6 | 6 | | | C Morariu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Capriati | 5 | 6 | 6 | | J Capriati | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | C Martínez | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | L Davenport | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Frazier | 0 | 4 |
| | | | | | 5 | B Schett | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | A Frazier | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Huber | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Frazier | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | F Zuluaga | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Kremer | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| Q | T Tanasugarn | 6 | 4 | 3 | Q | F Zuluaga | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kremer | 6 | 1 | | | A Kremer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Van Roost | 0 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | I Majoli | 1 | 1 | | 8 | S Testud | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Likhovtseva | 3 | 5 | | | P Schnyder | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Schnyder | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 8 | S Testud | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | L Raymond | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Black | 6 | 1 | 2 | | L Raymond | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | A Coetzer | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 |
| | M Lučić | 4 | 2 | | 6 | A Kournikova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | MJ Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | MJ Fernández | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Drake | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | A Kournikova | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| LL | J Chi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | K Srebotnik | 6 | 6 | | | K Srebotnik | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | V Williams | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifier)
* Fabiola Zuluaga (qualifier)
* Maureen Drake (qualifier)
* Tamarine Tanasugarn (qualifier)
* Jane Chi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Kimberly Po (qualifying competition)
* Meghann Shaughnessy (second round)
* Pavlina Stoyanova (second round)

### Qualifiers

* Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
* Tamarine Tanasugarn
* Maureen Drake
* Fabiola Zuluaga

### Lucky loser

* Jane Chi

## 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 | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 1 | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 2 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Mashona Washington | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Mashona Washington | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | Candice Fuchs | 7 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | 7 | 6 |
| | Erika deLone | | | | | | | | | WC | Gabriela Lastra | 5 | 3 |
| WC | Gabriela Lastra | w/o | | | WC | Gabriela Lastra | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Teryn Ashley | 4 | 4 | | 8 | Pavlina Stoyanova | 6$^4$ | 2 | | | | | |
| 8 | Pavlina Stoyanova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Second 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 | Qualifying competition |
| | | | | | 4 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jolene Watanabe | 6 | 6 | | | Jolene Watanabe | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | Nikola Hübnerová | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6 | 6 |
| | Cătălina Cristea | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 6 | Kimberly Po | 3 | 1 |
| | Monique Javer | 1 | 5 | | | Cătălina Cristea | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Sandra Cacic | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | Kimberly Po | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Kimberly Po | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |

### Third 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 | Qualifying competition |
| 7 | Meghann Shaughnessy | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Melissa Mazzotta | 6$^1$ | 0 | | 7 | Meghann Shaughnessy | 6$^1$ | 4 | | | | | |
| | Meilen Tu | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Meilen Tu | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Janet Lee | 6 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | Meilen Tu | 2 | 5 |
| | Tina Križan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | Maureen Drake | 6 | 7 |
| | Leslie Cavanaugh | 0 | 1 | | | Tina Križan | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Maureen Drake | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Fourth 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 | Jane Chi | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Magdalena Maleeva | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Jane Chi | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Rika Hiraki | | | | | Julie Smith | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| | Julie Smith | w/o | | | | | | | 5 | Jane Chi | 2 | 5 |
| WC | Amanda Augustus | 6$^3$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | 2 | Fabiola Zuluaga | 6 | 7 |
| | Julia Abe | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | Julia Abe | 1 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Fabiola Zuluaga | 6 | 6 | | | | |