1999 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.
Martina Hingis finished the year as WTA world No. 1 for the second time in her career, though Lindsay Davenport was named the Player of the Year. Hingis won seven tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open. She also won four Tier I events and finished runner-up at two other majors, the French Open and the US Open. Davenport won seven tournaments during the season, including a major at the Wimbledon Championships, as well as the WTA Tour Championships. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | January 2 – November 22, 1999 |
| Edition | 29th |
| Tournaments | 58 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Grand Slam Cup WTA Tier I (9) WTA Tier II (15) WTA Tier III (12) WTA Tier IV (16) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Martina Hingis (7) Lindsay Davenport (7) |
| Most tournament finals | Martina Hingis (13) |
| Prize money leader | Martina Hingis (US$3,291,780) |
| Points leader | Martina Hingis (6,074) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Lindsay Davenport |
| Doubles team of the year | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova |
| Most improved player of the year | Serena Williams |
| Newcomer of the year | Kim Clijsters |
| Comeback player of the year | Sabine Appelmans |
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