The 1999 ANZ Tasmanian International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart in Australia that was part of Tier IVb of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 through 16 January 1999.
Heading into the tournament, Swiss player Patty Schnyder was the reigning champion but she didn't defend her singles title due to her playing in Sydney in that same week. In the singles final, Fifth-seeded Chanda Rubin won the title in straight sets over unseeded Italian player, Rita Grande and earned $16,000 first-prize money.
Finals Singles
Chanda Rubin defeated Rita Grande 6–2, 6–3 It was Rubin's only singles title of the year and the 2nd of her career.
Doubles
Mariaan de Swardt / Elena Tatarkova defeated Alexia Dechaume-Balleret / Émilie Loit 6–1, 6–2
Entrants Seeds Ranking date: 4 January 1999. Country Player Rank SeedJulie Halard-Decugis221Corina Morariu312Virginia Ruano Pascual323Sarah Pitkowski334Chanda Rubin355Mariaan de Swardt366Ruxandra Dragomir387Li Fang408
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Annabel Ellwood Nicole Pratt
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Annabel Ellwood / Nicole Pratt
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: Els Callens Nana Miyagi Samantha Reeves Maureen Drake
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Kristina Brandi
The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw: Lilia Osterloh / Mashona Washington
The following players received entry as a lucky loser: Květa Hrdličková / Tina Križan
References
External links ITF tournament edition details WTA tournament draws