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1999 Australian Open – Men's singles

Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Thomas Enqvist in the final, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–6(7–1) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1999 Australian Open. It was his second and last major singles title, after his win at the 1996 French Open. With the win, Kafelnikov became the first Russian (male or female) to win an Australian Open singles title.

Petr Korda was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Todd Martin.

Seeds

01.   Chile Marcelo Ríos (withdrew due to hamstring injury)
02.   Spain Àlex Corretja (second round)
03.   Australia Patrick Rafter (third round)
04.   Spain Carlos Moyá (first round)
05.   United States Andre Agassi (fourth round)
06.   United Kingdom Tim Henman (third round)
07.   Slovakia Karol Kučera (quarterfinals)
08.   United Kingdom Greg Rusedski (second round)
09.   Netherlands Richard Krajicek (third round)
10.   Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov (champion)
11.   Croatia Goran Ivanišević (withdrew due to shoulder injury)
12.   Spain Albert Costa (first round)
13.   France Cédric Pioline (first round)
14.   Australia Mark Philippoussis (fourth round)
15.   United States Todd Martin (quarterfinals)
16.   Sweden Thomas Johansson (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying draw

Draw

Key

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

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