1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series


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.
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association. 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.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
;Key
Grand Slam tournaments
Year-end championships
Category 4 events
Category 3 events
Team events

December 1986

January

February

March

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
9 MarVirginia Slims of Arizona
Phoenix, United States
Category 1+
Hard – $75,000 – 56S/28D

April

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
6 AprFamily Circle Cup
Hilton Head Island, United States
Category 4
Clay – $300,000 – 56S/28D

May

June

July

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
6 JulVolvo Ladies Open
Båstad, Sweden
Category 1+
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D

August

September

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
14 SepPan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Category 4
Carpet – $250,000 – 28S/16D

October

November

WeekTournamentChampionsRunners-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists
2 NovVirginia Slims of New England
Worcester, United States
Category 4
$250,000 – hard – 32S/16D

Rankings

WTA

Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:

Virginia Slims

Statistical information

Titles won by player

These tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles 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:
  1. total number of titles ;
  2. highest amount of highest category tournaments ;
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order.

    Titles won by nation