1999 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

The 1999 Kremlin Cup women's doubles was the women's doubles event of the fourth WTA edition of the Kremlin Cup; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious tournament held in Russia. Mary Pierce and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions, but Pierce competed this year with Barbara Schett, whereas Zvereva competed with Elena Tatarkova.

Women's doubles
1999 Kremlin Cup
Champions	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
Runners-up	Julie Halard-Decugis Anke Huber
Score	6–1, 6–0
Seeds	4

Main article: 1999 Kremlin Cup

Pierce and Schett withdrew after their first round victory, whereas Zvereva and Tatarkova were defeated in the semifinals by eventual champions Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.

Seeds

1. Elena Tatarkova / Natasha Zvereva (semifinals)
2. Elena Likhovtseva / Ai Sugiyama (semifinals)
3. Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs (champions)
4. Conchita Martínez / Patricia Tarabini (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Draw

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	E Tatarkova N Zvereva	6	6
		K Po A-G Sidot	4	2				1	E Tatarkova N Zvereva	w/o
	Q	S Pitkowski E Sysoeva	1	66					M Pierce B Schett
		M Pierce B Schett	6	78											1	E Tatarkova N Zvereva	67	4
	3	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6											3	L Raymond R Stubbs	79	6
		M Drake C Schneider	4	3				3	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	7
		C Cristea R Dragomir	3	79	6				C Cristea R Dragomir	0	65
		N Petrova P Schnyder	6	67	0																	3	L Raymond R Stubbs	6	6
		J Halard-Decugis A Huber	6	6																			J Halard-Decugis A Huber	1	0
		S Krivencheva N Ostrovskaya	2	0					J Halard-Decugis A Huber	6	6
	WC	L Krasnoroutskaya E Makarova	7	6				WC	L Krasnoroutskaya E Makarova	1	1
	4	C Martínez P Tarabini	5	4												J Halard-Decugis A Huber	6	5	6
		S Farina C Rubin	3	4											2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	3	7	0
		L Neiland D Van Roost	6	6					L Neiland D Van Roost	4	1
		M Paštiková T Poutchek	61	2				2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	6	6
	2	E Likhovtseva A Sugiyama	77	6

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Sarah Pitkowski / Ekaterina Sysoeva (Qualifiers)
2. Sylvia Plischke / Silvija Talaja (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

1. Sarah Pitkowski / Ekaterina Sysoeva

Qualifying draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

	First round					Second round					Qualifying competition
	1	Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva
		Bye
						1	Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva	8
							Tatiana Perebiynis Anna Zaporozhanova	5
		Tatiana Perebiynis Anna Zaporozhanova	8
		Irina Kornienko Ekaterina Paniouchkina	5
											1	Sarah Pitkowski Ekaterina Sysoeva	9
											2	Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja	8
		Maria Goloviznina Anastasia Myskina	8
		Vanessa Henke Marketa Kochta	9
							Vanessa Henke Marketa Kochta
						2	Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja	w/o
		Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Liudmila Nikoyan	3
	2	Sylvia Plischke Silvija Talaja	8

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