1999 Italian Open – Women's doubles

The 1999 Italian Open doubles was the doubles event of the fifty-fifth edition of the tennis tournament played at Rome, Italy, the most prestigious tennis tournament in Southern Europe. It was the fifth WTA Tier I tournament of the year, and part of the European claycourt season. Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez were the defending champions, but lost to Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the quarterfinals.

Hingis and Kournikova won this tournament by defeating Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat in the final.

Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

• # Martina Hingis / 🇷🇺 Anna Kournikova (champions)

• # 🇫🇷 Alexandra Fusai / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat (final)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Likhovtseva / 🇯🇵 Ai Sugiyama (second round)

• # Mariaan de Swardt / 🇺🇦 Elena Tatarkova (quarterfinals)

• # Larisa Neiland / 🇪🇸 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (second round)

• # 🇷🇴 Irina Spîrlea / Caroline Vis (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇦🇷 Patricia Tarabini (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Virginia Ruano Pascual / 🇦🇷 Paola Suárez (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇩🇪 Jana Kandarr / 🇺🇸 Samantha Reeves (second round, lucky losers)

• # 🇫🇷 Nathalie Dechy / 🇷🇺 Nadia Petrova (second round)

Qualifiers

 * 1)  Larissa Schaerer / 🇪🇸 Magüi Serna

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇩🇪 Jana Kandarr / 🇺🇸 Samantha Reeves