Sport Events in June 1999
Jun. 5
Steffi Graf regains French Open title.
Jun. 6
Agassi won the French Open tennis crown, the only Grand Slam event missing from collection. Paes-Bhupathi bagged their maiden Grand Slam doubles crown, defeating Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango in the final.
Jun. 8
ATP announced Paes-Bhupathi as No. 1 ranked doubles team. In individual doubles ranking, Bhupathi and Paes were No. 1 and 2.
Jun. 13
Anand handed FIDE world champion Anatoly Karpov a 5-1 defeat in the Advanced chess match in Leon.
Jun. 15
Czech tennis star Petr Korda announced his retirement from the pro tour after a shock defeat in the qualifying for the Wimbledon championship.
Jun. 16
American Maurice Greene set a new 100m World record, timing 9.79 in the Tsikliteria International in Athens.
Jun. 20
Australia regained cricket World Cup at Lord's.
Australia won Champions Trophy men's hockey in Brisbane.
Jun. 25
PSCB emerged men's and women's champions in the inter-institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
Jun. 27
Chetan Baboor (PSCB) and Anindita Chakraborty (Rly) won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the inter- institutional table tennis in Gandhidham.
India won the four-nation under-21 women's hockey title, defeating England in the final at the Kean University, New Jersey.