WTA Championships 1987
| WTA Championships 1987 | |
| date | 11/16 - 23.11.1987 |
| Edition | 17th |
| navigation | 1986 (Nov.) ◄ 1987 ► 1988 |
| WTA tour | |
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| venue | New York City United States
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| Tournament number | 808 |
| category | WTA Tour Championships |
| Tournament type | Indoor tournament |
| Game surface | carpet |
| draw | 16E / 8D |
| Prize money | US $ 1,000,000 |
| Last year's winner (individual) |
Martina Navrátilová
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| Last year's winner (double) |
Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
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| Winner (singles) |
 Steffi Graf
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| Winner (doubles) |
Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
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| As of December 11, 2013 | |
The 1987 WTA Championships (also known as the Virginia Slims Championships ) was a WTA indoor carpet court tennis tournament for women held at Madison Square Garden in New York City . It was part of the WTA Tour 1987 and took place from November 16-23, 1987.
Martina Navrátilová in singles and the duo Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver in doubles were the defending champions.
In the individual, Steffi Graf won against Gabriela Sabatini 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0 and 6: 4. In doubles, the pairing Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver won 6-1 and 6-1 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková .
singles
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
| First round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S. Graf
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Z. Garrison
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0 | 3 | 1 | S. Graf
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6th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L. McNeil
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6th | 5 | 2 |  H. Suková
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2 | 0 | r | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H. Suková
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2 | 7th | 6th | 1 | S. Graf
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | C. Evert
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4th | 4th | S. Hanika
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1 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Hanika
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6th | 6th | S. Hanika
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6th | 4th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
 R. Reggi
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7th | R. Reggi
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2 | 6th | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| H. Mandlíková
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5 | r | 1 | S. Graf
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4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=small} M. Maleewa
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4th | 6th | 6th |  G. Sabatini
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6th | 4th | 0 | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||
| C. Kohde-Kilsch
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6th | 3 | 4th | M. Maleewa
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6th | 3 | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K. Maleewa
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1 | 6th | 3 | 4th | P. Shriver
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2 | 6th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th | P. Shriver
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6th | 3 | 6th | M. Maleewa
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3 | 6th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| G. Sabatini
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6th | 7th | G. Sabatini
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6th | 4th | 6th | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B. Bunge
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2 | 6th | G. Sabatini
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6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 C. Lindqvist
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4th | 6th | 2 | M. Navrátilová
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4th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | M. Navrátilová
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6th | 7th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Double
Seeding list
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Explanation of symbols
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Results
| First round | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | M. Navrátilová P. Shriver
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7th | 5 | 6th | ||||||||||||||
J. Novotná C. Suire
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6th | 7th | 4th | 1 | M. Navrátilová P. Shriver
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3 | 7th | 6th | ||||||||||
| 4th | S. Count G. Sabatini
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6th | 6th | 4th | S. Count G. Sabatini
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6th | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||
 S. Parchomenko L. Savchenko
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1 | 4th | 1 | M. Navrátilová P. Shriver
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6th | 6th | ||||||||||||
E. Burgin R. Fairbank.svg){kind=small}
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2 | 6th | 6th | 2 | C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
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1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Z. Garrison L. McNeil
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6th | 2 | 1 | E. Burgin R. Fairbank
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2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| M.-L. Daniels A. White
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4th | 6th | 5 | 2 | C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
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6th | 6th | |||||||||||
| 2 | C. Kohde-Kilsch H. Suková
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6th | 3 | 7th | ||||||||||||||
Web links
- WTA Championships 1987 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
- WTA Championships 1987 (English) on the ITF homepage