Open de Franche Comte
Besançon, France
March 8-14, 1999
32 Draw - $25,000+H
Surface - Hard

Singles
Seeds: (cut: George Bastl - 202)
1. Vincenzo Santopadre
2. Diego Nargiso
3. Orlin Stanoytchev
4. Axel Pretzsch   WD
5. Anthony Dupuis
6. Oscar Serrano
7. Renzo Furlan
8. Ville Liukko

First Round
(1)Vincenzo Santopadre d. (q)Cyril Saulnier 7-6(4) 6-3
(SE)Olivier Mutis d. (WC)Rodolphe Gilbert 6-4 6-2
(WC)Arnaud Boetsch d. Fredrik Jonsson 6-4 6-4
(SE)Julien Boutter d. (7)Renzo Furlan 6-2 7-5
Chris Wilkinson d. (q)Martin Verkerk 6-3 1-6 6-4
(q)Christophe Rochus d. Marco Meneschincheri 6-2 7-6(3)
(q)Ivan Ljubicic d. Adriano Ferreira 4-6 6-2 6-0
Razvan Sabau d. (6)Oscar Serrano 6-3 6-3
(5)Anthony Dupuis d. Tomas Nydahl 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3
(LL)Olivier Delaitre d. Ivo Heuberger 7-6(3) 6-2   [Delaitre replaces Pretzsch and takes Verkerk's place]
(WC)Lionel Roux d. Francisco Cabello 6-4 6-2
(3)Orlin Stanoytchev d. Markus Hantschk 6-3 7-6(4)
(8)Ville Liukko d. (WC)Nicolas Guillaume 6-3 6-3
Dirk Dier d. Petr Luxa 7-5 6-3
George Bastl d. Cristiano Caratti 7-5 6-2
(2)Diego Nargiso d. Stephane Huet 6-4 6-4

Second Round
(SE)Olivier Mutis d. (1)Vincenzo Santopadre 6-4 6-2
(SE)Julien Boutter d. (WC)Arnaud Boetsch w/o
(q)Christophe Rochus d. Chris Wilkinson 4-6 6-1 6-3
(q)Ivan Ljubicic d. Razvan Sabau 6-7 6-1 6-1
(5)Anthony Dupuis d. (LL)Olivier Delaitre 6-4 6-4
(WC)Lionel Roux d. (3)Orlin Stanoytchev 7-6 6-3
(8)Ville Liukko d. Dirk Dier 6-3 6-2
George Bastl d. (2)Diego Nargiso 5-7 7-6 7-5

Quarterfinals
(SE)Olivier Mutis d. (SE)Julien Boutter 6-4 6-4
(q)Ivan Ljubicic d. (q)Christophe Rochus 7-6(10) 6-3
(WC)Lionel Roux d. (5)Anthony Dupuis 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(6)
(8)Ville Liukko d. George Bastl 6-3 1-6 6-4

Semifinals
(q)Ivan Ljubicic d. (SE)Olivier Mutis 6-3 6-2
(WC)Lionel Roux d. (8)Ville Liukko 3-6 6-1 7-6(6)

Finals
(q)Ivan Ljubicic d. (WC)Lionel Roux 6-4 6-2


Doubles
Seeds: (cut: Ljubicic/Wilkinson - 465)
1. Cristian Brandi/Massimo Bertolini
2. Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco
3. Stephen Noteboom/Tom Vanhoudt
4. Grant Silcock/Myles Wakefield

First Round
Martin Garcia/Cristiano Testa d. (1)Cristian Brandi/Massimo Bertolini 6-2 7-6(4)
Dirk Dier/Filippo Veglio d. Adriano Ferreira/Marco Osorio 7-6 6-3
(4)Grant Silcock/Myles Wakefield d. Tomas Cibulec/Petr Pala 6-3 5-7 7-5
(WC)Arnaud Boetsch/Lionel Roux d. Massimo Ardinghi/Vincenzo Santopadre 3-6 6-2 6-3
Adam Peterson/Chris Tontz d. Ivan Ljubicic/Chris Wilkinson 6-4 6-4
(WC)Julien Boutter/Olivier Delaitre d. (3)Stephen Noteboom/Tom Vanhoudt 6-4 6-2
(q)Gregory Carraz/Regis Lavergne d. (WC)Rodolphe Gilbert/Mickael Llodra 6-2 6-2
(2)Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco d. Kent Kinnear/Mitch Sprengelmeyer 6-4 7-6(4)

Quarterfinals
Martin Garcia/Cristiano Testa d. Dirk Dier/Filippo Veglio 6-4 6-3
(WC)Arnaud Boetsch/Lionel Roux d. (4)Grant Silcock/Myles Wakefield 6-4 7-6
(WC)Julien Boutter/Olivier Delaitre d. Adam Peterson/Chris Tontz 6-4 6-4
(2)Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco d. (q)Gregory Carraz/Regis Lavergne 6-7 6-4 6-4

Semifinals
Martin Garcia/Cristiano Testa d. (WC)Arnaud Boetsch/Lionel Roux w/o
(2)Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco d. (WC)Julien Boutter/Olivier Delaitre 7-6(2) 6-4

Finals
(2)Juan Ignacio Carrasco/Jairo Velasco d. Martin Garcia/Cristiano Testa 6-1 7-6(4)