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1999 US Open (tennis)

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1999 US Open
DateAugust 30 – September 12
Edition119th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceHardcourt
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
Champions
Men's singles
United States Andre Agassi
Women's singles
United States Serena Williams
Men's doubles
Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien
Women's doubles
United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams
Mixed doubles
Japan Ai Sugiyama / India Mahesh Bhupathi
Boys' singles
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
Girls' singles
Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Boys' doubles
France Julien Benneteau / France Nicolas Mahut
Girls' doubles
Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová / Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
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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[edit]

Men's singles
Women's singles

Seniors[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

United States Andre Agassi defeated United States 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[edit]

United States Serena Williams defeated Switzerland Martina Hingis, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)

• It was Williams' 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Men's doubles[edit]

Canada Sébastien Lareau / United States Alex O'Brien defeated India Mahesh Bhupathi / India 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[edit]

United States Serena Williams / United States Venus Williams defeated United States Chanda Rubin / France 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[edit]

Japan Ai Sugiyama / India Mahesh Bhupathi defeated United States Kimberly Po / United States 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[edit]

Boys' singles[edit]

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

Girls' singles[edit]

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

Boys' doubles[edit]

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

Girls' doubles[edit]

Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová / Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova defeated Russia Galina Fokina / Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6–3, 6–4

Seeds[edit]

Withdrawals: Steffi Graf,[1] Anna Kournikova[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sport: Tennis Graf bows out". BBC. August 13, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "Kournikova withdraws from U.S. Open". Boca Raton News. August 21, 1999. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

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