| 1999 Australian Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 18–31 January 1999 | |||
| Edition | 87th | |||
| Category | Grand Slam (ITF) | |||
| Surface | Hardcourt (Rebound Ace) | |||
| Location | Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Venue | Melbourne Park | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Martina Hingis | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Jonas Björkman / Patrick Rafter | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
| Martina Hingis /Anna Kournikova | ||||
| Mixed doubles | ||||
 Mariaan de Swardt /David Adams | ||||
| Boys' singles | ||||
 Kristian Pless | ||||
| Girls' singles | ||||
 Virginie Razzano | ||||
| Boys' doubles | ||||
 Jürgen Melzer /Kristian Pless | ||||
| Girls' doubles | ||||
 Eleni Daniilidou /Virginie Razzano | ||||
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The1999 Australian Open was atennis tournament played onoutdoor hard courts atMelbourne Park inMelbourne, Australia. It was the 87th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1999. This was the firstGrand Slam of the calendar year. Total attendance for the event reached 391,504.[1]
In the singles competition,Petr Korda andMartina Hingis were the defending champions. Korda was unseeded at this tournament and was eliminated in the third round by American 15th seedTodd Martin. This loss resulted in him falling down the rankings from 20th to 76th.[2] Later in July, Korda received a suspension from tennis by the ITF after testing positive fornandrolone at Wimbledon last year.Yevgeny Kafelnikov, on the other hand, ended up becoming the men's champion, defeating surprise finalist SwedeThomas Enqvist in four sets. With this win, Kafelnikov became the first Russian, male or female, to win an Australian Open title. In the women's singles, two-time defending championMartina Hingis successfully defended her title, defeating another surprise finalist in FrenchwomanAmélie Mauresmo. This win allowed Hingis to joinMargaret Court,Evonne Goolagong Cawley,Steffi Graf andMonica Seles as the only women to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles. Amélie Mauresmo would later become the World No. 1 in 2004, and despite being one of the top players of the early to mid-2000s, this would be her only Grand Slam final until the2006 Australian Open, which she won.
In doubles, the defending champions wereJonas Björkman andJacco Eltingh for the men's,Martina Hingis andMirjana Lučić for the women's, andVenus Williams andJustin Gimelstob for the mixed. Eltingh did not participate at this year's Australian Open, leaving Björkman to team up with Australia'sPat Rafter. Rafter and Björkman later won the title, defeating the Indian first seedsMahesh Bhupathi andLeander Paes in five sets. Hingis and Lučić also separated, with Hingis teaming up withAnna Kournikova and Lučić teaming up withMary Pierce. Lučić and Pierce fell in the first round, but Hingis and Kournikova went on to win, by defeating first seedsLindsay Davenport andNatasha Zvereva at the final. The mixed doubles competition saw Williams and Gimelstob not competing, and none of the seeds reaching past the second round. In the end, the South African team ofMariaan de Swardt andDavid Adams won, defeating Williams' sisterSerena and her partnerMax Mirnyi in the final.
The Juniors Competition saw the first ever junior double, withKristian Pless andVirginie Razzano both winning their respective singles and doubles titles. Pless defeatedMikhail Youzhny in the singles before teaming up withJürgen Melzer to defeat the Czech team ofLadislav Chramosta andMichal Navrátil in the doubles. Razzano defeatedKatarína Bašternáková in the singles final and teamed upEleni Daniilidou to defeat South AfricansNatalie Grandin andNicole Rencken in straight sets. The last time a boy won both the singles and doubles title at a Grand Slam wasRoger Federer atthe previous year's Wimbledon, while the last girl wasCara Black atthe Wimbledon the year before.Julien Jeanpierre andMirjana Lučić were the last players to win Australian Open Junior singles and doubles titles in the same year; in1998 and1997 respectively.
There were five competitions open to professional tennis players. TheAssociation of Tennis Professionals andWomen's Tennis Association awarded ranking points in all events apart from the mixed doubles. The singles draws were contested by one hundred and twenty eight players, while sixty four teams partook in the doubles events, and thirty two teams lined up in the mixed doubles competition.
With World No. 1Pete Sampras absent, along with World No. 2 and last year's finalistMarcelo Ríos, the No. 1 spot was thought to be up for grabs coming into this year's Australian Open.[3]Andre Agassi was considered the favourite, having won the 1995 Australian Open and having what was thought to be an easy path to the semifinals,Carlos Moyá being the only player considered to be a threat to him.Patrick Rafter was also considered a favourite, despite having in-form playersThomas Enqvist andMark Philippoussis in his path.Àlex Corretja was another possibility to claim the No. 1 spot, being the World No. 3 and only a third round appearance to defend.
With Ríos' withdrawal, Àlex Corretja was the top seed at No. 2, with US Open champion Patrick Rafter, French Open champion Carlos Moyá and Andre Agassi following.Tim Henman, last year's semifinalistKarol Kučera,Greg Rusedski,Richard Krajicek andYevgeny Kafelnikov made up the rest of the top 10 seeds. Despite being the defending champion,Petr Korda was not seeded as he was outside the Top 17.[4]
The first round saw the first upset of the tournament,[5] with Moyá falling to World No. 37Nicolas Kiefer in four sets. 12th seedAlbert Costa, 13th seedCédric Pioline and 16th seedThomas Johansson also fell in the first round. Corretja, 15th seedTodd Martin and Korda all survived five set encounters. The second round saw the end of Corretja's No. 1 dreams as went down in four sets to World No. 86Christian Ruud. Rusedski was also the victim of an upset, falling to qualifierPaul Goldstein also in four sets. The third round saw further upsets, as Rafter fell in four sets to Enqvist, Henman went down to SwissMarc Rosset in three, and Krajicek went down toWayne Ferreira in five. The third round also saw the end of Korda, falling to Martin in five sets; and Kafelnikov survive an encounter with 1992 and 1993 championJim Courier, Courier having retired in the fourth set.
The fourth round saw Martin, Kafelnikov and Kučera being the only seeds to progress to the quarterfinals. 14th seedMark Philippoussis fell to Enqvist, and Agassi was defeated by World No. 44Vincent Spadea in four sets. Unseeded players Tommy Haas, Nicolás Lapentti and Marc Rosset also progressed. The quarterfinals saw the end of Martin, being defeated by Kafelnikov in three sets. It also saw Haas defeating Spadea, and Enqvist continuing his good form against Rosset. The quarterfinals also witnessed the end of Kučera, being defeated in a five-set contest against Lapentti. This meant that Sampras would not be forfeiting his No. 1 ranking as previously predicted.
The semifinals saw the final seed in the draw, Kafelnikov, progressing past Haas in three sets to reach his first Grand Slam final since 1996. His opponent was Enqvist, who also passed to the final in three sets, defeating Lapentti. The final saw Enqvist win the first set, before Kafelnikov came back to take the next three. Kafelnikov's ranking rose to No. 3 following this tournament, and he became the first Russian tennis player to win the Australian Open.
Championship match result
Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeatedThomas Enqvist, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
The seeds of the 1999 Australian Open were led by the previous year's Grand Slam champions. US Open championLindsay Davenport was the first seed, Australian Open championMartina Hingis came second, Wimbledon championJana Novotná was third and French Open championArantxa Sánchez Vicario was fourth. Following behind cameVenus Williams, four-time Australian Open championMonica Seles, 1995 Australian Open championMary Pierce,Patty Schnyder, last year's Australian Open finalistConchita Martínez, and four-time Australian Open winnerSteffi Graf.Dominique Van Roost,Anna Kournikova,Irina Spîrlea,Sandrine Testud,Natasha Zvereva andAmanda Coetzer were also seeded.
The first round of the women's singles saw every seed go through except for 13th seed Irina Spîrlea, who lost to former finalist and last year's semifinalistAnke Huber, 7–5, 6–4. There was a scare, however, for 5th seed Venus Williams, who dropped the first set to World No. 82 CroatianSilvija Talaja, 3–6, and was struggling through the third; at one point being two points away from defeat. However, in the end, she managed to survive, winning, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7.[6] The second round was the setting for the first major upset of the tournament when 4th seed and two-time finalist Arantxa Sánchez Vicario fell easily to the World No. 24Barbara Schett, 6–2, 6–2. 8th seed Patty Schnyder also fell in the second round to teenage Frenchwoman and World No. 29,Amélie Mauresmo, 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 6–3.
The third round saw 15th seed Natasha Zvereva fall toChanda Rubin in three sets, last year's finalist and 9th seed Conchita Martínez go down in three sets toÉmilie Loit in what was Loit's first Top 10 victory,[7] and another major upset when 3rd seed Jana Novotná lost to SpaniardMaría Sánchez Lorenzo, 6–3, 6–0. 14th seed Sandrine Testud was almost the victim of another upset, but she saved two match points against her opponentSerena Williams and defeated her, 6–2, 2–6, 9–7.[8] The third round also saw the end of home dreams, when AussiesNicole Pratt andJelena Dokić both fell to Amélie Mauresmo and Martina Hingis respectively. The fourth round saw an easy progression for the World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport over the last qualifier remaining, CanadianMaureen Drake. Fellow Americans Venus Williams and Monica Seles also had easy wins; as did Steffi Graf, Mary Pierce and Dominique Van Roost. Defending champion Martina Hingis lost the second set to Amanda Coetzer, but came back to easily take the third, 6–1. The final spot in the quarterfinals was decided by an all-French match between Émilie Loit and Amélie Mauresmo. Mauresmo won the first set without losing a game, and then went on to win the second set, 7–5, despite a valiant effort from Loit.
"She's here with her girlfriend. She's half a man."
The quarterfinals saw Davenport easily defeat Williams, Hingis breeze through Pierce, and Seles coming back from 4–5 down in the first set to defeat Graf, 7–5, 6–1, which would be the last match in theirrivalry which Seles won; and her only post-stabbing victory over Graf. Surprise quarterfinalist Mauresmo continued her momentum, causing another upset by defeating Van Roost in two sets. In the semifinals, Mauresmo went on to cause the biggest upset of the tournament, by defeating the World No. 1 Davenport in three sets, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, despite Davenport leading 4–2 in the third set.[10] On the other side, Martina Hingis reached her third consecutive Australian Open final, having defeating Monica Seles, 6–2, 6–4, and restricting Seles' Open Era record for an Australian Open winning streak made by a woman to 33. In the final, Hingis defeated Mauresmo in straight sets, 6–2, 6–3. With this win, Hingis joinedMargaret Court,Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles as the only women to have won three consecutive Australian Open titles.[9]
Championship match result
Martina Hingis defeatedAmélie Mauresmo, 6–2, 6–3
Last year's double star and defending championJacco Eltingh retired at the end of the previous year, so his former partnerJonas Björkman teamed up with countrymanPatrick Rafter as the fifth seed.
The other top seeds were "Indian Express" (Mahesh Bhupathi andLeander Paes) at No. 1, the "Woodies" (Todd Woodbridge andMark Woodforde) at No. 2,Mark Knowles andDaniel Nestor at No. 3, andEllis Ferreira andRick Leach at No. 4. Former Eltingh partnerPaul Haarhuis teamed up withPatrick Galbraith to make the sixth seeded team. FrenchmenOlivier Delaître andFabrice Santoro were No. 7; andSébastien Lareau andAlex O'Brien came at No. 8.
The first round saw half of the No. 9 to No. 16 seeds fall; and Lareau and O'Brien joining them. Knowles and Nestor fell in the second round, and Delaître and Santoro went out in the third round. Apart from those casualties, however, all of the Top 8 made the quarterfinals. Also in the quarterfinals were AmericansRichey Reneberg andJonathan Stark,Gustavo Kuerten andNicolás Lapentti; and tenth seedsYevgeny Kafelnikov andDaniel Vacek.
Kuerten and Lapentti withdrew from the quarterfinals due to Lapentti's unexpected run to the semifinals of the singles competition. As such, Björkman and Rafter (who would've been their opponents) got an effective bye to the semifinals of the doubles. First seeds Bhupathi and Paes joined them, after triumphing over Reneberg and Stark; second seeds Woodbridge and Woodforde followed, defeating Kafelnikov and Vacek; and fourth seeds Ferreira and Leach also went through, defeating Galbraith and Haarhuis.
Bhupathi and Paes easily defeated Ferreira and Leach, 7–6(7–1), 6–3, 7–6(7–5) to end up in the final, where they were joined by Björkman and Rafter; who came back from two sets down to defeat the Woodies, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 8–6. The final of the men's doubles ended up also going to five sets after Bhupathi and Paes won a very close tiebreaker in the fourth (12–10). However, Björkman and Rafter took out the fifth set 6–4 to claim Björkman's second and Rafter's only Grand Slam doubles title.
Championship match result
Jonas Björkman /Patrick Rafter defeated
Mahesh Bhupathi /Leander Paes, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(10–12), 6–4
With none of the teams present having won a Grand Slam doubles title together, the competition was wide open.Lindsay Davenport andNatasha Zvereva were the first seeds, having lost in the finals of all the Grand Slams last year.Lisa Raymond andRennae Stubbs followed them as the second seed, while last year's doubles star and defending championMartina Hingis and her new doubles partnerAnna Kournikova were the third seed. VeteransLarisa Neiland andArantxa Sánchez Vicario teamed up to make the fourth seed, whileElena Likhovtseva andAi Sugiyama came in at No. 5.Conchita Martínez andPatricia Tarabini;Mariaan de Swardt andElena Tatarkova; andIrina Spîrlea andCaroline Vis were the rest of the top eight seeds. Hingis' former doubles partner and fellow defending championMirjana Lučić teamed up withMary Pierce as the sixteenth seed.
The first round saw one major casualty in Martínez and Tarabini, who fell to wildcardsJelena Dokić andÅsa Carlsson. The first round also saw a quick end to Lučić and Pierce, who fell in straight sets toChristina Singer andHelena Vildová. The second round saw the fall of Likhovtseva and Sugiyama, and Spîrlea and Vis. The only major casualty of the third round was de Swardt and Tatarkova.
All the top three seeds made it to the semifinals, and they were joined by the up-and-comingWilliams sisters, who defeated Neiland and Sánchez Vicario en route. Davenport and Zvereva defeated the Williams sisters to reach the final, in what is their fifth consecutive Grand Slam final; and Davenport's fourth consecutive Australian Open final in doubles. They were joined by Hingis and Kournikova, in what is also Hingis' fifth consecutive Grand Slam doubles final and Kournikova's first. Hingis and Kournikova triumphed in straight sets, 7–5, 6–3, to make Hingis' fifth doubles Grand Slam win and the fifth doubles Grand Slam defeat of Davenport and Zvereva.
Championship match result
Martina Hingis /Anna Kournikova defeated
Lindsay Davenport /
Natasha Zvereva, 7–5, 6–3
The seeds for the mixed doubles title were led by 1991 French Open finalistsCaroline Vis andPaul Haarhuis.Anna Kournikova andMark Knowles came second, whileRennae Stubbs andJim Grabb andMirjana Lučić andMahesh Bhupathi followed.
In a massive surprise, all of the top three seeds fell in the first round, with No. 6 seedsKatrina Adams andLeander Paes and No. 8 seedsLisa Raymond andPatrick Galbraith following. The second round saw no seeds progressing to the quarterfinals. Lučić and Bhupathi fell toKimberly Po andDonald Johnson; No. 5 seedsLarisa Neiland andRick Leach went down toDebbie Graham andEllis Ferreira; while No. 7 seedsElena Tatarkova andCyril Suk were defeated byMariaan de Swardt andDavid Adams.
The semifinals hadManon Bollegraf andPablo Albano, who defeated Vis and Haarhuis earlier, draw against wildcardsSerena Williams andMax Mirnyi, who defeated Stubbs and Grabb. The other side had Graham and Ferreira drawn against de Swardt and Adams. Williams and Mirnyi easily defeated Bollegraf and Albano in straight sets, while de Swardt and Adams came back from a set down to defeat Graham and Ferreira. In the final, de Swardt and Adams triumphed after losing the second set to take the decider in a close tiebreak.
Championship match result
Mariaan de Swardt /David Adams defeatedSerena Williams /
Max Mirnyi, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
DaneKristian Pless headed the seeds of the Boys' Singles, withJarkko Nieminen, Ladislav Chramosta,Éric Prodon andJaroslav Levinský made up the rest of the Top 5.
All the seeds passed the first round without severe difficulty. The first upsets came in the second round Chramosta fell to AmericanLevar Harper-Griffith, and fellow seedsDavid Martin,Mark Hilton andAlex Bogomolov Jr. joining him.
The quarterfinals consisted off Pless, 8th seedJean-Christophe Faurel, Harper-Griffith,Francesco Aldi (who upset 7th seedAndy Roddick en route), Levinský, Prodon, Simone Amorico (who upset 6th seedJürgen Melzer) andMikhail Youzhny (who defeated Nieminen). Pless defeated Faurel, Aldi defeated Harper-Griffith, and Youzhny defeated Amorico all in two sets, while Levinský took three sets involving a lengthy third set to defeat Prodon, 3–6, 6–0, 9–7.
Pless only dropped two games to defeat Aldi and advance to the final. His opponent was Youzhny, who defeated Levinský, 7–6, 7–5. Pless defeated Youzhny, 6–4, 6–3, to capture the Boys' Singles title.
Championship match result
Kristian Pless defeatedMikhail Youzhny, 6–4, 6–3
The field for this year's Girls' Singles was headed byNadia Petrova, who despite being the first seed, had to go through the qualifying. Slovenia'sTina Hergold was seeded second, andWynne Prakusya was third, despite also having to go through qualifying. GreekEleni Daniilidou and AmericanAnsley Cargill made the rest of the Top 5.
The first round saw a quick end to Cargill, winning only three games against Italian qualifierFlavia Pennetta. 7th seedIveta Benešová also departed, along with 15th seedGyörgyi Zsíros. Three further seeds were defeated in the second round: Czech 8th seedDája Bedáňová, 11th seedMichelle Gerards, and 16th seedAniela Mojzis.
Petrova, Hergold and Daniilidou all made the quarterfinals. Prakusya was upset in three sets by New Zealand's 12th seedLeanne Baker. 13thVirginie Razzano also made it the quarterfinals, as did 9th seedKatarína Bašternáková by defeating American 8th seedLaura Granville en route. Unseeded playersHannah Collin andRoberta Vinci also made a quarterfinal appearance.
Petrova and Hergold defeated Collin and Vinci to reach the semifinals in two sets. Bašternáková disposed of Baker in three to meet Hergold, while Razzano dropped the first set but won the next two to upset Daniilidou and meet Petrova. The semifinals saw Razzano stun Petrova by defeating the Russian in straight sets. Bašternáková was struggling against Hergold, but ended up winning in three sets to make a final appearance. Razzano ended up dominating Bašternáková in the final, only dropping two games to win.
Championship match result
Virginie Razzano defeated
Katarína Bašternáková, 6–1, 6–1
AmericansBo Hodge andDavid Martin were the first seeds. Czechs Ladislav Chramosta andMichal Navrátil came second, whileJürgen Melzer teamed up with the first seed in singles,Kristian Pless, as the third seeded team.
The first round saw an early exit to Hodge and Martin, falling to CanadiansPhilip Gubenco and Charles-Antoine Sévigny. South African fifth seeds Andrew McDade andDirk Stegmann, Norwegian fifth seedsStian Boretti andJørgen Vestli, and American sixth seeds Simone Amorico andAlex Bogomolov Jr. also fell. The remaining seeds then proceeded through the quarterfinals without too much trouble.
Chramosta and Navrátil got a virtual bye through to the semifinals after their opponents,Maximilian Abel andJaroslav Levinský, withdrew. Melzer and Pless passed easily to the semifinals, as did Italian fourth seedsFrancesco Aldi and Stefano Mocci. Gubenco and Sévigny also advanced.
Melzer and Pless fought off a three-set contest from their Canadian opponents to win, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2. The other semifinal match saw Chramosta and Navrátil recover from losing the first set in a tiebreak, to win the second in another tiebreak and the third in abagel. The first set of the final also ended up being a tiebreak, which went to the Czechs. However, Melzer and Pless came back, only dropping three games, to take the next two sets and the championships.
Championship match result
Jürgen Melzer /Kristian Pless defeated
Ladislav Chramosta /Michal Navrátil, 6–7, 6–3, 6–0
The American team ofAnsley Cargill andLindsay Dawaf led the field, withDája Bedáňová andAniela Mojzis following as the second seeds, and SlovaksKatarína Bašternáková andZuzana Kučová coming in third.
The first round witnessed the defeat of the fourth seeded CzechsDominika Luzarová andIveta Benešová, as well as the defeat of the sixth, seventh and eighth seeds. The second round saw one further upset, with Cargill and Dawaf falling toEleni Daniilidou andVirginie Razzano. Despite winning the first set, 6–4, the Americans only won one game in the final two sets.
Bedáňová and Mojzis progressed through to the semifinals by defeating AussiesMonique Adamczak andSarah Stone in three sets. No such success came, however, for Bašternáková and Kučová, as they fell in two sets to South African fifth seedsNatalie Grandin andNicole Rencken. Daniilidou and Razzano also progressed, while the final spot in the semifinals was won by home hopesMelanie-Ann Clayton andNicole Sewell.
Clayton and Sewell won the first set against Daniilidou and Razzano, but the Europeans prevailed, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. The other semifinal match also went to three sets, but Grandin and Rencken ended up defeating Bedáňová and Mojzis, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. The final was decisive, with Daniilidou and Razzano dominating Grandin and Rencken throughout, only dropping two games to win, 6–1, 6–1.
Championship match result
Eleni Daniilidou /Virginie Razzano defeatedNatalie Grandin /Nicole Rencken, 6–1, 6–1
| Seed | Rank[3] | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after[11] | New points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 |  Àlex Corretja | 3550 | 3530 | Second round lost to Christian Ruud | ||
| 3 | 4 | Patrick Rafter | 3269 | 3264 | Third round lost toThomas Enqvist | ||
| 4 | 5 | Carlos Moyá | 3178 | 3178 | First round lost to Nicolas Kiefer | ||
| 5 | 6 | Andre Agassi | 2879 | 2845 | Fourth round lost toVincent Spadea | ||
| 6 | 7 |  Tim Henman | 2608 | 2608 | Third round lost toMarc Rosset | ||
| 7 | 11 | Karol Kučera | 2498 | 2261 | Quarterfinals lost to Nicolás Lapentti | ||
| 8 | 8 | Greg Rusedski | 2568 | 2568 | Second round lost toPaul Goldstein (Q) | ||
| 9 | 9 |  Richard Krajicek | 2548 | 2575 | Third round lost toWayne Ferreira | ||
| 10 | 10 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2515 | 3419 | Champion, won in the final againstThomas Enqvist | ||
| 12 | 14 | Albert Costa | 1817 | 1817 | First round lost toMartin Damm | ||
| 13 | 15 | Cédric Pioline | 1800 | 1678 | First round lost toLleyton Hewitt (WC) | ||
| 14 | 16 | Mark Philippoussis | 1762 | 1898 | Fourth round lost toThomas Enqvist | ||
| 15 | 13 | Todd Martin | 1944 | 2152 | Quarterfinals lost toYevgeny Kafelnikov [10] | ||
| 16 | 17 | Thomas Johansson | 1761 | 1761 | First round lost toNicolás Lapentti |
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | New points | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Sampras | 3,915 | 171 | 3,744 | Back injury |
| 2 |  Marcelo Ríos | 3,564 | 595 | 2,969 | Hamstring injury |
| 12 |  Goran Ivanišević | 2,082 | 0 | 2,082 | Shoulder injury |
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | Points after[12] | New points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 5,951 | 396 | 380 | 5,935 | Semifinals lost toAmélie Mauresmo |
| 2 | 2 | Martina Hingis | 5,565 | 846 | 828 | 5,547 | Champion, defeatedAmélie Mauresmo |
| 3 | 3 | Jana Novotná | 3,734 | 0 | 90 | 3,823 | Third round lost toMaría Sánchez Lorenzo |
| 4 | 5 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3,221 | 200 | 46 | 3,067 | Second round lost toBarbara Schett |
| 5 | 6 | Venus Williams | 3,034 | 216 | 196 | 3,014 | Quarterfinals lost toLindsay Davenport [1] |
| 6 | 4 | Monica Seles | 3,226 | 0 | 430 | 3,656 | Semifinals lost toMartina Hingis [2] |
| 7 | 7 | Mary Pierce | 2,558 | 208 | 232 | 2,582 | Quarterfinals lost toMartina Hingis [2] |
| 8 | 9 | Patty Schnyder | 2,369 | 142 | 30 | 2,257 | Second round lost toAmélie Mauresmo |
| 9 | 10 | Conchita Martínez | 2,325 | 644 | 68 | 1,749 | Third round lost toÉmilie Loit |
| 10 | 8 | Steffi Graf | 2,447 | 0 | 204 | 2,651 | Quarterfinals lost toMonica Seles [6] |
| 11 | 12 |  Dominique Van Roost | 2,086 | 56 | 166 | 2,196 | Quarterfinals lost toAmélie Mauresmo |
| 12 | 13 | Anna Kournikova | 1,971 | 76 | 100 | 1,995 | Fourth round lost toMary Pierce [7] |
| 13 | 14 |  Irina Spîrlea | 1,926 | 2 | 2 | 1,926 | First round lost toAnke Huber |
| 14 | 15 | Sandrine Testud | 1,885 | 190 | 140 | 1,835 | Fourth round lost toMonica Seles [6] |
| 15 | 17 | Natasha Zvereva | 1,658 | 110 | 56 | 1,604 | Third round lost toChanda Rubin |
| 16 | 16 | Amanda Coetzer | 1,786 | 134 | 126 | 1,778 | Fourth round lost toMartina Hingis [2] |
| Rank | Player | Points before | Points defending | New points | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Nathalie Tauziat[13] | 2,195 | 0 | 2,195 |
Men's singles wildcard entries[edit] | Women's singles wildcard entries[edit]
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| Event | W | F | SF | QF | 4R | 3R | 2R | 1R | |
| Singles[14] | Men | A$722,000 | A$361,000 | A$180,000 | A$92,500 | A$49,500 | A$28,250 | A$17,250 | A$11,125 |
| Women | A$679,000 | A$339,500 | A$169,000 | A$87,000 | A$46,500 | A$26,750 | A$16,250 | A$10,400 | |
Total prize money for the event was A$11,008,700.
| Preceded by | Grand Slams | Succeeded by |
