# 1999 US Open (tennis)

The 1999 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 119th edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 through September 12, 1999.

## Singles players
### Men's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Andre Agassi [2] | Andre Agassi [2] | Todd Martin [7] | Todd Martin [7] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Cédric Pioline | Cédric Pioline | Yevgeny Kafelnikov [3] | Yevgeny Kafelnikov [3] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Slava Doseděl | Gustavo Kuerten [5] | Richard Krajicek [12] | Nicolas Escudé (Q) |
| 4th round out ||||
| Jiří Novák | Greg Rusedski [9] | Tommy Haas [14] | Magnus Norman |
| Vincent Spadea | Andrei Medvedev | Marcelo Ríos [10] | Arnaud Clément |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Fabrice Santoro | Fredrik Jonsson (Q) | Chris Woodruff | Magnus Larsson |
| Peter Wessels (Q) | Hicham Arazi | Richard Fromberg | Goran Ivanišević |
| Laurence Tieleman (LL) | John van Lottum | Lleyton Hewitt | Jonas Björkman |
| Xavier Malisse (Q) | Ján Krošlák | Nicolas Kiefer [15] | Justin Gimelstob |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Marat Safin | Jan-Michael Gambill | Fernando Meligeni | Nicolás Lapentti [16] |
| David Prinosil | Christian Ruud | Younes El Aynaoui | Richey Reneberg (WC) |
| Lars Burgsmüller (Q) | Mark Woodforde | Fernando Vicente | Mariano Puerta |
| Gianluca Pozzi | Markus Hipfl | Cristiano Caratti (Q) | Paul Haarhuis |
| Guillermo Cañas | Galo Blanco | Ivan Ljubičić (LL) | Lorenzo Manta (Q) |
| Wayne Arthurs | Sébastien Lareau | Kenneth Carlsen | Max Mirnyi (LL) |
| Carlos Moyá [8] | Cecil Mamiit | Paul Goldstein | George Bastl (Q) |
| Michael Kohlmann (Q) | Michael Chang | Daniel Vacek | Axel Pretzsch (Q) |
| 1st round out ||||
| Mikael Tillström (LL) | Ramón Delgado | Stefan Koubek | Sébastien Grosjean |
| Jim Courier | Kevin Kim (WC) | Arnaud di Pasquale | Francisco Clavet |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | Juan Antonio Marín | James Blake (WC) | Rainer Schüttler |
| Bob Bryan (WC) | Byron Black | Sargis Sargsian | Stephane Huet (Q) |
| Patrick Rafter [4] | Jan Siemerink | Albert Portas | Mariano Zabaleta |
| Karim Alami | German Puentes | Bernd Karbacher | Thomas Enqvist |
| Félix Mantilla [17] | Daniel Nestor | Andrew Ilie | Wayne Ferreira |
| Jacobo Díaz | Ville Liukko (Q) | Hendrik Dreekmann | Bohdan Ulihrach |
| Tim Henman [6] | Jens Knippschild | Julien Boutter (Q) | Taylor Dent (WC) |
| Takao Suzuki (Q) | Jeff Morrison (WC) | Sjeng Schalken | Phillip King (WC) |
| Àlex Corretja [13] | Marc Rosset | Martín Rodríguez | Gastón Gaudio |
| Jeff Tarango | Hernán Gumy | Tomáš Zíb | Alberto Martín |
| Dominik Hrbatý | Magnus Gustafsson | Ivo Heuberger (Q) | Guillaume Raoux |
| Scott Draper | Mashiska Washington (WC) | Franco Squillari | Martin Damm |
| Jason Stoltenberg | Andrei Pavel | Marcelo Filippini | Wayne Black |
| Albert Costa | Andrea Gaudenzi | Cyril Saulnier (Q) | Nicklas Kulti |

### Women's singles

| Champion | Champion | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Serena Williams [7] | Serena Williams [7] | Martina Hingis [1] | Martina Hingis [1] |
| Semifinals out ||||
| Venus Williams [3] | Venus Williams [3] | Lindsay Davenport [2] | Lindsay Davenport [2] |
| Quarterfinals out ||||
| Anke Huber | Barbara Schett [12] | Monica Seles [4] | Mary Pierce [5] |
| 4th round out ||||
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario [10] | Amélie Mauresmo [15] | Mary Joe Fernández | Elena Likhovtseva |
| Conchita Martínez [16] | Jennifer Capriati | Sabine Appelmans | Julie Halard-Decugis [9] |
| 3rd round out ||||
| Sandra Klösel (Q) | Patty Schnyder | Tara Snyder | Jana Novotná [8] |
| Henrieta Nagyová | Dominique Van Roost [13] | Virginia Ruano Pascual | Irina Spîrlea |
| Kim Clijsters | Elena Dementieva | Nathalie Tauziat [11] | Ai Sugiyama |
| Ángeles Montolio | Magüi Serna | Amélie Cocheteux | Amy Frazier |
| 2nd round out ||||
| Sarah Pitkowski | Jane Chi | Lisa Raymond | Nicole Pratt |
| Mariaan de Swardt | Mirjana Lučić | Anne Kremer | Tina Križan (Q) |
| Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | Magdalena Grzybowska (Q) | Anastasia Myskina (Q) | Rita Grande |
| Åsa Carlsson (Q) | Amanda Hopmans | Tina Pisnik (Q) | Tamarine Tanasugarn |
| Jelena Kostanić (Q) | Adriana Gerši (Q) | Fabiola Zuluaga | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret |
| María Sánchez Lorenzo | Seda Noorlander | Karina Habšudová | Silvia Farina |
| Gala León García | Paola Suárez | Samantha Reeves (WC) | Sandrine Testud [14] |
| Fang Li | Sylvia Plischke | Natasha Zvereva | Ruxandra Dragomir |
| 1st round out ||||
| Květa Hrdličková | Jennifer Hopkins (WC) | Zuzana Lešenarová (WC) | Sandra Kleinová |
| Cristina Torrens Valero | Émilie Loit | Meilen Tu | Jelena Dokic |
| Justine Henin | Kristina Brandi | Erika deLone (WC) | Ľudmila Cervanová |
| Silvija Talaja | Jill Craybas (WC) | Meghann Shaughnessy | Shi-ting Wang |
| Tatiana Poutchek (Q) | Laurence Courtois | Lubomira Bacheva | Jana Nejedly |
| Lisa McShea (Q) | Miriam Oremans | Barbara Schwartz | Maureen Drake |
| Tracy Singian (Q) | Andrea Glass | Elena Wagner | Emmanuelle Gagliardi |
| Cătălina Cristea (Q) | Denisa Chládková | Tatiana Panova | Amanda Coetzer [6] |
| Kimberly Po | Mashona Washington (WC) | Nathalie Dechy | Anca Barna (Q) |
| Laura Granville (WC) | Christína Papadáki | Katarina Srebotnik | Chanda Rubin |
| Alexandra Stevenson | Janet Lee (Q) | Iva Majoli | Laura Golarsa |
| Lenka Němečková | Anna Smashnova | María Vento (Q) | Barbara Rittner |
| Sandra Načuk | Brie Rippner | Olga Barabanschikova | Melissa Middleton (WC) |
| Lilia Osterloh | Jana Kandarr (Q) | Els Callens | Marlene Weingärtner |
| Cara Black | Pavlina Stoyanova | Alicia Molik | Elena Tatarkova |
| Inés Gorrochategui | Annie Miller | Rita Kuti-Kis | Corina Morariu |

## Seniors
### Men's singles

Andre Agassi defeated Todd Martin, 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 6–2
    • It was Agassi's 5th career Grand Slam singles title and his 2nd and last at the US Open.

### Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$
    • It was Williams' 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

### Men's doubles

Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien defeated Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 6–4
    • It was Lareau's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.
    • It was O'Brien's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

### Women's doubles

Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
* It was Serena Williams' 5th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd US Open title. It was Venus Williams' 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title.v

### Mixed doubles

Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Kimberly Po / Donald Johnson, 6–4, 6–4
    • It was Sugiyama's 1st and only career Grand Slam mixed doubles title.
    • It was Bhupathi's 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 1st at the US Open.

## Juniors
### Boys' singles

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Kristian Pless 6–7, 6–3, 6–4

### Girls' singles

Lina Krasnoroutskaya defeated Nadia Petrova 6–3, 6–2

### Boys' doubles

Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut defeated Tres Davis / Alberto Francis 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

### Girls' doubles

Dája Bedáňová / Iroda Tulyaganova defeated Galina Fokina / Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6–3, 6–4

## Seeds

Withdrawals: Steffi Graf, Anna Kournikova