The 1999 Swisscom Challenge was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Schluefweg in Zurich, Switzerland that was part of Tier I of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 10 October until 17 October 1999. Second-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Venus Williams defeated Martina Hingis 6–3, 6–4 It was Williams' 6th title of the year and the 9th of her career.
Doubles
Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs defeated Nathalie Tauziat / Natasha Zvereva 6–2, 6–2 It was Raymond's 3rd title of the year and the 12th of her career. It was also Stubbs' 3rd title of the year, but the 17th of her career.
Entrants
Seeds Ranking date 4 October 1999 Country Player Rank Seed Martina Hingis 1 1 Venus Williams 3 2 Mary Pierce 6 3 Amanda Coetzer 7 4 Barbara Schett 8 5 Julie Halard-Decugis 9 6 Dominique Van Roost 10 7 Nathalie Tauziat 11 8
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Lisa Raymond Miriam Oremans Jennifer Capriati
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Maureen Drake / Miroslava Vavrinec
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Tatiana Panova Corina Morariu Elena Dementieva Magüi Serna
Jelena Kostanić / Tara Snyder
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Henrieta Nagyová
External links WTA tournament details ITF tournament details