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1999 du Maurier Open – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1999 du Maurier Open
Final
ChampionsSweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
Runners-upZimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
Score7–6(7–5), 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Martin Damm and Jim Grabb were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Damm teamed up with Max Mirnyi and lost in second round to Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach, while Grabb teamed up with Goran Ivanišević and lost in quarterfinals also against Ferreira-Leach.

Jonas Björkman and Patrick Rafter won the title by defeating Byron Black and Wayne Ferreira 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the final.

Seeds

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The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.

  1. India Leander Paes / United States Jared Palmer (quarterfinals)
  2. The Bahamas Mark Knowles / Canada Daniel Nestor (second round)
  3. France Olivier Delaître / France Fabrice Santoro (quarterfinals)
  4. Zimbabwe Wayne Black / Australia Sandon Stolle (second round)
  5. South Africa Ellis Ferreira / United States Rick Leach (semifinals)
  6. Sweden Jonas Björkman / Australia Patrick Rafter (champions)
  7. Australia Todd Woodbridge / Australia Mark Woodforde (first round)
  8. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov / Czech Republic Daniel Vacek (first round)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
South Africa David Adams
South Africa John-Laffnie de Jager
4 65
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
6 77
6 Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Patrick Rafter
77 6
Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
65 4
5 South Africa Ellis Ferreira
United States Rick Leach
6 65 63
Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Wayne Ferreira
3 77 77

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 India L Paes
United States J Palmer
6 2 6
Czech Republic J Novák
Czech Republic D Rikl
4 2 South Africa P Norval
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
3 6 4
South Africa P Norval
Zimbabwe K Ullyett
6 6 1 India L Paes
United States J Palmer
5 6 64
United States B Coupe
United States E Taino
5 77 4 South Africa D Adams
South Africa J-L de Jager
7 4 77
WC Canada B Kokavec
Canada J Robichaud
7 64 6 WC Canada B Kokavec
Canada J Robichaud
62 614
South Africa D Adams
South Africa J-L de Jager
6 2 6 South Africa D Adams
South Africa J-L de Jager
77 716
7 Australia T Woodbridge
Australia M Woodforde
4 6 4 South Africa D Adams
South Africa J-L de Jager
4 65
6 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
6 77
3 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
6 6
Australia A Florent
Australia D Macpherson
6 6 Australia A Florent
Australia D Macpherson
3 2
South Africa M Barnard
South Africa B Haygarth
4 3 3 France O Delaître
France F Santoro
4 4
Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
77 6 6 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
6 6
Q France A Clément
France S Grosjean
65 3 Canada S Lareau
United States A O'Brien
63 1
United States J Gimelstob
United States R Reneberg
67 63 6 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
77 6
6 Sweden J Björkman
Australia P Rafter
79 77

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
6 6
United States D Johnson
Czech Republic C Suk
3 4 5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
78 77
WC Netherlands R Krajicek
Netherlands J Siemerink
3 4 Czech Republic M Damm
Belarus M Mirnyi
66 61
Czech Republic M Damm
Belarus M Mirnyi
6 6 5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
6 6
WC Canada S Larose
Canada J Turek
2 3 United States J Grabb
Croatia G Ivanišević
4 3
United States J Grabb
Croatia G Ivanišević
6 6 United States J Grabb
Croatia G Ivanišević
6 6
4 Zimbabwe W Black
Australia S Stolle
4 4
5 South Africa E Ferreira
United States R Leach
6 65 63
8 Russia Y Kafelnikov
Czech Republic D Vacek
66 6 0 Zimbabwe B Black
South Africa W Ferreira
3 77 77
South Africa R Koenig
Russia A Olhovskiy
78 1 6 South Africa R Koenig
Russia A Olhovskiy
6 65 77
Q United States M Joyce
United Kingdom K Spencer
6 63 6 Q United States M Joyce
United Kingdom K Spencer
4 77 64
Argentina P Albano
Germany N Kiefer
3 77 2 South Africa R Koenig
Russia A Olhovskiy
64 64
Zimbabwe B Black
South Africa W Ferreira
3 6 77 Zimbabwe B Black
South Africa W Ferreira
77 77
Canada F Niemeyer
France G Raoux
6 3 64 Zimbabwe B Black
South Africa W Ferreira
3 6 6
2 The Bahamas M Knowles
Canada D Nestor
6 0 2

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1. United Kingdom Mark Martin / United States Alex Reichel (first round)
  2. United States Michael Joyce / United Kingdom Kyle Spencer (qualified)
  3. Germany Jan Boruszewski / India Syed Fazaluddin (qualifying competition)
  4. Sweden Thomas Enqvist / Sweden Thomas Johansson (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers

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Draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1 United Kingdom Mark Martin
United States Alex Reichel
2 2
France Arnaud Clément
France Sébastien Grosjean
6 6
France Arnaud Clément
France Sébastien Grosjean
6 6
3 Germany Jan Boruszewski
India Syed Fazaluddin
2 3
WC Canada Tyson Parry
Canada Mark Pellerin
6 1 6
3 Germany Jan Boruszewski
India Syed Fazaluddin
3 6 7

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2 United States Michael Joyce
United Kingdom Kyle Spencer
7 5 7
WC Paraguay Ramón Delgado
Canada Rob Steckley
6 7 5
2 United States Michael Joyce
United Kingdom Kyle Spencer
6 7
4 Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Sweden Thomas Johansson
4 6
WC Canada Philip Gubenco
Canada Charles-Antoine Sévigny
5 4
4 Sweden Thomas Enqvist
Sweden Thomas Johansson
7 6

References

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