1999 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles

Àlex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.

Singles
1999 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Final
ChampionEcuador Nicolás Lapentti
Runner-upAustralia Lleyton Hewitt
Score6–3, 6–2
Events
Singles Doubles
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Nicolás Lapentti won the title, defeating Lleyton Hewitt, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

Seeds edit

  1.   Yevgeny Kafelnikov (quarterfinals)
  2.   Todd Martin (second round)
  3.   Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals)
  4.   Àlex Corretja (second round)
  5.   Tommy Haas (second round)
  6.   Nicolás Lapentti (champion)
  7.   Cédric Pioline (second round)
  8.   Vincent Spadea (semifinals)
  9.   Mark Philippoussis (second round)
  10.   Albert Costa (second round, retired)
  11.   Mariano Zabaleta (third round)
  12.   Sébastien Grosjean (third round)
  13.   Lleyton Hewitt (final)
  14.   Andrei Medvedev (second round)
  15.   Marat Safin (second round)
  16.   Marc Rosset (second round)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Semifinals Final
          
8   Vincent Spadea 3 3  
13   Lleyton Hewitt 6 6  
13   Lleyton Hewitt 3 2  
6   Nicolás Lapentti 6 6  
6   Nicolás Lapentti 65 78 6
    Magnus Gustafsson 77 66 2

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   Y Kafelnikov 6 3 6
Q   R Reneberg 6     Q   R Reneberg 3 6 4
    J Knippschild 3r     1   Y Kafelnikov 7 7  
Q   R Delgado 3 3   PR   M Larsson 5 5  
PR   M Larsson 6 6   PR   M Larsson 6 6  
WC/16   M Rosset 2 2  
1   Y Kafelnikov 2 6 65
8   V Spadea 6 3 77
9   M Philippoussis 3 6 1
    A Di Pasquale 6 62 5     J Courier 6 3 6
    J Courier 2 77 7     J Courier 4 4  
WC   G Raoux 65 2   8   V Spadea 6 6  
    S Schalken 77 6       S Schalken 6 1 4
8   V Spadea 2 6 6

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   À Corretja 5 60  
PR   C Woodruff 6 6   PR   C Woodruff 7 77  
    A Clément 4 2   PR   C Woodruff 4 3  
    D Vacek 3 4   13   L Hewitt 6 6  
SE   R Federer 6 6   SE   R Federer 64 6 4
13   L Hewitt 77 2 6
13   L Hewitt 6 77  
SE   M Tillström 3 61  
11   M Zabaleta 6 6  
    G Ivanišević 4 6 6     G Ivanišević 4 4  
    G Pozzi 6 3 4 11   M Zabaleta 6 64 2
    S Koubek 6 5 3 SE   M Tillström 4 77 6
SE   M Tillström 2 7 6 SE   M Tillström 6 77  
5   T Haas 2 63  

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6   N Lapentti 3 6 77
    J Siemerink 6 77       J Siemerink 6 3 64
    H Arazi 3 64   6   N Lapentti 4 6 6
    J-M Gambill 6 6   12   S Grosjean 6 4 1
    J Krošlák 1 2       J-M Gambill 6 3 3
12   S Grosjean 1 6 6
6   N Lapentti 5 6 7
WC/3   G Kuerten 7 4 5
14   A Medvedev 3 5  
    W Ferreira 6 6       W Ferreira 6 7  
Q   J Hanquez 4 3       W Ferreira 65 3  
    F Vicente 0 6 77 WC/3   G Kuerten 77 6  
    D Prinosil 6 4 65     F Vicente 3 64  
WC/3   G Kuerten 6 77  

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   C Pioline 1 0  
WC   N Escudé 6 7   WC   N Escudé 6 6  
    J Björkman 4 5   WC   N Escudé 2 6 1
Q   M Knowles 4 1       J Tarango 6 1 6
    J Tarango 6 6       J Tarango 6 1  
10   A Costa 4 0r  
    J Tarango 64 6 4
    M Gustafsson 77 4 6
15   M Safin 1 4  
    F Santoro 1 1       R Schüttler 6 6  
    R Schüttler 6 6       R Schüttler 4 2  
    G Cañas 4 3       M Gustafsson 6 6  
    M Gustafsson 6 6       M Gustafsson 6 4 6
2   T Martin 1 6 4

References edit

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