Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual were the defending champions, but they decided not to compete together.
 Ruano Pascual partnered up with Meghann Shaughnessy, but they lost in the first round against Cara Black and Elena Vesnina.
 Medina Garrigues partnered up with Liezel Huber, but they lost in the semifinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International – Doubles was the doubles event of the sixth edition of the ANZ Tasmanian International.
 Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but only Ruano Pascual competed that year with Florencia Labat.
 Labat and Ruano Pascual lost in the first round to Nannie de Villiers and Eva Melicharová.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions and won in the final 6–2, 6–3, against Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova in straight sets.
 This was Ruano Pascual's 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd title at the US Open.
 It was also Suárez' 4th career Grand Slam doubles title and her 2nd title at the US Open.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but Suarez retired from the sport on September 1, 2007, and only Ruano Pascual competed that year.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Tomás Carbonell were the defending champions, but had different outcomes.
 Ruano Pascual teamed up with Gastón Etlis and lost in second round to Cara and Wayne Black, while Carbonell did not compete this year due to retiring from professional tennis in 2001.
Justine Henin (] ; born 1 June 1982), known between 2002 and 2007 as Justine Hénin-Hardenne, is a Belgian former professional tennis player known for her all-court style of play and notably being one of the few female players to use a single-handed backhand.
 She spent a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1 and was the year-end No. 1 in 2003, 2006 and 2007.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but had different outcomes.
 While Suárez did not compete this year, Ruano Pascual teamed up with Conchita Martínez and successfully defended her title, by defeating Iveta Benešová and Květa Peschke 6–1, 6–4 in the final.
Virginia Ruano Pascual (born 21 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
 She was born in Madrid, Spain.
The 1999 Westel 900 Budapest Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the second edition of the Budapest Grand Prix; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Hungary.
 Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions but only Ruano Pascual competed that year with Laura Montalvo.
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
 Ruano Pascual decided to focus on the singles tournament, while Suárez decided to rest after competing in the World Group Play-offs of the Fed Cup.

Question: Are both Justine Henin and Virginia Ruano Pascual former professional tennis players?
Answer: yes