1999 President's Cup – Singles

The 1999 President's Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Tashkent, Uzbekistan that was part of the International Series of the 1999 ATP Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 13 – 18 September.

Singles
1999 President's Cup
Final
ChampionGermany Nicolas Kiefer
Runner-upSwitzerland George Bastl
Score6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw32 (3WC/4Q)
Seeds8
Events
SinglesDoubles
← 1998 ·President's Cup· 2000 →

Tim Henman was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.

Nicolas Kiefer won the title by defeating qualifier George Bastl 6–4, 6–2 in the final.[1][2]

Roger Federer entered ATP Top 100 for the first time after this tournament.[3]

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (second round)
  2. Greg Rusedski (first round)
  3. Nicolas Kiefer (champion)
  4. Karol Kučera (first round)
  5. Cédric Pioline (first round)
  6. Marat Safin (first round)
  7. Marc Rosset (second round)
  8. Ján Krošlák (first round, retired)

Draw

Key

Finals

SemifinalsFinal
          
  Daniel Vacek642
3 Nicolas Kiefer776
3 Nicolas Kiefer66
Q George Bastl42
  Peter Wessels43
Q George Bastl66

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1 Y Kafelnikov166
A Cherkasov6331 Y Kafelnikov665
D Vacek636 D Vacek727
WC V Kutsenko361 D Vacek77
Q P Srichaphan76Q P Srichaphan56
I Ljubičić53Q P Srichaphan77
Q I Heuberger6Q I Heuberger56
8 J Krošlák2R D Vacek62
3 N Kiefer4663 N Kiefer76
T Ketola6213 N Kiefer66
L Manta76 L Manta44
J van Lottum633 N Kiefer67
C Mamiit66 C Mamiit15
Q A Shvets41 C Mamiit67
V Liukko473 V Liukko35
6 M Safin651r

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
R Federer66
5 C Pioline43 R Federer664
P Wessels366 P Wessels476
J Boutter642 P Wessels76
A Pretzsch376 A Pretzsch60
M Navarra664 A Pretzsch657
S Sargsian66 S Sargsian375
4/WC K Kučera14 P Wessels43
7 M Rosset66Q G Bastl66
WC D Tomashevich227 M Rosset36
Q G Bastl76Q G Bastl67
O Ogorodov62Q G Bastl66
A Dupuis66 A Dupuis24
V Voltchkov24 A Dupuis66
L Tieleman66 L Tieleman23
2 G Rusedski34

References