ATP Roland Garros 1987 Draw, Results & Schedule

Ivan Lendl won the 1987 Roland Garros, defeating Mats Wilander 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-6 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 25 to June 8, 1987. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.

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Champion
Ivan Lendl
def. Mats Wilander , 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-6
Dates
May 25 — Jun 8
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Roland Garros 1987 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-6 Mats Wilander #32× CH H2H Match data Jun 8, 1987* F
SF (2)
Mats Wilander #42× CH 6-4 6-1 6-2 Boris Becker #2 H2H Match data Jun 7, 1987* SF
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 6-3 6-3 7-6 Miloslav Mecir #5 H2H Match data Jun 7, 1987* SF
QF (4)
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-1 Andres Gomez #10 H2H Match data Jun 5, 1987* QF
Boris Becker #2 6-3 6-3 7-5 Jimmy Connors #8 H2H Match data Jun 5, 1987* QF
Miloslav Mecir #5 7-6 6-1 6-2 Karel Novacek #48 H2H Match data Jun 5, 1987* QF
Mats Wilander #42× CH 6-4 6-3 6-2 Yannick Noah #6CH H2H Match data Jun 5, 1987* QF
R16 (8)
Karel Novacek #48 7-6 6-4 6-7 6-3 Martin Jaite #15 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-0 6-1 6-3 Patrice Kuchna #325 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Andres Gomez #10 5-7 1-6 7-6 7-5 6-4 Emilio Sanchez #19 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 2-6 6-1 5-7 6-0 6-2 Joakim Nystrom #18 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Mats Wilander #42× CH 5-7 6-1 6-3 6-3 Tarik Benhabiles #41 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Yannick Noah #6CH 7-6 6-3 6-7 7-5 Kent Carlsson #11 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Boris Becker #2 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-0 Jimmy Arias #39 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
Jimmy Connors #8 4-6 7-5 6-0 6-3 Ricki Osterthun #124 H2H Match data Jun 3, 1987* R16
R32 (16)
Patrice Kuchna #325 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-2 Jim Pugh #96 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Jimmy Connors #8 6-3 6-1 6-2 Franco Davin #106 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Kent Carlsson #11 7-5 6-2 6-1 Francisco Yunis #94 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Jimmy Arias #39 4-6 7-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 Jordi Arrese #129 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 7-6 6-2 6-2 Thierry Tulasne #33 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Andres Gomez #10 5-7 6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4 Jay Berger #34 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Boris Becker #2 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-1 Henrik Sundstrom #70 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Joakim Nystrom #18 6-4 7-6 6-4 Darren Cahill #164 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Martin Jaite #15 6-2 3-6 7-6 6-0 Thomas Muster #52 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Ricki Osterthun #124 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4 Damir Keretic #68 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Karel Novacek #48 6-1 6-0 2-6 6-4 Eric Winogradsky #152 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Tarik Benhabiles #41 5-7 6-4 7-5 6-3 Andrei Chesnokov #36 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Mats Wilander #42× CH 6-1 6-7 6-0 6-2 Aaron Krickstein #30 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-1 6-2 6-1 Milan Srejber #46 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Yannick Noah #6CH 6-3 6-3 6-2 Michiel Schapers #85 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
Emilio Sanchez #19 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 Horacio de la Pena #49 H2H Match data May 31, 1987* R32
R64 (32)
Mats Wilander #42× CH 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4 Paul Annacone #47 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Andrei Chesnokov #36 6-2 6-2 6-0 Tomas Carbonell #444 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Eric Winogradsky #152 7-6 7-6 7-5 Stefan Edberg #3 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64 Upset: winner had a 2 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Andres Gomez #10 7-5 6-2 6-2 Thierry Champion #177 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Aaron Krickstein #30 6-4 6-1 6-1 Lars Anders Wahlgren #203 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Jordi Arrese #129 7-5 6-2 6-1 Brad Gilbert #16 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Emilio Sanchez #19 6-3 6-1 6-1 Paul Mcnamee #81 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Jimmy Arias #39 7-5 6-1 2-6 6-4 Jonas Svensson #28 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Damir Keretic #68 3-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 Mike De Palmer — Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Miloslav Mecir #5 7-6 6-4 6-1 Horst Skoff #31 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Martin Jaite #15 6-4 6-2 6-2 Thierry Pham #248 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Jay Berger #34 7-6 6-3 6-3 Luiz Mattar #76 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Henrik Sundstrom #70 2-6 6-3 6-0 5-7 8-6 Eric Jelen #63 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Thomas Muster #52 6-2 6-2 6-2 Ulf Stenlund #24 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Francisco Yunis #94 6-0 7-6 6-1 Loic Courteau #231 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Jim Pugh #96 6-1 6-2 6-2 Carl Limberger #87 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Yannick Noah #6CH 7-5 6-7 7-5 6-1 Christian Bergstrom #88 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Michiel Schapers #85 6-4 6-2 7-5 Javier Sanchez #102 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-2 Jonathan Canter #54 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Tarik Benhabiles #41 7-6 0-6 2-6 6-3 9-7 Anders Jarryd #26 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Patrice Kuchna #325 6-4 6-3 6-3 Andre Agassi #62 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Boris Becker #2 6-1 4-6 6-3 6-2 Mark Buckley #147 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Franco Davin #106 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-3 Alex Antonitsch #110 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Joakim Nystrom #18 6-3 6-3 6-1 Marian Vajda #71 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Milan Srejber #46 6-3 6-4 6-2 Guillermo Vilas #45CH H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Thierry Tulasne #33 6-2 6-3 6-3 Jan Gunnarsson #42 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Ricki Osterthun #124 6-2 7-6 6-2 Matt Anger #65 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Darren Cahill #164 6-4 7-6 6-3 Michael Robertson #337 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Jimmy Connors #8 6-4 3-6 7-6 6-2 Michael Westphal #121 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Kent Carlsson #11 6-3 6-1 6-3 Sergio Casal #53 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Karel Novacek #48 6-0 6-0 6-0 Eduardo Bengoechea #50 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
Horacio de la Pena #49 6-3 6-4 6-3 Mel Purcell #64 H2H Match data May 29, 1987* R64
R128 (64)
Mel Purcell #64 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-2 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Michael Westphal #121 7-5 5-7 6-2 6-3 Libor Pimek #95 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Christian Bergstrom #88 6-2 6-1 6-3 Johan Carlsson #97 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jay Berger #34 6-1 6-3 6-3 Claudio Pistolesi #108 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Mats Wilander #42× CH 3-6 6-2 6-1 4-3 (ret.) Simone Colombo — Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Martin Jaite #15 6-2 6-3 6-4 Hans Schwaier #221 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Thierry Champion #177 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-4 Carl Uwe Steeb #98 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jonathan Canter #54 6-4 6-1 5-7 6-2 Laurie Warder #255 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Javier Sanchez #102 6-2 6-3 6-4 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #57 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Andres Gomez #10 6-4 6-2 6-1 Roland Stadler #80 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Emilio Sanchez #19 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-6 Slobodan Zivojinovic H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Joakim Nystrom #18 6-7 6-2 6-2 6-1 Johan Kriek #17 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Tomas Carbonell #444 5-7 7-5 7-6 6-3 Ronnie Bathman #261 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Damir Keretic #68 6-4 6-2 7-5 Andreas Maurer #58 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Aaron Krickstein #30 6-3 6-3 6-4 Wally Masur #35 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Thierry Tulasne #33 3-6 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-2 Derrick Rostagno #60 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Brad Gilbert #16 1-6 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-4 Bruno Oresar #139 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Darren Cahill #164 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-4 Mark Kratzmann #170 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Sergio Casal #53 6-4 6-1 6-3 Michael Tauson #169 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Guillermo Vilas #45CH 6-3 7-6 6-4 Jerome Potier #250 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jordi Arrese #129 6-3 6-2 7-5 Thierry Van Den Daele — Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Thomas Muster #52 6-1 6-3 6-2 Guillermo Perez-Roldan #51 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Michael Robertson #337 6-2 3-6 6-7 7-6 6-1 Glenn Layendecker #132 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Kent Carlsson #11 6-1 6-0 6-3 Arnaud Boetsch #333 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-2 6-1 6-3 Todd Witsken #67 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Matt Anger #65 7-6 7-5 6-3 John Fitzgerald #107 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Stefan Edberg #3 6-2 6-3 6-3 Mike Leach #113 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Michiel Schapers #85 7-6 5-7 6-4 6-4 Scott Davis #22 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Mark Buckley #147 2-6 6-1 6-4 7-6 Jaime Yzaga #75 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Henrik Sundstrom #70 6-3 6-4 7-5 Greg Holmes #101 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Paul Mcnamee #81 6-0 6-3 6-2 Paolo Cane #38 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Milan Srejber #46 5-7 7-6 7-6 6-3 Amos Mansdorf #32 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Loic Courteau #231 7-5 6-2 6-3 Tomas Smid #55 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Eduardo Bengoechea #50 6-4 6-7 7-5 4-6 6-4 Jakob Hlasek #29 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Ulf Stenlund #24 6-2 6-2 6-2 Blaine Willenborg #178 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Mike De Palmer 7-5 7-5 6-4 Peter Lundgren #105 — Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Patrice Kuchna #325 6-3 6-2 7-6 Glenn Michibata #242 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jimmy Connors #8 7-5 6-2 6-2 Todd Nelson #120 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Alex Antonitsch #110 6-3 2-6 6-3 7-6 Martin Laurendeau #123 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Paul Annacone #47 6-4 6-1 6-3 Cassio Motta #66 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Andrei Chesnokov #36 6-1 6-3 6-3 Gary Donnelly #93 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Boris Becker #2 6-0 6-1 7-5 Diego Perez #73 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Marian Vajda #71 6-4 3-6 6-2 7-6 Robert Seguso #23 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Anders Jarryd #26 6-3 4-6 6-3 6-1 Michele Fioroni #426 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jimmy Arias #39 6-2 7-6 6-2 Bill Scanlon #61 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Francisco Yunis #94 6-1 6-1 6-3 Gilad Bloom #148 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Tarik Benhabiles #41 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0 Mikael Pernfors #14 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Horst Skoff #31 6-4 7-6 6-1 Olivier Delaitre #182 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Yannick Noah #6CH 6-0 6-2 6-2 Ivan Kley #134 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jim Pugh #96 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 Pat Cash #13 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Horacio de la Pena #49 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 John McEnroe #7 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jonas Svensson #28 6-4 6-0 6-2 Leif Shiras #172 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Ricki Osterthun #124 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-1 Henri Leconte #9 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Lars Anders Wahlgren #203 6-3 6-4 6-4 Guy Forget #44 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Thierry Pham #248 7-6 6-3 6-2 Patrik Kuhnen #126 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Eric Jelen #63 6-4 6-0 3-6 6-1 Thomas Hogstedt #117 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Jan Gunnarsson #42 6-1 7-6 6-3 Peter Carlsson #137 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Eric Winogradsky #152 7-6 7-5 6-3 Marcel Freeman #77 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Luiz Mattar #76 3-6 0-6 6-4 7-5 6-4 Paul Vojtischek #131 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Franco Davin #106 7-5 3-6 2-6 6-2 9-7 Johan Vekemans #430 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Ivan Lendl #1DEF · 2× 7-5 7-6 0-6 6-3 Ronald Agenor #83 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Andre Agassi #62 6-2 4-6 6-1 7-5 Pablo Arraya #92 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Carl Limberger #87 3-6 7-6 6-4 6-3 Stefan Eriksson — Match data May 27, 1987* R128
Karel Novacek #48 6-2 6-1 6-0 Tom Nijssen #160 H2H Match data May 27, 1987* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Roland Garros.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Rafael Nadal 112 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Novak Djokovic 22 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Roland Garros finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Alexander Zverev #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Flavio Cobolli #14 H2H Match data 2026 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #1 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data 2025 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 H2H Match data 2024 Clay
Novak Djokovic #3 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 Casper Ruud #4 H2H Match data 2023 Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-3 6-0 Casper Ruud #8 H2H Match data 2022 Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Roland Garros held?
Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who won the most recent Roland Garros?
The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev, who defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles?
Rafael Nadal has won 14 Roland Garros titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Roland Garros played?
The first edition of Roland Garros was held in 1891.
What surface is Roland Garros played on?
Roland Garros is played on clay courts.