1999 WTA Tour

1999 WTA Tour
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
DurationJanuary 2
– November 22, 1999
Edition29th
Tournaments58
CategoriesGrand 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 titlesSwitzerland Martina Hingis (7)
United States Lindsay Davenport (7)
Most tournament finalsSwitzerland Martina Hingis (13)
Prize money leaderSwitzerland Martina Hingis
(US$3,291,780)
Points leaderSwitzerland Martina Hingis (6,074)
Awards
Player of the yearUnited States Lindsay Davenport
Doubles team of the yearSwitzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Anna Kournikova
Most improved
player of the year
United States Serena Williams
Newcomer of the yearBelgium Kim Clijsters
Comeback
player of the year
Belgium Sabine Appelmans
1998
2000

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.