F Indian Wells Open 1999

Serena Williams #16 def. Steffi Graf #7

6-3 3-6 7-5

Serena Williams defeated Steffi Graf 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the 1999 Indian Wells Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 15, 1999*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1999
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Steffi Graf
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 14, 1969
Age	17	29
Height	175 cm	176 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,816	2,920
Elo (entering)	2,029	2,274
Current career W-L	837–172	876–110
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #16 0 – 1 Steffi Graf #7

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandrine Testud #14	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1999	SF
Mary Pierce #8	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1999	QF
Cara Black #36	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1999	R16
Lindsay Davenport #2	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 1999	R32
Jessica Steck #230	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 10, 1999	R64

Serena Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Steffi Graf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Chanda Rubin #26	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1999	SF
Jana Novotna #4	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1999	QF
Ai Sugiyama #25	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 13, 1999	R16
Kveta Peschke #61	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 11, 1999	R32