ATP US Open 1987 Draw, Results & Schedule

Ivan Lendl won the 1987 US Open, defeating Mats Wilander 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from September 1 to September 15, 1987. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.

The US Open is the final Grand Slam tournament of the calendar year and continues the lineage of the U.S. National Championships.

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Champion
Ivan Lendl
def. Mats Wilander , 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4
Dates
Sep 1 — Sep 15
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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Results

US Open 1987 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ivan Lendl #1 6-7 6-0 7-6 6-4 Mats Wilander #2 H2H Match data Sep 15, 1987* F
SF (2)
Mats Wilander #2 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 Stefan Edberg #3 H2H Match data Sep 14, 1987* SF
Ivan Lendl #1 6-4 6-2 6-2 Jimmy Connors #5 H2H Match data Sep 14, 1987* SF
QF (4)
Ivan Lendl #1 6-3 6-3 6-4 John McEnroe #9 H2H Match data Sep 12, 1987* QF
Mats Wilander #3 6-3 6-7 6-4 7-6 Miloslav Mecir #5 H2H Match data Sep 12, 1987* QF
Jimmy Connors #6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-0 Brad Gilbert #15 H2H Match data Sep 12, 1987* QF
Stefan Edberg #2 6-2 6-2 6-2 Ramesh Krishnan H2H Match data Sep 12, 1987* QF
R16 (8)
Brad Gilbert #15 2-6 6-7 7-6 7-5 6-1 Boris Becker #4 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Ramesh Krishnan 6-4 6-1 6-2 Andrei Chesnokov #44 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Jimmy Connors #6 6-7 6-4 6-4 6-3 Henri Leconte #13 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Ivan Lendl #1 6-2 7-6 6-4 Anders Jarryd #18 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Mats Wilander #3 6-3 6-3 7-6 Ken Flach #187 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2 Mark Woodforde #134 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
Stefan Edberg #2 6-2 7-6 6-3 Jonas Svensson #25 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
John McEnroe #9 6-4 7-6 6-3 Andres Gomez #11 H2H Match data Sep 10, 1987* R16
R32 (16)
Mark Woodforde #134 6-2 6-1 6-1 Milan Srejber #43 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Mats Wilander #3 6-2 6-0 6-1 Libor Pimek #100 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 Jakob Hlasek #34 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Jimmy Connors #6 6-3 6-2 6-4 Jim Grabb #60 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Stefan Edberg #2 6-2 6-1 6-4 Kelly Evernden #52 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Andrei Chesnokov #44 6-1 6-2 6-2 Diego Perez #94 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Anders Jarryd #18 6-3 6-2 6-3 Amos Mansdorf #24 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Andres Gomez #11 1-6 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-3 Thomas Muster #55 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Ramesh Krishnan 6-3 6-4 6-3 Johan Kriek #27 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Jonas Svensson #25 2-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-2 Jaime Yzaga #65 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Ivan Lendl #1 6-1 6-1 6-2 Jim Pugh #67 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Brad Gilbert #15 6-4 6-7 7-5 6-4 Guy Forget #30 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Ken Flach #187 5-7 7-6 7-6 7-5 Emilio Sanchez #16 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boris Becker #4 6-4 5-7 6-2 7-5 Andrew Castle #180 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Henri Leconte #13 6-7 6-2 6-1 6-2 Nduka Odizor #87 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
John McEnroe #9 6-4 5-7 6-7 6-4 6-3 Slobodan Zivojinovic H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
R64 (32)
Jim Grabb #60 6-0 6-1 6-3 Roger Smith #288 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Nduka Odizor #87 6-1 6-2 6-7 3-6 6-4 Michael Chang #920 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Jakob Hlasek #34 7-5 7-5 6-4 Jaroslav Navratil #66 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Kelly Evernden #52 4-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 Marc Flur #118 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Jonas Svensson #25 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-2 7-6 Gary Donnelly #151 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Andres Gomez #11 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-6 Ronald Agenor #48 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Milan Srejber #43 7-6 3-6 6-7 7-5 6-3 Lloyd Bourne #202 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Stefan Edberg #2 6-7 6-4 6-2 6-4 Dan Goldie #64 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Slobodan Zivojinovic 2-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-0 Broderick Dyke #124 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Anders Jarryd #18 6-3 6-4 6-2 Peter Fleming #97 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Ken Flach #187 1-6 6-4 3-6 6-1 7-6 Darren Cahill #91 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Henri Leconte #13 6-3 6-2 6-3 Gianluca Pozzi #182 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Diego Perez #94 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 Eric Jelen #68 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Jim Pugh #67 7-5 6-3 6-4 Gary Muller — Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Ramesh Krishnan 6-4 7-5 6-2 Joakim Nystrom #12 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boris Becker #4 6-4 6-2 7-6 Jonathan Canter #102 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Amos Mansdorf #24 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Marcel Freeman #157 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Libor Pimek #100 6-4 6-0 6-4 Eric Winogradsky #131 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Mark Woodforde #134 7-6 7-6 3-6 2-6 7-6 Tim Mayotte #14 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Guy Forget #30 7-6 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 Tarik Benhabiles #39 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Johan Kriek #27 6-3 7-6 3-6 6-3 Rick Leach #153 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-3 6-1 6-0 John Fitzgerald #186 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Andrei Chesnokov #44 6-2 7-5 2-6 6-0 Peter Lundgren #47 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Andrew Castle #180 7-6 6-1 6-3 Jimmy Brown — Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Brad Gilbert #15 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-3 Jay Berger #37 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Emilio Sanchez #16 6-1 6-4 6-3 Todd Witsken #73 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Thomas Muster #55 6-7 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-4 Christian Bergstrom #96 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Mats Wilander #3 6-2 6-3 6-1 Johan Carlsson #108 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
John McEnroe #9 7-6 2-6 6-4 6-2 Richey Reneberg #114 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Jaime Yzaga #65 6-3 6-4 6-1 Tomas Smid #46 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Jimmy Connors #6 6-3 6-2 6-1 Wayne Hearn #530 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
Ivan Lendl #1 6-4 6-2 6-2 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #78 H2H Match data Sep 5, 1987* R64
R128 (64)
Jakob Hlasek #34 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-4 Scott Davis #21 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Joakim Nystrom #12 7-6 7-6 3-6 6-3 Javier Sanchez #92 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ivan Lendl #1 6-0 6-0 6-0 Barry Moir #122 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ramesh Krishnan 6-0 7-5 6-1 Paul Annacone #35 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Anders Jarryd #18 6-3 6-4 6-4 Ricardo Acuna #194 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Andres Gomez #11 7-6 6-4 7-5 Michiel Schapers #69 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Boris Becker #4 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 Tim Wilkison #51 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Dan Goldie #64 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-7 6-2 Christo Steyn #175 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jonathan Canter #102 7-5 6-4 6-0 Greg Holmes #135 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Todd Witsken #73 7-5 5-7 6-3 6-4 David Wheaton #337 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #78 6-0 7-5 6-1 Simone Colombo — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Miloslav Mecir #5 6-3 6-4 7-6 Karel Novacek #62 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Thomas Muster #55 7-6 6-2 6-4 Jorge Lozano #132 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Henri Leconte #13 6-4 7-6 4-6 6-3 Andre Agassi #70 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Milan Srejber #43 6-7 7-6 7-5 7-6 Richard Matuszewski #126 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Michael Chang #920 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-4 Paul Mcnamee #130 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Roger Smith #288 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-4 Marian Vajda #36 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jaroslav Navratil #66 4-6 6-3 1-6 6-2 7-5 Mike De Palmer — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jaime Yzaga #65 6-3 6-2 7-6 Thomas Hogstedt #127 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Richey Reneberg #114 6-3 6-2 6-2 Alex Antonitsch #110 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Andrew Castle #180 7-5 1-6 2-6 7-6 6-4 David Pate #19 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Gary Donnelly #151 4-6 6-7 7-5 6-4 6-4 Carl Limberger #98 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Libor Pimek #100 7-5 6-3 1-6 7-6 Eliot Teltscher #45 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ken Flach #187 6-2 7-6 6-0 Lawson Duncan #147 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Stefan Edberg #2 6-3 7-6 6-2 Derrick Rostagno #54 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Guy Forget #30 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-2 Robert Seguso #121 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
John McEnroe #9 6-3 6-2 6-2 Matt Anger #71 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Emilio Sanchez #16 1-6 6-4 7-6 6-3 Wally Masur #28 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Peter Lundgren #47 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 Pat Cash #7 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jim Pugh #67 6-3 6-2 6-2 Francisco Yunis #90 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Darren Cahill #91 6-2 7-5 6-4 Michael Kures #172 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Kelly Evernden #52 6-2 6-2 7-6 Henrik Sundstrom #117 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Christian Bergstrom #96 6-3 3-0 (ret.) Mikael Pernfors #26 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
John Fitzgerald #186 6-3 7-5 6-4 Phillip Williamson H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ronald Agenor #48 6-3 6-7 6-3 6-2 Andrew Burrow #837 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Johan Kriek #27 6-1 6-2 6-1 Brad Drewett #111 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Lloyd Bourne #202 7-5 6-2 3-6 2-6 7-5 Alexander Volkov #195 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Tomas Smid #46 7-6 6-4 6-2 Martin Jaite #17 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Tarik Benhabiles #39 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-4 A. Parker #268 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Brad Gilbert #15 6-1 6-2 6-2 Peter Doohan #61 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Mark Woodforde #134 6-2 6-4 6-2 Bill Scanlon #99 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Johan Carlsson #108 6-2 6-1 6-3 Kelly Jones #95 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Gary Muller 7-5 6-3 6-2 Ricki Osterthun #85 — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Marc Flur #118 0-6 6-1 7-5 6-7 6-4 Christian Saceanu #138 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jim Grabb #60 6-3 6-2 6-2 Shelby Cannon #329 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Peter Fleming #97 7-6 6-7 6-2 7-6 Jimmy Arias #41 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jonas Svensson #25 5-7 6-4 6-2 7-6 Paolo Cane #53 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Andrei Chesnokov #44 6-4 6-1 6-4 Chip Hooper #140 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Nduka Odizor #87 2-6 2-6 7-6 7-5 6-3 Todd Nelson #161 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Marcel Freeman #157 7-5 4-6 6-2 7-5 Danie Visser #76 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Rick Leach #153 7-6 6-3 6-1 Ben Testerman #93 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Tim Mayotte #14 6-1 6-0 6-1 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Slobodan Zivojinovic 6-3 6-0 6-4 Claudio Mezzadri #63 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Eric Jelen #68 6-3 6-2 6-4 Bruno Oresar #84 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Mats Wilander #3 6-1 6-1 6-1 John Ross — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jay Berger #37 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 Jim Gurfein #304 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Diego Perez #94 1-6 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4 Sergio Casal #50 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Wayne Hearn #530 4-6 7-6 6-2 6-4 Ulf Stenlund #33 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Broderick Dyke #124 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-2 Mel Purcell #83 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Amos Mansdorf #24 6-4 6-2 6-3 Claudio Pistolesi #72 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jimmy Brown 6-2 6-4 6-1 Thierry Tulasne #49 — Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Eric Winogradsky #131 6-4 7-5 2-6 7-6 Steve Kennedy #220 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Gianluca Pozzi #182 6-3 6-1 6-2 Andrew Sznajder #162 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jimmy Connors #6 6-1 6-4 6-4 Joey Rive #101 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128

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  1. Jimmy Connors 98 wins

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