1999 Sanex Trophy

1999 Sanex Trophy
Date	2–8 August
Edition	1st
Category	Tier IVa
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$112,500
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Champions
Singles
María Sánchez Lorenzo
Doubles
Eva Martincová / Elena Wagner

The 1999 Sanex Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Knokke-Heist, Belgium that was part of the Tier IVa category of the 1999 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 2 August until 8 August 1999. Fourth-seeded María Sánchez Lorenzo won the singles title and earned $16,000 first-prize money.^[1]

María Sánchez Lorenzo defeated Denisa Chládková, 6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–2

• This was Sánchez Lorenzo's only WTA title.

Eva Martincová / Elena Wagner defeated Evgenia Koulikovskaya / Sandra Naćuk, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ROU	Ruxandra Dragomir	27	1
CRO	Silvija Talaja	36	2
SVK	Karina Habšudová	46	3
ESP	María Sánchez Lorenzo	48	4
ESP	Cristina Torrens Valero	52	5
GER	Barbara Rittner	58	6
BLR	Olga Barabanschikova	57	7
BEL	Laurence Courtois	71	8

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Michelle Gerards
• Marta Marrero

The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Kim Clijsters / Justine Henin

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Angelika Bachmann
• Mariam Ramon Climent
• Anastasia Myskina
• Antonella Serra Zanetti

The following players received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

• Petra Begerow / Antonella Serra Zanetti
• Hannah Collin / Marta Marrero

• ITF tournament edition details
• WTA tournament draws