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Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–3, 7–6 (7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. It was her first major singles title, the first of an eventual Open Era joint-record six US Open titles, and the first of an eventual Open Era record 23 major singles titles.
At the Australian Open, Williams lost in the third round to Sandrine Testud despite holding two match points. [1] After two losses in tight three-setters in Australia, at the hands of Testud in Melbourne and Steffi Graf in Sydney, Williams won her first professional singles title when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris, thus becoming the 13th unseeded ...
1999 US Open; Date: August 30 – September 12: Edition: 119th: Category: Grand Slam (ITF) Surface: Hardcourt: Location: New York City, New York, United States: Champions; Men's singles; Andre Agassi: Women's singles; Serena Williams: Men's doubles; Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien: Women's doubles; Serena Williams / Venus Williams: Mixed ...
The Williams sisters also won the doubles event at this tournament, making Serena the fifth woman in the Open Era to win both singles and doubles at the same major event. [54] To complete her 1999 season, Williams won a doubles match against Russia in the Fed Cup final to help the US win the title. [ 56 ]
During the US Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Chris Evert (1975–1978) holds the record for most consecutive women's singles titles at four and the record for most overall titles at six (1975–1978, 1980, 1982) with Serena Williams (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012–2014).
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Win 4–0: May 1999: French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Venus Williams Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova: 6–3, 6–7 (2–7), 8–6 Loss 4–1: Aug 1999: Southern California Open, United States Tier II Hard Venus Williams Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu: 4–6, 1–6 Win 5–1: Aug 1999: US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Venus Williams ...
Serena Williams thrilled the crowd in her first-round match at the US Open, a win over Danka Kovinic. ... who first dazzled in Flushing Meadows in 1999 when she won the US Open as a 17-year-old ...