1999 Wimbledon Championships 1999 Wimbledon Championships The 1999 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 113th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 21 June to 4 July 1999. The total prize money for 1999 championships was £7,595,330. The winner of the men's title earned £455,000 while the women's singles champion earned £409,500. Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 Lindsay Davenport defeated Steffi Graf, 6–4, 7–5 Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes defeated Paul Haarhuis / Jared Palmer, 6–7, 6–3,
Andre Agassi an early loss in the second round to Tommy Haas. He won five titles in ten finals and was runner-up at the Masters Series tournament in Key Biscayne, losing to Marcelo Ríos, who became No. 1 as a result. At the year end he was awarded the ATP Most Improved Player of the Year for the second time in his career (the first being 10 years earlier in 1988). Agassi entered the history books in 1999 when he came back from two sets to love down to beat Andrei Medvedev in a five-set French Open final, becoming, at the time,