1987 Wimbledon Championships


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. 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.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round 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

Pat Cash defeated Ivan Lendl, 7–6, 6–2, 7–5

Women's singles

Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf, 7–5, 6–3
  • It was Navratilova's 45th career Grand Slam title and her 8th Wimbledon title.

Men's doubles

Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez, 3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
  • 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

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková defeated Betsy Nagelsen / Elizabeth Smylie, 7–5, 7–5
  • 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

Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie defeated Darren Cahill / Nicole Provis, 7–6, 6–3
  • 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

Diego Nargiso defeated Jason Stoltenberg, 7–6, 6–4

Girls' singles

Natasha Zvereva defeated Julie Halard, 6–4, 6–4

Boys' doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Diego Nargiso / Eugenio Rossi, 6–3, 7–6

Girls' doubles

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

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Boris Becker '
  2. Ivan Lendl '
  3. Mats Wilander '
  4. Stefan Edberg '
  5. Miloslav Mečíř '
  6. Yannick Noah '
  7. Jimmy Connors '
  8. Andrés Gómez '
  9. Henri Leconte '
  10. Tim Mayotte '
  11. Pat Cash
  12. Brad Gilbert '
  13. Joakim Nyström '
  14. Emilio Sánchez '
  15. David Pate '
  16. Kevin Curren ''''

Women's singles

  1. Martina Navratilova
  2. Steffi Graf '
  3. Chris Evert '
  4. Helena Suková '
  5. Pam Shriver '
  6. Gabriela Sabatini '
  7. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière '
  8. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  9. Bettina Bunge '
  10. Lori McNeil '
  11. Catarina Lindqvist '
  12. Wendy Turnbull '
  13. Barbara Potter '
  14. Katerina Maleeva '
  15. Raffaella Reggi '
  16. Sylvia Hanika ''''