I am not into tennis until 1997, and judging by that point of view, I have to agree 1999 is the season full of drama and excitement throughout the whole year, although some are good and some are bad press.
The year start off with MArtina winning australian and reclaim her no. 1 status after being snatched away by Lindsay Davenport. However, it is overshadow by her comment on Amelie, and it was pretty big news then I remember.<br />Then of course is the French Open and we all know what happen, and the drama of it is unbe;lievable in the final. I am sure everyone will still remember MArtina crossing to the opponent line o argue a call, sit on her seat to petition the official to change her call, and of course the infamous underarm serve at match point. Then come Wimbledon, with the upset of year by Dokic (at that time it was a huge upset) and then of course the four youngster breakthrough in Wimbledon (Lucic-remerge but unfortuneately fade again, Stevenson -still making her mark, and of course the more successful two Dokic and Clijsters), then came US Open, with all the talk of all Williams final, but then was ruined by Martina who came back spectacularly from rock bottom during Wimbledon time, to a big win against Venus in semifinal, I can still remember her shot at 30-15 in the final game, it was such an unbelievable shot given the context on the magnitude of the game. and of course the younger sister Serena winnign a grand slam first is enough a story to cover for the US press.
So that year pretty much have everything really, and really is the first year where people can truthfully said that women tennis had a much better product then men's tennis