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Wimbledon '99 first round results

First round results at the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday (prefix number denotes seeding,

Men's singles:
Jens Knippschild (Germany) beat Justin Gimelstob (US) 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-2, 9-7; Jeff Tarango (US) beat Juan Antonio Marin (Costa Rica) 6-4, 6-1, 7-5; Younes El Aynaoui (Morocco) beat Oliver Gross (Germany) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(7-3) 6-4; Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) beat Roger Federer (Switzerland) 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) beat Adrian Voinea (Romania) 7-6(10-8) 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 8-6; 3-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) beat Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 6-7(7-4), 7-5, 7-6(8-6) 4-6, 7-5; Paul Haarhuis (Netherlands) beat Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 7-6(7-4), 6-3, 6-2; 15-Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) beat Christian Vinck (Germany) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(7-4); Marc Rosset (Switzerland) beat Markus Hipfl (Austria) 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Karim Alami (Morocco) beat Laurence Tieleman (Italy) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) beat Marcelo Filippini (Uruguay) 6-2, 6-2, 6-1; Jan-Michael Gambill (U.S.) beat Franco Squillari (Argentina) 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(7-5).

Women's singles:
Katarina Studenikova (Slovakia) beat Emilie Loit (France) 6-1, 6-3; Jennifer Capriati (US) beat Anke Huber (Germany) 5-7, 6-3, 9-7; Karina Habsudova (Slovakia) beat Lorna Woodroffe (Britain) 6-3, 6-2; Jelena Dokic (Australia) beat 1-Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 6-2, 6-0; 5-Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) beat Shi-ting Wang (Taiwan) 6-2, 6-1; Olga Barabanschikova (Belarus) beat Catalina Cristea (Romania) 6-2, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy (US) beat Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (France) beat Lubomira Bacheva (Bulgaria) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Elena Wagner (Germany) beat Abigail Tordoff (Britain) 6-0, 6-2; 14-Barbara Schett (Austria) beat Gala Leon Garcia (Spain) 7-5, 6-2; Rita Grande (Italy) beat Kristina Brandi (U.S.) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Tatiana Panova (Russia) beat Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia) 6-3, 6-3; 7-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) beat Annamaria Foldenyi (Hungary) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Lisa Raymond (U.S.) beat Andrea Glass (Germany) 6-3, 3-6, 8-6.

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