1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles
Appearance
Singles | |
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1999 ATP Tour World Championships | |
Champion | Pete Sampras |
Runner-up | Andre Agassi |
Score | 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 |
Draw | 8 (round robin) |
Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi in the final, 6–1, 7–5, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1999 Tennis Masters Cup. It was his fifth and last Tour Finals title.[1]
Àlex Corretja was the reigning champion, but did not qualify.
Seeds
[edit]- Andre Agassi (final)
- Yevgeny Kafelnikov (semifinals)
- Gustavo Kuerten (round robin)
- Thomas Enqvist (round robin)
- Pete Sampras (champion)
- Nicolas Kiefer (semifinals)
- Todd Martin (round robin)
- Nicolás Lapentti (round robin)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
[edit]Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | Andre Agassi | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||
2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | Andre Agassi | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||
5 | Pete Sampras | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
6 | Nicolas Kiefer | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Pete Sampras | 6 | 6 |
White group
[edit]Agassi | Kuerten | Sampras | Lapentti | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
1 | Andre Agassi | 6–4, 7–5 | 6–2, 6–2 | 6–1, 6–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 37–16 | 1 | |
3 | Gustavo Kuerten | 4–6, 5–7 | 2–6, 3–6 | 6–1, 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 26–28 | 3 | |
5 | Pete Sampras | 2–6, 2–6 | 6–2, 6–3 | 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5) | 2–1 | 4–2 | 30–29 | 2 | |
8 | Nicolás Lapentti | 1–6, 2–6 | 1–6, 2–6 | 6–7(2–7), 6–7(5–7) | 0–3 | 0–6 | 18–38 | 4 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
Red group
[edit]Kafelnikov | Enqvist | Kiefer | Martin | RR W–L |
Set W–L |
Game W–L |
Standings | ||
2 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7–5, 3–6, 6–4 | 1–6, 6–4, 2–6 | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 38–42 | 2 | |
4 | Thomas Enqvist | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 | 6–4, 7–5 | 4–6, 1–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 33–37 | 4 | |
6 | Nicolas Kiefer | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 | 4–6, 5–7 | 6–3, 6–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 37–27 | 1 | |
7 | Todd Martin | 4–6, 6–1, 1–6 | 6–4, 6–1 | 3–6, 2–6 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 28–30 | 3 |
Standings are determined by: 1. number of wins; 2. number of matches; 3. in two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4. in three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5. steering-committee decision.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1999 ATP Tour World Championships – Singles results". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).