Virginia Slims of Houston 1987

Virginia Slims of Houston 1987
date	April 20, 1987 - April 26, 1987
Edition	17th
navigation	1986  ◄  1987  ►  1988
WTA tour
venue	Houston United States
Tournament number	706
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	sand
draw	32E / 31Q / 16D
Prize money	US $ 150,000
Last year's winner (individual)	Chris Evert
Last year's winner (double)	Chris Evert Wendy Turnbull
Winner (singles)	Chris Evert
Winner (doubles)	Kathy Jordan Martina Navrátilová
As of October 21, 2017

The 1987 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament in Houston . The clay court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1987 and took place from April 20th to 26th, 1987.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová final 02.  Hana Mandlíková Semifinals 03.  Chris Evert victory 04th  Zina Garrison Semifinals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Gabriela Sabatini Quarter finals 06th  Lori McNeil Quarter finals 07th  Raffaella Reggi Quarter finals 08th.  Kate Gompert Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

C. Benjamin

2

1

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

P. Louie Harper

2

4th

L. Gildemeister

3

4th

L. Gildemeister

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

M.-L. Piatek

6th

0

4th

6th

L. McNeil

1

2

A. Jaeger

4th

6th

6th

A. Jaeger

P. Medrado

4th

4th

6th

L. McNeil

w.

O.

6th

L. McNeil

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

7th

4th

Z. Garrison

6th

7th

4th

Z. Garrison

1

6th

Q

H. Cioffi

4th

5

4th

Z. Garrison

6th

6th

A. Kanellopoulou

1

3

E. Burgin

0

0

E. Burgin

6th

6th

4th

Z. Garrison

6th

6th

G. Magers

6th

6th

7th

R. Reggi

1

0

Q

E. Rapponi-Longo

4th

1

G. Magers

3

6th

6th

W. White

3

1

7th

R. Reggi

6th

2

7th

7th

R. Reggi

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

1

6th

8th

K. Gompert

6th

6th

3

C. Evert

3

6th

7th

LL

G. Dinu

0

2

8th

K. Gompert

6th

6th

D. Spence

0

3

M. Paz

1

2

M. Paz

6th

6th

8th

K. Gompert

3

3

S. Meier

6th

5

2

3

C. Evert

6th

6th

M. Perez-Roldan

4th

7th

6th

M. Perez-Roldan

2

1

N. Herreman

1

1

3

C. Evert

6th

6th

3

C. Evert

6th

6th

3

C. Evert

6th

7th

5

G. Sabatini

6th

6th

2

H. Mandlíková

3

5

Q

A. Schwartz

1

3

5

G. Sabatini

6th

6th

M. Torres

6th

7th

6th

M. Torres

1

0

P. Huber

7th

6th

3

5

G. Sabatini

5

4th

R. Maršíková

6th

0

3

2

H. Mandlíková

7th

6th

Q

B. Fulco

2

6th

6th

Q

B. Fulco

1

4th

LL

L. Allen

2

1

2

H. Mandlíková

6th

6th

2

H. Mandlíková

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank   Semifinals 02.  Kathy Jordan Martina Navrátilová   victory 03.  Zina Garrison Lori McNeil   final 04th  Candy Reynolds Wendy Turnbull   Quarter finals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

E. Burgin R. Fairbank

6th

2

6th

L. Allen C. Benjamin

4th

6th

3

1

E. Burgin R. Fairbank

6th

6th

R. Maršíková S. Meier

4th

3

P. Louie Harper P. Smith

2

1

P. Louie Harper P. Smith

6th

6th

1

E. Burgin R. Fairbank

2

6th

5

3

Z. Garrison L. McNeil

6th

6th

3

Z. Garrison L. McNeil

6th

2

7th

H. Cioffi A. Schwartz

1

1

3

Z. Garrison L. McNeil

6th

6th

B. Fulco G. Mosca

7th

6th

B. Fulco G. Mosca

2

2

S. Norris M. Redfearn

5

3

3

Z. Garrison L. McNeil

2

4th

G. Magers W. White

6th

6th

2

K. Jordan M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

N. Herreman P. Huber

2

4th

G. Magers W. White

4th

7th

7th

H. Crowe K. Steinmetz

1

6th

4th

C. Reynolds W. Turnbull

6th

6th

5

4th

C. Reynolds W. Turnbull

6th

7th

G. Magers W. White

0

1

A. Jaeger K. Labuschagne

6th

3

2

K. Jordan M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

G. Miro M. Perez-Roldan

3

2

r

A. Jaeger K. Labuschagne

R. Casals P. Medrado

0

5

2

K. Jordan M. Navrátilová

w.

O.

2

K. Jordan M. Navrátilová

6th

7th

Web links

• Virginia Slims of Houston 1987 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• Virginia Slims of Houston 1987 (English) on the ITF website