1999 Direct Line International Championships – Singles

The 1999 Direct Line International Championships singles was the singles event of the twenty-fifth edition of the Eastbourne International, a WTA Tier II tournament held in Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom and part of the European grass court season. Jana Novotná was the defending champion but retired earlier in the year.

Natasha Zvereva won in the final 0–6, 7–5, 6–3 against Nathalie Tauziat.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye to the second round. • # 🇺🇸 Monica Seles (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (final)

• # Amanda Coetzer (semifinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (semifinals)

• # 🇧🇾 Natasha Zvereva (champion)

• # 🇷🇴 Irina Spîrlea (second round)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # Mariaan de Swardt (qualifier)

• # 🇨🇴 Fabiola Zuluaga (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot (qualifier)

• # 🇺🇸 Kimberly Po (first round)

• # 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇫🇷 Amélie Cocheteux (first round)

• # 🇺🇦 Elena Tatarkova (qualifier)

• # Katarina Srebotnik (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # Mariaan de Swardt

• # 🇫🇷 Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

• # 🇺🇦 Elena Tatarkova

• # 🇬🇧 Louise Latimer

Lucky loser

 * 1) 🇨🇦 Maureen Drake