The 1999 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 92nd edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 3 May through 10 May 1999.

Seeds

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

  1. India Mahesh Bhupathi / India Leander Paes (second round)
  2. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (quarterfinals)
  3. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach (semifinals)
  4. France Olivier Delaître / France Fabrice Santoro (semifinals)
  5. Czech Republic Jiří Novák / Czech Republic David Rikl (quarterfinals)
  6. Australia Andrew Florent / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (quarterfinals)
  7. United States Donald Johnson / Czech Republic Cyril Suk (second round)
  8. South Africa David Adams / South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager (second round)

Draw

Key

  • Q = Qualifier
  • WC = Wild card
  • LL = Lucky loser
  • Alt = Alternate
  • ITF = ITF entry
  • PR = Protected ranking
  • SR = Special ranking
  • SE = Special exempt
  • JE = Junior exempt
  • JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
  • CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
  • NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
  • w/o = Walkover
  • r = Retired
  • d = Defaulted

Finals

SemifinalsFinal
Australia Wayne Arthurs Australia Andrew Kratzmann66
3South Africa Ellis Ferreira United States Rick Leach44
Australia Wayne Arthurs Australia Andrew Kratzmann2776
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis United States Jared Palmer6652
4France Olivier Delaître France Fabrice Santoro634
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis United States Jared Palmer366

Top half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
1India M Bhupathi India L Paes
Spain Á López Morón Italy D Sanguinetti66Spain Á López Morón Italy D Sanguinettiw/o
Sweden P Nyborg Australia P Tramacchi34Spain Á López Morón Italy D Sanguinetti32
Australia W Arthurs Australia A Kratzmann656Australia W Arthurs Australia A Kratzmann66
South Africa W Ferreira Spain J Sánchez374Australia W Arthurs Australia A Kratzmann76
8South Africa D Adams South Africa J-L de Jager6668South Africa D Adams South Africa J-L de Jager64
Brazil G Kuerten Ecuador N Lapentti374Australia W Arthurs Australia A Kratzmann66
3South Africa E Ferreira United States R Leach44
Argentina P Albano Spain T Carbonell62
Argentina P Albano Spain T Carbonell763South Africa E Ferreira United States R Leach76
United States R Reneberg United States J Stark523South Africa E Ferreira United States R Leach66
Brazil F Meligeni United States F Montana6475Czech Republic J Novák Czech Republic D Rikl34
United Kingdom T Henman United Kingdom G Rusedski265Brazil F Meligeni United States F Montana21
5Czech Republic J Novák Czech Republic D Rikl665Czech Republic J Novák Czech Republic D Rikl66
South Africa M Barnard Argentina D Orsanic22

Bottom half

First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals
6Australia A Florent Czech Republic D Vacek67
South Africa C Haggard Russia A Olhovskiy366Australia A Florent Czech Republic D Vacek77
Germany L Burgsmüller Germany H Dreekmann76Germany L Burgsmüller Germany H Dreekmann65
United Kingdom N Broad South Africa R Koenig646Australia A Florent Czech Republic D Vacek664
South Africa P Norval Czech Republic C Suk764France O Delaître France F Santoro476
Finland T Ketola North Macedonia A Kitinov53South Africa P Norval Czech Republic C Suk46
4France O Delaître France F Santoro67
4France O Delaître France F Santoro634
7United States Donald Johnson Czech Republic Cyril Suk646Netherlands P Haarhuis United States J Palmer366
Germany M Kohlmann Germany D Prinosil4647United States D Johnson Czech Republic C Suk66
Netherlands P Haarhuis United States J Palmer67Netherlands P Haarhuis United States J Palmer77
United States J Grabb Australia D Macpherson25Netherlands P Haarhuis United States J Palmer67
Germany J Knippschild Germany R Schüttler662The Bahamas M Knowles Canada D Nestor45
South Africa L Bale South Africa G Stafford41Germany J Knippschild Germany R Schüttler25
2The Bahamas M Knowles Canada D Nestor67