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1987 Grand Prix (tennis)

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1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
Ivan Lendl finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in his career. He won eight titles during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open, as well as the Masters Grand Prix. He also finished runner-up at another major, the Wimbledon Championships.
Details
Duration29 December 1986 – 14 December 1987
Edition18th
Tournaments77
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (8)
Most tournament finalsCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (12)
Prize money leaderCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl ($2,003,656)
Points leaderCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Awards
Player of the yearCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Doubles team of the year
Most improved
player of the year
Sweden Peter Lundgren
1986
1988

The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.

Schedule

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The table below shows the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner to the ATP Tour).

Key
Grand Slam events
Team events
World Championship Tennis Event
Year-end championships

January

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
29 Dec South Australian Open
Adelaide, Australia
Grass – $89,400 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Australia Wally Masur
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
United States Bill Scanlon Nigeria Nduka Odizor
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
India Ramesh Krishnan
Canada Glenn Michibata
Australia John Fitzgerald
Israel Amos Mansdorf
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Bill Scanlon
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
5 Jan Benson and Hedges Open
Auckland, New Zealand
Hard – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Singles
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Netherlands Michiel Schapers United States Derrick Rostagno
Australia Carl Limberger
New Zealand Bruce Derlin
India Ramesh Krishnan
United States Marcel Freeman
United States Bud Schultz
United States Kelly Jones
United States Brad Pearce
7–6, 7–6
Australia Carl Limberger
Australia Woodforde
12 Jan
19 Jan
Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
Grass – $699,984
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
Sweden Stefan Edberg
6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3
Australia Pat Cash Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Australia Wally Masur
Sweden Anders Järryd
France Yannick Noah
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 6–4, 7–6
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
26 Jan Family Circle NSW Open
Sydney, Australia
Grass – $93,400
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
6–2, 6–4
Australia Peter Doohan Australia Wally Masur
Australia Brad Drewett
United States Bill Scanlon
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
Australia Mark Kratzmann
Nigeria Nduka Odizor
Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Mark Edmondson
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
Guarujá Open
Guarujá, Brasil
Hard – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Brazil Luiz Mattar
6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Brazil Cássio Motta Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Brazil Bruno Orešar
Chile Ricardo Acuña
Spain José López Maeso
West Germany Ivo Werner
Brazil Júlio Góes
Brazil Luiz Mattar
Brazil Cássio Motta
7–6, 6–1
West Germany Martin Hipp
West Germany Tore Meinecke

February

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Feb Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
Lyon, France
Carpet – $150,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Yannick Noah
6–4, 7–5
Sweden Joakim Nyström United States Kelly Jones
United States Todd Nelson
United States Charles Bud Cox
France Guy Forget
France Jérôme Potier
United States Blaine Willenborg
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
United States Kelly Jones
United States David Pate
Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor
Philadelphia, United States
375,000 – carpet (i) – 48S/24D
SinglesDoubles
United States Tim Mayotte
3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
United States John McEnroe Israel Amos Mansdorf
Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
United States Paul Annacone
Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček
United States Jimmy Connors
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
South Africa Christo Steyn
South Africa Danie Visser
9 Feb Volvo U.S. National Indoor
Memphis, United States
Hard (i) – $250,000 – 48S/24D
Sweden Stefan Edberg
6–3, 2–1, ret.
United States Jimmy Connors United States Brad Gilbert
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
United States Tim Mayotte
United States Kevin Curren
United States Greg Holmes
United States Johan Kriek
Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Jonas Svensson
6–4, 6–2
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
16 Feb Pilot Pen Classic
Indian Wells, California, United States
Hard – $350,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
West Germany Boris Becker
6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Sweden Stefan Edberg Sweden Mats Wilander
France Yannick Noah
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
France Thierry Tulasne
Spain Emilio Sánchez
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
West Germany Boris Becker
West Germany Eric Jelen
23 Feb
2 Mar
Lipton International Players
Championships

Key Biscayne, United States
Hard – $750,000 – 128S/64D
SinglesDoubles
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
7–5, 6–2, 7–5
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Jimmy Connors
France Yannick Noah
United States Jay Berger
United States Derrick Rostagno
Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Stefan Edberg
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–2, 6–4, 6–4
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Mar Davis Cup: First round
Prato, Italy – clay
Lille, France – carpet (i)
Asunción, Paraguay – clay
Barcelona, Spain – clay
New Delhi, India – grass
Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia – carpet
Mexico City, Mexico – clay
Adelaide, Australia – grass
First round winners
 Sweden 3–2
 France 5–0
 Paraguay 3–2
 Spain 3–2
 India 3–2
 Israel 3–2
 Mexico 5–0
 Australia 4–1
First round losers
 Italy
 South Korea
 United States
 West Germany
 Argentina
 Czechoslovakia
 Great Britain
 Yugoslavia
16 Mar Paine Webber Classic
Orlando, United States
Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
United States Jimmy Connors United States Tim Mayotte
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Derrick Rostagno
United States Tim Wilkison
United States Marcel Freeman
United States Paul Annacone
United States Sherwood Stewart
Australia Kim Warwick
2–6, 7–6, 6–4
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
ABN World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Carpet – $250,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Stefan Edberg
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
United States John McEnroe United States Jim Grabb
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Chip Hooper
Israel Amos Mansdorf
Sweden Jonas Svensson
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
United States Chip Hooper
United States Mike Leach
23 Mar Brussels Open
Brussels, Belgium
Carpet – $250,000 – 32S/16D
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–3, 6–4
United States John McEnroe Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Jonas Svensson
West Germany Boris Becker
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Israel Gilad Bloom
West Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
7–6, 7–6
United States Chip Hooper
United States Mike Leach
Lorraine Open
Nancy, France
Carpet – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Australia Pat Cash
6–2, 6–3
Australia Wally Masur India Ramesh Krishnan
Australia Brad Drewett
United States Jim Grabb
Iran Mansour Bahrami
United States Mark Dickson
Sweden Christian Bergström
India Ramesh Krishnan
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
6–4, 6–4
Canada Grant Connell
United States Larry Scott
30 Mar Chicago Grand Prix
Chicago, United States
Carpet – $250,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Tim Mayotte
6–4, 6–2
United States David Pate United States Bill Scanlon
United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Mel Purcell
United States Scott Davis
United States Peter Fleming
United States Jimmy Connors
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
6–3, 7–5
United States Mike De Palmer
United States Gary Donnelly
Fila Trophy
Milan, Italy
Carpet – $275,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
West Germany Boris Becker
6–4, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Sweden Mats Wilander
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Italy Paolo Canè
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
West Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Apr Hypo Group Tennis International
Bari, Italy
Clay – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Italy Claudio Pistolesi
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
Italy Francesco Cancellotti Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Sweden Ulf Stenlund
France Thierry Tulasne
Spain Juan Avendaño
West Germany Ricki Osterthun
Argentina Franco Davín
Sweden Christer Allgårdh
Sweden Ulf Stenlund
2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Argentina Roberto Azar
Argentina Marcelo Ingaramo
WCT Finals
Dallas, United States
Carpet – $500,000 – 9/S
Singles
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
United States John McEnroe Sweden Stefan Edberg
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Kevin Curren
Sweden Mats Wilander
France Yannick Noah
United States Tim Mayotte
13 Apr Nice International Open
Nice, France
Clay – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Sweden Kent Carlsson
7–6, 6–3
Spain Emilio Sánchez Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov
France Thierry Tulasne
Haiti Ronald Agénor
Argentina Martín Jaite
United States Aaron Krickstein
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
Japan Open Tennis Championships
Tokyo, Japan
Hard – $400,000 – 56S/28D
Sweden Stefan Edberg
7–6, 6–4
United States David Pate United States Scott Davis
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Johan Kriek
United States Jimmy Connors
United States Andre Agassi
Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Paul Annacone
United States Kevin Curren
6–4, 7–6
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Sweden Anders Järryd
20 Apr Monte Carlo Open
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Clay – $513,000 – 48S/24D
Sweden Mats Wilander
4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
United States Jimmy Arias Austria Horst Skoff
Sweden Ulf Stenlund
Sweden Kent Carlsson
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov
Argentina Martín Jaite
Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–2, 6–4
Iran Mansour Bahrami
Denmark Michael Mortensen
Seoul Open
Seoul, South Korea
89,400 – hard – 32S/16D
United States Jim Grabb
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
United States Andre Agassi United States Ben Testerman
France Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Mike Leach
United States John Sadri
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
United States Eric Korita
United States Mike Leach
6–7, 6–1, 7–5
United States Ken Flach
United States Jim Grabb
27 Apr Ebel German Open
Hamburg, West Germany
Clay – $300,000 – 56S/28D
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–1, 6–3, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Sweden Kent Carlsson
Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
France Thierry Tulasne
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
Argentina Martín Jaite
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
United States Jim Pugh

May

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 May Shearson Lehman Brothers
Tournament of Champions

New York City, United States
Clay – $500,000 – 64S/32D
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1)
France Yannick Noah West Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
Argentina Martín Jaite
United States Paul Annacone
United States Aaron Krickstein
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
BMW Open
Munich, West Germany
Clay – $150,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
6–3, 7–6
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda United States Mel Purcell
Sweden Joakim Nyström
West Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
Spain Sergio Casal
Australia Carl Limberger
United States Johan Kriek
United States Jim Pugh
United States Blaine Willenborg
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
11 May Italian Open
Rome, Italy
Clay – $400,000 – 64S/32D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Argentina Martín Jaite Sweden Joakim Nyström
United States John McEnroe
Sweden Kent Carlsson
Italy Paolo Canè
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
18 May Florence Open
Florence, Italy
89,400 – clay – 32S/16D
Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov
6–1, 6–3
Italy Alessandro de Minicis Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
United States Mark Dickson
Italy Paolo Canè
Italy Claudio Panatta
Peru Jaime Yzaga
West Germany Wolfgang Popp
West Germany Udo Riglewski
6–4, 6–4
Italy Paolo Canè
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
World Team Cup Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
2–1
 United States
25 May
1 Jun
French Open
Paris, France
Clay
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
7–5, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Sweden Mats Wilander Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
West Germany Boris Becker
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček
France Yannick Noah
United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Robert Seguso
6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
Spain Emilio Sánchez Vicario
United States Pam Shriver
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Lori McNeil

June

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
8 Jun Bologna Open
Bologna, Italy
Clay – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Sweden Kent Carlsson
6–2, 6–1
Spain Emilio Sánchez Italy Paolo Canè
Argentina Martín Jaite
Argentina Franco Davín
France Thierry Tulasne
United States Blaine Willenborg
United States Jimmy Brown
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–2
Italy Claudio Panatta
United States Blaine Willenborg
Stella Artois Championships
London, United Kingdom
Grass – $250,000 – 64S/32D
SinglesDoubles
West Germany Boris Becker
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
United States Jimmy Connors United States Tim Mayotte
Australia Pat Cash
United States David Pate
India Ramesh Krishnan
West Germany Eric Jelen
Sweden Stefan Edberg
France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–4, 6–4
United States Mike Leach
United States Tim Pawsat
15 Jun Athens Open
Athens, Greece
Clay – $100,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
6–2, 6–3
West Germany Tore Meinecke Argentina Francisco Yunis
West Germany Pavel Vojtíšek
Chile Pedro Rebolledo
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Austria Horst Skoff
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda
West Germany Tore Meinecke
West Germany Ricki Osterthun
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Bristol Open
Bristol, United Kingdom
Grass – $100,000 – 48S/16D
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
6–4, 7–6
United States Tim Wilkison Netherlands Michiel Schapers
West Germany Eric Jelen
France Henri Leconte
United States Ben Testerman
United States Eddie Edwards
France Éric Winogradsky
22 Jun
29 Jun
Wimbledon Championships
London, United Kingdom
– grass – 128S/64D/48X
Australia Pat Cash
7–6(7–5), 6–2, 7–5
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Anders Järryd
France Henri Leconte
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
United Kingdom Jo Durie
7–6(12–10), 6–3
Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Nicole Provis

July

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Jul U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
Boston, United States
Clay – $232,000 – 56S/28D
Sweden Mats Wilander
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Sweden Kent Carlsson Argentina Martín Jaite
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
United States Aaron Krickstein
Sweden Joakim Nyström
United States Jimmy Arias
Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
Swiss Open
Gstaad, Switzerland
Clay – $200,000 – 32S/16D
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–2, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Haiti Ronald Agénor Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
Spain Alberto Tous
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
France Guy Forget
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
7–6, 6–2
France Loïc Courteau
France Guy Forget
Hall of Fame Tennis Championships
Newport, United States
Grass – $100,000 – 32S/16D
United States Dan Goldie
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
United States Sammy Giammalva Australia Wally Masur
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Marc Flur
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Joey Rive
Australia Brad Drewett
United States Dan Goldie
United States Larry Scott
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
United States Chip Hooper
United States Mike Leach
13 Jul Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot
Bordeaux, France
$125,000 – 32S/16D
Spain Emilio Sánchez
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Haiti Ronald Agénor New Zealand Bruce Derlin
Spain Gabriel Urpí
Spain David de Miguel
United Kingdom Steve Shaw
Italy Massimo Cierro
France Thierry Champion
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Woodforde
U.S. Clay Court Championships
Indianapolis, US
Clay – $300,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Mats Wilander
7–5, 6–3
Sweden Kent Carlsson Sweden Joakim Nyström
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
United States Richey Reneberg
Argentina Martín Jaite
West Germany Patrik Kühnen
South Africa Gary Muller
Australia Laurie Warder
United States Blaine Willenborg
6–0, 6–3
Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
Mennen Cup
Livingston, New Jersey, US
Hard – $89,400 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Johan Kriek
7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–2
West Germany Christian Saceanu Austria Alex Antonitsch
United States Marc Flur
Canada Stéphane Bonneau
United States Marcel Freeman
United States Ken Flach
Australia Wally Masur
United States Gary Donnelly
United States Greg Holmes
7–6, 6–3
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
Clay – $200,000 – 48S/24D
SinglesDoubles
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
6–0, 6–2
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
West Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda
Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
France Henri Leconte
United States Rick Leach
United States Tim Pawsat
6–3, 6–4
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
Sweden Magnus Tideman
20 Jul Davis Cup: Quarterfinals
Fréjus, Cannes, France – clay
Caracas, Venezuela – clay
New Delhi, India – grass
Brisbane, Australia – grass
Quarterfinal winners
 Sweden 4–1
 Spain 3–2
 India 4–0
 Australia 4–1
Quarterfinal losers
 France
 Paraguay
 Israel
 Mexico
OTB Open
Schenectady, United States
$89,400 – 32S/16D
Peru Jaime Yzaga
0–6, 7–6, 6–1
United States Jim Pugh Nigeria Tony Mmoh
Sweden Thomas Högstedt
United States Jay Lapidus
United States Vincent Van Patten
United States Ben Testerman
South Africa Gary Muller
United States Gary Donnelly
South Africa Gary Muller
7–6, 6–2
United States Brad Pearce
United States Jim Pugh
27 Jul Sovran Bank D.C. National Tennis Classic
Washington, D.C., US
Hard – $232,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–1, 6–0
United States Brad Gilbert United States Jimmy Connors
West Germany Boris Becker
United States Jimmy Arias
United States Todd Witsken
United States Marty Davis
United States Jay Berger
United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
6–2, 7–6
Australia Laurie Warder
United States Blaine Willenborg
Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
Clay – $175,000 – 32S/16D
Singles
Sweden Joakim Nyström
4–6, 6–0, 6–3
Sweden Stefan Edberg Sweden Mats Wilander
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Sweden Kent Carlsson
Sweden Anders Järryd
West Germany Pavel Vojtíšek
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
7–6, 6–3
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Javier Sánchez
Dutch Open
Hilversum, The Netherlands
$150,000 – 32S/16D
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Argentina Martín Jaite
Austria Horst Skoff
West Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
Austria Thomas Muster
Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov
Poland Wojciech Fibak
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
7–6, 5–7, 6–2
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Netherlands Johan Vekemans

August

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Aug
Head Cup
Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay – $175,000
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Australia Darren Cahill
West Germany Tore Meinecke
Haiti Ronald Agénor
West Germany Ricki Osterthun
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Peru Pablo Arraya
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 7–6
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Stratton Mountain, USA
Hard – $250,000
No winner Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States John McEnroe
6-7(3–7), 4-1 unfinished
United States Andre Agassi
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Kelly Jones
United States Joey Rive
United States Brad Gilbert
South Africa Danie Visser
United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
10 Aug Cedok Open
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Clay – $150,000
Czechoslovakia Marián Vajda
6–1, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
West Germany Wolfgang Popp
Austria Thomas Muster
Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček
Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Canadian Open
Montreal, Canada
Hard – $300,000
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Sweden Stefan Edberg United States Jimmy Connors
West Germany Boris Becker
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
United States John McEnroe
Sweden Peter Lundgren
United States Kevin Curren
Australia Pat Cash
Sweden Stefan Edberg
6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
Saint Vincent, Italy
Clay – $100,000
Chile Pedro Rebolledo
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Italy Francesco Cancellotti Italy Paolo Canè
Italy Claudio Pistolesi
Sweden Kent Carlsson
Italy Simone Colombo
Australia Paul McNamee
Argentina Christian Miniussi
United States Bud Cox
Australia Michael Fancutt
6–3, 6–4
Italy Massimo Cierro
Italy Alessandro de Minicis
17 Aug Mason, USA
Hard – $300,000
Sweden Stefan Edberg
6–4, 6–1
West Germany Boris Becker Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Peter Lundgren
Sweden Mikael Pernfors
Nigeria Nduka Odizor
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
7–5, 6–3
United States Steve Denton
Australia John Fitzgerald
24 Aug Rye Brook Open
Rye Brook, New York, USA
Hard – $89,400
Sweden Peter Lundgren
6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–3
United States John Ross United States Richard Matuszewski
India Ramesh Krishnan
United States Marc Flur
Austria Thomas Muster
Spain Javier Sánchez
United States Marty Davis
United States Lloyd Bourne
United States Jeff Klaparda
6–3, 6–2
Australia Carl Limberger
Australia Mark Woodforde
31 Aug
7 Sep
US Open, Flushing Meadow, New York
Hard – $1,666,667
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–7(7–9), 6–0, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Sweden Mats Wilander United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Stefan Edberg
United States John McEnroe
United States Brad Gilbert
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
India Ramesh Krishnan
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
7–6(7–1), 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 7–6(7–2)
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
Spain Emilio Sánchez
United States Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(14-12)
United States Paul Annacone
United States Betsy Nagelsen

September

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
14 Sep Geneva, Switzerland
Clay – $200,000
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
6–4, 7–5
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Sweden Ulf Stenlund
France Thierry Tulasne
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Switzerland Roland Stadler
Brazil Ricardo Acioly
Brazil Luiz Mattar
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Iran Mansour Bahrami
Uruguay Diego Pérez
Madrid Tennis Grand Prix
Madrid, Spain
Clay – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Spain Javier Sánchez Argentina Franco Davín
Sweden Jörgen Windahl
Spain Juan Aguilera
Spain Jorge Bardou
Chile Pedro Rebolledo
Sweden Christian Bergström
Peru Carlos di Laura
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
21 Sep Volvo Tennis Los Angeles
Los Angeles, USA
Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16D
United States David Pate
6–4, 6–4
Sweden Stefan Edberg United States Tim Wilkison
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Paul Annacone
United States Marty Davis
United States Andre Agassi
United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Kevin Curren
United States David Pate
6–3, 6–4
United States Brad Gilbert
United States Tim Wilkison
Torneo Godó
Barcelona, Spain
Clay – $232,000 – 64S/32D
Argentina Martín Jaite
7–6(7–5), 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 6–4
Sweden Mats Wilander Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–1, 6–2
Argentina Javier Frana
Argentina Christian Miniussi
28 Sep Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Clay – $100,000 – 32S/16D
Argentina Martín Jaite
7–6(7–5), 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček Czechoslovakia Josef Čihák
West Germany Damir Keretić
United States Lawson Duncan
Argentina Christian Miniussi
United States Jimmy Brown
Spain Jordi Arrese
Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Italy Claudio Panatta
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Transamerica Open
San Francisco, California, USA
Carpet – $232,000 – 32S/16D
Sweden Peter Lundgren
6–1, 7–5
United States Jim Pugh Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Todd Nelson
United States Dan Goldie
United States Tim Wilkison
United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Sammy Giammalva
United States Jim Grabb
United States John McEnroe
6–2, 0–6, 6–4
United States Glenn Layendecker
United States Todd Witsken
Davis Cup: Semifinals
Barcelona, Spain – clay
Sydney, Australia – grass
Semifinal winners
 Sweden 3–2
 India 3–2
Semifinal losers
 Spain
 Australia

October

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Oct WCT Scottsdale Open
Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Hard – $232,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
United States Brad Gilbert
6–2, 6–2
United States Eliot Teltscher United States David Pate
United States Michael Chang
Sweden Peter Lundgren
United States Kevin Curren
United States Johan Kriek
Mexico Jorge Lozano
United States Mike Leach
United States Jim Pugh
6–3, 6–3
United States Dan Goldie
United States Mel Purcell
Swiss Indoors
Basel, Switzerland,
Hard – $200,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
France Yannick Noah
7–6(8–6), 6–4, 6–4
Haiti Ronald Agénor France Guy Forget
United States Andre Agassi
Austria Horst Skoff
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
West Germany Patrik Kühnen
Sweden Anders Järryd
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–3
Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Navrátil
Brisbane, Australia
Hard – $150,000
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
West Germany Eric Jelen Australia John Frawley
United States Marcel Freeman
Australia Pat Cash
India Ramesh Krishnan
Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Matt Anger
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
7–6, 6–2
Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Wally Masur
12 Oct
Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
Carpet – $175,000
United States Tim Mayotte
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
West Germany Ricki Osterthun Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
United States Tim Wilkison
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
West Germany Patrik Kühnen
France Jérôme Potier
Brazil Luiz Mattar
Poland Wojciech Fibak
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
6–2, 6–4
United States Kelly Jones
West Germany Patrik Kühnen
Sydney Indoor
Sydney, Australia
Hard – $275,000
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Australia Pat Cash Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
West Germany Boris Becker
India Ramesh Krishnan
United States Marty Davis
United States Scott Davis
United States Paul Annacone
Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann
6–3, 6–3
West Germany Boris Becker
United States Robert Seguso
Tel Aviv Open
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hard – $89,400
SinglesDoubles
Israel Amos Mansdorf
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
United States Brad Gilbert United States Jimmy Connors
Sweden Peter Lundgren
Netherlands Huub van Boeckel
West Germany Wolfgang Popp
South Africa Craig Campbell
Israel Gilad Bloom
Israel Gilad Bloom
Israel Shahar Perkiss
6–2, 6–4
West Germany Wolfgang Popp
Netherlands Huub van Boeckel
20 Oct Tokyo Indoor
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet – $300,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Stefan Edberg
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Sweden Mikael Pernfors
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Živojinović
West Germany Eric Jelen
Australia John Fitzgerald
West Germany Boris Becker
United States Paul Annacone
Australia Broderick Dyke
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
6–3, 6–2
United States Sammy Giammalva
United States Jim Grabb
C.A. Tennis Trophy
Vienna, Austria
$125,000 – 32S/16D
Sweden Jonas Svensson
1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
Israel Amos Mansdorf Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
Austria Thomas Muster
United States Tim Mayotte
Czechoslovakia Milan Šrejber
Sweden Anders Järryd
Spain Emilio Sánchez
United States Mel Purcell
United States Tim Wilkison
6–3 7–5
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Javier Sánchez
26 Oct Seiko Super Tennis Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hard – $200,000
United States Eliot Teltscher
6–7(6–8), 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
Australia John Fitzgerald United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Australia Darren Cahill
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
West Germany Christian Saceanu
United States Rick Leach
United States John Ross
Australia Mark Kratzmann
United States Jim Pugh
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
United States Marty Davis
Australia Brad Drewett

November

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 Nov Paris Open
Paris, France
Carpet (i) – $700,000 – 32S/16D
United States Tim Mayotte
2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
United States Brad Gilbert Netherlands Michiel Schapers
France Henri Leconte
United States Kevin Curren
Israel Amos Mansdorf
France Yannick Noah
Australia Pat Cash
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
7–6, 6–2
United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
Stockholm Open
Stockholm, Sweden
Hard (i) – $425,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
Sweden Stefan Edberg
7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Sweden Jonas Svensson Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Magnus Gustafsson
Sweden Peter Lundgren
Canada Martin Laurendeau
United States Matt Anger
United States Jim Grabb
Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–3, 6–4
United States Jim Grabb
United States Jim Pugh
9 Nov Ford Cup
São Paulo, Brazil
Hard – $89,400 – 32S/16D
Peru Jaime Yzaga
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Brazil Luiz Mattar United States Dan Cassidy
United States Jay Berger
United States Jim Gurfein
Uruguay Marcelo Filippini
Argentina Roberto Saad
West Germany Tore Meinecke
Israel Gilad Bloom
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Frankfurt Cup
$150,000 – Frankfurt, West Germany
United States Tim Mayotte
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Ecuador Andrés Gómez United States Derrick Rostagno
United States Jim Pugh
Sweden Niclas Kroon
United States Dan Goldie
United States Brad Gilbert
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
West Germany Boris Becker
West Germany Patrik Kühnen
6–4, 6–2
United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
Benson and Hedges Championships
$375,000 – London, Great Britain
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Sweden Anders Järryd France Henri Leconte
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
United States Paul Annacone
Israel Amos Mansdorf
Australia Pat Cash
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
7–5, 6–4
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
16 Nov Grand Prix of Buenos Aires
$89,400 – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
3–2, ret.
United States Jay Berger Peru Pablo Arraya
Spain Juan Aguilera
Argentina Martín Jaite
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Argentina Gustavo Garetto
Brazil Cássio Motta
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Walkover
United States Jay Berger
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
South African Open
$232,000 – Johannesburg, South Africa
Australia Pat Cash
7–6(9–7), 4–6, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1
United States Brad Gilbert Israel Amos Mansdorf
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Kevin Curren
Italy Francesco Cancellotti
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
South Africa Gary Muller
United States Kevin Curren
United States David Pate
6–4, 6–4
United States Eric Korita
United States Brad Pearce
23 Nov Sul America Open
$450,000 – Itaparica, Brazil
United States Andre Agassi
7–6(8–6), 6–2
Brazil Luiz Mattar Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Argentina Martín Jaite
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Spain Sergio Casal
West Germany Tore Meinecke
United States Brad Gilbert
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–2, 6–2
Mexico Jorge Lozano
Uruguay Diego Pérez
30 Nov Nabisco Masters Singles
New York City, United States
Carpet – $500,000 – 8S
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Sweden Mats Wilander United States Brad Gilbert
Sweden Stefan Edberg
(round robin losers)
West Germany Boris Becker
Australia Pat Cash
United States Jimmy Connors
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř

December

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 Dec Nabisco Masters Doubles
London, United Kingdom
Carpet – $200,000 – 8D
Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso
Spain Casal / Spain Sánchez
Sweden Edberg / Sweden Järryd
Round robin
Australia Doohan / Australia Warder
United States Annacone / South Africa Rensburg
United States Donnelly / United States Fleming
United States Davis / United States Pate
14 Dec Davis Cup: Final
Gothenburg, Sweden – clay (i)
 Sweden
5–0
 India

Grand Prix rankings

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As of 1 January 1987
Rk Name Nation
1 Ivan Lendl  TCH
2 Boris Becker  FRG
3 Mats Wilander  SWE
4 Yannick Noah  FRA
5 Stefan Edberg  SWE
6 Henri Leconte  FRA
7 Joakim Nyström  SWE
8 Jimmy Connors  USA
9 Miloslav Mečíř  TCH
10 Andrés Gómez  ECU
11 Brad Gilbert  USA
12 Mikael Pernfors  SWE
13 Kent Carlsson  SWE
14 John McEnroe  USA
15 Tim Mayotte  USA
16 Emilio Sánchez  ESP
17 Martín Jaite  ARG
18 Kevin Curren  USA
19 Anders Järryd  SWE
20 Thierry Tulasne  FRA
Year-end rankings 1987 (28 December 1987)[1]
Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change
1 Ivan Lendl  TCH Steady =
2 Stefan Edberg  SWE Increase +3
3 Mats Wilander  SWE Steady =
4 Jimmy Connors  USA Increase +4
5 Boris Becker  FRG Decrease –3
6 Miloslav Mečíř  TCH Increase +3
7 Pat Cash  AUS Increase +17
8 Yannick Noah  FRA Decrease –4
9 Tim Mayotte  USA Increase +6
10 John McEnroe  USA Increase +4
11 Andrés Gómez  ECU Decrease –1
12 Kent Carlsson  SWE Increase +1
13 Brad Gilbert  USA Decrease –2
14 Martín Jaite  ARG Increase +3
15 Anders Järryd  SWE Increase +4
16 Joakim Nyström  SWE Decrease –9
17 Emilio Sánchez  ESP Decrease –1
18 David Pate  USA Increase +12
19 Guillermo Pérez Roldán  ARG Increase +90
20 Eliot Teltscher  USA Increase +33

List of tournament winners

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The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

The following players won their first title in 1987:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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Further reading

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  • Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.