1987 Grand Prix (tennis)
Appearance
![]() Ivan Lendl finished the year as world No. 1 for the third time in his career. He won eight titles during the season, including two majors at the French Open and the US Open, as well as the Masters Grand Prix. He also finished runner-up at another major, the Wimbledon Championships. | |
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Duration | 29 December 1986 – 14 December 1987 |
Edition | 18th |
Tournaments | 77 |
Achievements (singles) | |
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Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
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The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four Grand Slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner to the ATP Tour).
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Team events |
World Championship Tennis Event |
Year-end championships |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Dec | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, United Kingdom Carpet – $200,000 – 8D |
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14 Dec | Davis Cup: Final Gothenburg, Sweden – clay (i) |
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Grand Prix rankings
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List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
Andre Agassi (1) Itaparica
Boris Becker (3) Indian Wells, Milan, Queen's Club
Kent Carlsson (2) Nice, Bologna
Pat Cash (3) Nancy, Wimbledon, Johannesburg
Andrei Chesnokov (1) Florence
Stefan Edberg (7) Australian Open, Memphis, Rotterdam, Tokyo Outdoor, Cincinnati, Tokyo Indoor, Stockholm
Kelly Evernden (2) Bristol, Brisbane
Brad Gilbert (1) Scottsdale
Dan Goldie (1) Newport
Andrés Gómez (1) Forest Hills
Jim Grabb (1) Seoul
Martín Jaite (1) Palermo
Johan Kriek (1) Livingston
Ivan Lendl (8) Hamburg, French Open, Washington, D.C., Montreal, US Open, Sydney Indoor, Wembley, Masters
Peter Lundgren (2) Rye Brook, San Francisco
Amos Mansdorf (1) Tel Aviv
Wally Masur (1) Adelaide
Luiz Mattar (1) Guarujá
Tim Mayotte (5) Philadelphia, Chicago, Toulouse, Bercy, Frankfurt
Miloslav Mečíř (6) Auckland, Sydney Outdoor, Key Biscayne, Dallas WCT, Stuttgart Outdoor, Hilversum
Claudio Mezzadri (1) Geneva
Yannick Noah (2) Lyon, Basel
Joakim Nyström (1) Båstad
Guillermo Pérez Roldán (3) Munich, Athens, Buenos Aires
Claudio Pistolesi (1) Bari
Pedro Rebolledo (1) St. Vincent
Emilio Sánchez (4) Gstaad, Bordeaux, Kitzbühel, Madrid
Jonas Svensson (1) Vienna
Eliot Teltscher (1) Hong Kong
Marián Vajda (1) Prague
Christo van Rensburg (1) Orlando
Mats Wilander (5) Brussels, Monte Carlo, Rome, Boston, Indianapolis
Jaime Yzaga (2) Schenectady, São Paulo
The following players won their first title in 1987:
Andre Agassi Itaparica
Andrei Chesnokov Florence
Kelly Evernden Bristol
Dan Goldie Newport
Jim Grabb Seoul
Luiz Mattar Guarujá
Claudio Mezzadri Geneva
Claudio Pistolesi Bari
Marián Vajda Prague
Christo van Rensburg Orlando
Jaime Yzaga Schenectady
See also
References
- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
External links
- ATP 1987 results archive
- History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22 October 2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.