Andrew Ilie was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Xavier Malisse.
 Andy Roddick won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Malisse, which was the first title of his career.
Xavier Malisse and Carlos Salamanca were the champions in 2008, but Malisse chose to not start this year.
Jana Novotná (] ; born 2 October 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic.
 She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career.
 She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments.
 Novotná also won 12 Grand Slam women's doubles titles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
 Novotná achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in 1997, and achieved the No. 1 ranking in doubles.
The 1999 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the hundred-and-thirteenth edition of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam of the year, the most prestigious tournament on grass courts, and the oldest tennis tournament in the world.
 Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but only Novotná competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.
 Novotná and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Mariaan de Swardt and Elena Tatarkova.
Xavier Malisse, with fellow countryman Ruben Bemelmans, defended his title, defeating Jamie Delgado and Ken Skupski 7–6, 4–6, [10–7] in the final.
 Mark Knowles and Malisse were the defending champions but Knowles decided not to participate.
The 1999 US Open – Women's Doubles was the women's doubles event of the hundred-and-ninth edition of the US Open, the fourth and last Grand Slam of the year, and the most prestigious tournament in the Americas.
 Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but Hingis did not compete this year and Novotná teamed up with Natasha Zvereva.
 Novotná and Zvereva were eliminated in the third round by Liezel Horn and Kimberly Po.
Xavier Malisse and Dick Norman were the defending champions, but Norman chose not to participate, and only Malisse competed that year.
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions.
 Novotná and Suková entered the tournament with different partners, meeting in the semifinals were Novotná and Gigi Fernández eliminated Suková and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.
 Novotná then repeated as doubles champion with Fernández after defeating Larisa Neiland and Natasha Zvereva in the final.
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they did not compete together this year.
 Novotná instead partnered with Natasha Zvereva as the first seed, whereas Hingis partnered with Anna Kournikova as the second seed.
 Novotná and Zvereva retired in their quarterfinal match against Lindsay Davenport and Mary Pierce, but Hingis and Kournikova reached the final where they lost to American sisters Serena and Venus Williams, 6–3, 6–7, 8–6.
 This was the first Grand Slam for the Williams sisters and would be their first step towards completing a Career Golden Slam in doubles.
Xavier Malisse (born 19 July 1980) is Belgian retired professional tennis player.
 Born in the north-western Flemish city of Kortrijk and nicknamed "X-Man", he is only one of two players from Belgium (the other being David Goffin) to have been ranked in the top 20 of the ATP tour, with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 19.

Question: Are both Xavier Malisse and Jana Novotná from the same country?
Answer: no