1999 RCA Championships – Singles

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Àlex Corretja was the defending champion,^[1] but did not participate.

Champion

Nicolás Lapentti

Runner-up

Score4–6, 6–4, 6–4

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Singles

1999 RCA Championships

Final

Champion

Nicolás Lapentti

Runner-up

Score

4–6, 6–4, 6–4

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Nicolás Lapentti won the title, defeating Vince Spadea in the final 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.^[2]

Seeds

The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

Pete Sampras (quarterfinals, retired due to a hip injury)^[3]
Patrick Rafter (quarterfinals, withdrew due to a shoulder injury)^[4]
Gustavo Kuerten (quarterfinals)
Carlos Moyá (quarterfinals)
Mark Philippoussis (second round)
Marcelo Ríos (third round)
Tommy Haas (second round)
Thomas Johansson (second round)
Félix Mantilla (first round)
Thomas Enqvist (second round)
Nicolás Lapentti (champion)
Albert Costa (second round)
Mariano Zabaleta (first round)
Cédric Pioline (third round)
Francisco Clavet (first round)
Fernando Meligeni (first 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

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final

	1	Pete Sampras	4	6	0^r

		Vince Spadea	6	3	0
									Vince Spadea	6	6⁴	7⁷

									Sébastien Grosjean	3	7⁷	6⁴
	3	Gustavo Kuerten	4	3

		Sébastien Grosjean	6	6
																Vince Spadea	6	4	4

															11	Nicolás Lapentti	4	6	6
	11	Nicolás Lapentti	6	6

	4	Carlos Moyá	1	2
								11	Nicolás Lapentti	6	6

									Jan Siemerink	4	2
		Jan Siemerink	w/o

	2	Patrick Rafter

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								1	P Sampras	6	7
		G Raoux	6	6					G Raoux	4	5
		J Stoltenberg	3	4											1	P Sampras	7⁷	6
	Q	N Escudé	2	4											Q	M Mirnyi	6⁴	3
		W Ferreira	6	6					W Ferreira	5	4
	Q	M Mirnyi	7⁷	6				Q	M Mirnyi	7	6
	16	F Meligeni	6⁵	3																		1	P Sampras	4	6	0^r
	9	F Mantilla	3	7⁷	2																		V Spadea	6	3	0
		V Spadea	6	6²	6				V Spadea	6	6
	WC	D Wheaton	2	2					A Pretzsch	3	4
		A Pretzsch	6	6												V Spadea	7	7⁷
		B Ulihrach	4	4												A Clément	5	6⁵
		A Clément	6	6					A Clément	6	6
								8	T Johansson	3	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								3	G Kuerten	6	6
	Q	N Okun	2	6	4				S Schalken	4	2
		S Schalken	6	4	6										3	G Kuerten	6	7
		C Woodruff	4	2												M Norman	4	5
		A Pavel	6	6					A Pavel	3	1
		M Norman	7⁷	6					M Norman	6	6
	13	M Zabaleta	6⁵	3																		3	G Kuerten	4	3
	12	A Costa	7⁷	6																			S Grosjean	6	6
		L Paes	6³	4				12	A Costa	7⁷	2	5
		S Grosjean	7⁷	6					S Grosjean	6⁰	6	7
	WC	R Reneberg	6⁴	3												S Grosjean	6	6
	Q	H Levy	7	6											6	M Ríos	4	2
		J Novák	5	1				Q	H Levy	2	6⁵
								6	M Ríos	6	7⁷

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								5	M Philippoussis	3	6	1
		G Cañas	5	1				Q	A Di Pasquale	6	3	6
	Q	A Di Pasquale	7	6											Q	A Di Pasquale	4	6⁵
	Q	J Palmer	6⁶	6	6										11	N Lapentti	6	7⁷
		G Ivanišević	7⁸	4	3			Q	J Palmer	2	2
	Q	G Stafford	3	5				11	N Lapentti	6	6
	11	N Lapentti	6	7																		11	N Lapentti	6	6
	14	C Pioline	7⁸	6																		4	C Moyá	1	2
	WC	J Morrison	6⁶	3				14	C Pioline	6	6
		A Martín	7⁷	6					A Martín	0	3
	WC	B Bryan	6⁴	3											14	C Pioline	4	2
		D Vacek	3	6	6										4	C Moyá	6	6
		M Rodríguez	6	2	4				D Vacek	6	4	6⁶
								4	C Moyá	1	6	7⁸

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								7	T Haas	3	5
		M Hipfl	6	3	4				J Siemerink	6	7
		J Siemerink	4	6	6											J Siemerink	6	6
		M Larsson	6	7⁷												M Larsson	2	3
		J Björkman	4	6⁴					M Larsson	7⁸	6
		M Navarra	5	0				10	T Enqvist	6⁶	4
	10	T Enqvist	7	6																			J Siemerink	w/o
	15	F Clavet	6¹	1																		2	P Rafter
		D Nestor	7⁷	6					D Nestor	6	6
		P Haarhuis	3	2					D Prinosil	3	3
		D Prinosil	6	6												D Nestor	6⁵	2
		A Dupuis	7⁷	6											2	P Rafter	7⁷	6
		A Ilie	6³	2					A Dupuis	6	2	6¹
								2	P Rafter	2	6	7⁷

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