The 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 15th season of the tennis circuit since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association.
It commenced in January 1987, and concluded in December 1987 after events.
Details | |
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Duration | 1 December 1986 – 22 November 1987 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 56 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships (1) Category 4 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Steffi Graf (11) |
Most tournament finals | Steffi Graf (13) |
Prize money leader | Steffi Graf $1,063,785 |
Points leader | Steffi Graf 280.2080 |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Steffi Graf |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | Lori McNeil |
Newcomer of the year | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
Comeback player of the year | Bettina Bunge |
← 1986 1988 → |
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2, Category 1+ and 1 events |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Dec | Argentinian Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 $50,000 – clay -56S/28D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Gabriela Sabatini 6–1, 6–1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Lori McNeil Mariana Pérez Roldán | Patricia Tarabini Laura Golarsa Bettina Fulco Nicole Muns-Jagerman |
6–1, 2–6, 6–1 | Nicole Muns-Jagerman Manon Bollegraf | ||||
8 Dec | Brazilian Open São Paulo, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 – clay -56S/28D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Vicki Nelson-Dunbar 6–2, 7–6(7–1) | Jenny Klitch | Kathrin Keil Amy Schwartz | Nicole Muns-Jagerman Adriana Villagrán Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Caterina Nozzoli |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) | Laura Arraya Petra Huber | ||||
29 Dec | Jason 2000 Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 Grass – $100,000 – 56S/32D/32Q Singles – Doubles | Hana Mandlíková 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 | Pam Shriver | Helena Suková Betsy Nagelsen | Helen Kelesi Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Smylie Eva Pfaff |
6–4, 6–2 |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 Nov | Virginia Slims of New England Worcester, United States Category 4 $250,000 – hard (i) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Pam Shriver 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 | Chris Evert | Gabriela Sabatini Helena Suková | Barbara Potter Lori McNeil Eva Pfaff Bettina Bunge |
6–4, 6–4 | |||||
Virginia Slims of Arkansas Little Rock, United States Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Sandra Cecchini 0–6, 6–1, 6–3 | Natasha Zvereva | Anne Smith Larisa Savchenko | Niurka Sodupe Susan Sloane Barbara Gerken Manon Bollegraf | |
9 Nov | Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/28Q Singles – Doubles | Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–2 | Natasha Zvereva | Helena Suková Barbara Potter | Lori McNeil Leila Meskhi |
6–4, 6–3 | |||||
16 Nov | Virginia Slims Championships New York City, United States Carpet (i) – $1,000,000 – 16S/8D Singles – Doubles | Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4 | Gabriela Sabatini | Manuela Maleeva Sylvia Hanika | Helena Suková Raffaella Reggi |
6–1, 6–1 |
Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition:
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Singles year-end ranking | |||
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# | Player | Points | #Trn |
1 | Steffi Graf (FRG) | 5,455 | 13 |
2 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 4,084 | 12 |
3 | Chris Evert (USA) | 3,901 | 18 |
4 | Pam Shriver (USA) | 3,426 | 17 |
5 | Gabriela Sabatini (ARG) | 3,296 | 19 |
6 | Helena Suková (TCH) | 2,934 | 22 |
7 | Hana Mandlíková (TCH) | 2,639 | 17 |
8 | Lori McNeil (USA) | 2,331 | 24 |
9 | Zina Garrison (USA) | 2,274 | 19 |
10 | Manuela Maleeva (BUL) | 2,182 | 18 |
11 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) | 1,626 | 17 |
12 | Sylvia Hanika (FRG) | 1,454 | 19 |
13 | Raffaella Reggi (ITA) | 1,332 | 22 |
14 | Catarina Lindqvist (SWE) | 1,260 | 21 |
15 | Bettina Bunge (FRG) | 1,186 | 19 |
16 | Katerina Maleeva (BUL) | 1,174 | 18 |
17 | Sandra Cecchini (ITA) | 1,037 | 20 |
18 | Barbara Potter (USA) | 909 | 14 |
19 | Nathalie Tauziat (FRA) | 874 | 23 |
20 | Kate Gompert (USA) | 807 | 18 |
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments | Year-end championships | Regular tournaments | All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
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