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1999 WTA Tour Championships

1999 WTA Tour Championships
Date November 15 - November 21
Edition 29th
Category Year-end championships
Draw 16S/8D
Prize money $2,000,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location New York City, United States
Venue Madison Square Garden
Champions
Singles
United States Lindsay Davenport
Doubles
Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova
← 1998 · WTA Tour Championships · 2000 →

The 1999 WTA Tour Championships, also known by its sponsored name The Chase Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York in the United States. It was the 29th edition of the year-end singles championships, the 24th edition of the year-end doubles championships, and was part of the 1999 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from November 15 through November 21, 1999. Second-seeded Lindsay Davenport won the singles event and earned $500,000 first-prize money. The tournament discarded the best-of-five-set final which it had used since 1984 and reverted to a best-of-three-set final.

United States Lindsay Davenport defeated Switzerland Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2

Switzerland Martina Hingis / Russia Anna Kournikova defeated Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Latvia Larisa Neiland, 6–4, 6–4


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