1987 Wimbledon Championships

1987 Wimbledon Championships
Date	22 June – 5 July
Edition	101st
Category	Grand Slam
Draw	128S/64D/64XD
Prize money	£2,119,780
Surface	Grass
Location	Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
Pat Cash
Women's singles
Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso
Women's doubles
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková
Mixed doubles
Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie
Boys' singles
Diego Nargiso
Girls' singles
Natasha Zvereva
Boys' doubles
Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge
Girls' doubles
Natalia Medvedeva / Natasha Zvereva

The 1987 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.^[1][2] It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 22 June to 5 July 1987.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1987 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £155,000 while the women's singles champion earned £139,500.^[3][4][5]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
Men's singles	£155,000	£77,500	£38,750	£19,635	£10,335	£5,785	£3,410	£2,080
Women's singles	£139,500	£69,750	£33,900	£16,690	£8,270	£4,485	£2,645	£1,610
Men's doubles *	£53,730	£26,870	£13,430	£6,820	£3,510	£1,860	£1,090	—
Women's doubles *	£46,500	£23,250	£10,740	£5,460	£2,630	£1,400	£800	—
Mixed doubles *	£27,900	£13,950	£6,980	£3,240	£1,620	£810	£370	—

_{* per team}

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Pat Cash defeated Ivan Lendl, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2, 7–5 ^[6][7][8]

• It was Cash's only career Grand Slam title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf, 7–5, 6–3 ^[9]

• It was Navratilova's 45th career Grand Slam title and her 8th Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez, 3–6, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3), 6–1, 6–4 ^[10]

• It was Flach's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Wimbledon title. It was Seguso's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Wimbledon title.

Women's doubles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková defeated Betsy Nagelsen / Elizabeth Smylie, 7–5, 7–5 ^[11]

• It was Kohde-Kilsch's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and her only Wimbledon title. It was Suková's 2nd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles

Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie defeated Darren Cahill / Nicole Provis, 7–6^(12–10), 6–3 ^[12]

• It was Bates' 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Wimbledon title. It was Durie's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles

Diego Nargiso defeated Jason Stoltenberg, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4 ^[13]

Girls' singles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles

Natasha Zvereva defeated Julie Halard, 6–4, 6–4 ^[14]

Boys' doubles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Diego Nargiso / Eugenio Rossi, 6–3, 7–6^{(7–2) [15]}

Girls' doubles

Main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles

Natalia Medvedeva / Natasha Zvereva defeated Kim Il-soon / Paulette Moreno, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0 ^[16]

Singles seeds

Men's singles Boris Becker (second round, lost to Peter Doohan) Ivan Lendl (final, lost to Pat Cash) Mats Wilander (quarterfinals, lost to Pat Cash) Stefan Edberg (semifinals, lost to Ivan Lendl) Miloslav Mečíř (third round, lost to Anders Järryd) Yannick Noah (second round, lost to Guy Forget) Jimmy Connors (semifinals, lost to Pat Cash) Andrés Gómez (fourth round, lost to Henri Leconte) Henri Leconte (quarterfinals, lost to Ivan Lendl) Tim Mayotte (third round, lost to Mikael Pernfors) Pat Cash (champion) Brad Gilbert (third round, lost to Alexander Volkov) Joakim Nyström (third round, lost to Jakob Hlasek) Emilio Sánchez (fourth round, lost to Mats Wilander) David Pate (second round, lost to Slobodan Živojinović) Kevin Curren (second round, lost to Johan Kriek)

Women's singles Martina Navratilova (champion) Steffi Graf (final, lost to Martina Navratilova) Chris Evert (semifinals, lost to Martina Navratilova) Helena Suková (quarterfinals, lost to Pam Shriver) Pam Shriver (semifinals, lost to Steffi Graf) Gabriela Sabatini (Quarerfinals, lost to Steffi Graf) Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (second round, lost to Dianne Balestrat) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert) Bettina Bunge (third round, lost to Rosalyn Fairbank) Lori McNeil (second round, lost to Natasha Zvereva) Catarina Lindqvist (fourth round, lost to Claudia Kohde-Kilsch) Wendy Turnbull (second round, lost to Sharon Walsh-Pete) Barbara Potter (second round, lost to Mary Joe Fernández) Katerina Maleeva (first round, lost to Gigi Fernández) Raffaella Reggi (fourth round, lost to Helena Suková) Sylvia Hanika (fourth round, lost to Pam Shriver)

References

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8. Andrew Warshaw (6 July 1987). "Cash brings title back down under". The Evening News.
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12. "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
13. "Boys' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
14. "Girls' Singles Finals 1947–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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16. "Girls' Doubles Finals 1982–2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

External links

• Official Wimbledon Championships website

Preceded by 1987 French Open

Grand Slams

Succeeded by 1987 US Open