Martina Navratilova #2 def. Steffi Graf #1

7-6(4) 6-1

Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1987 US Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 14, 1987*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1987
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jun 14, 1969
Age	30	18
Height	173 cm	176 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	248	265
Elo (entering)	2,519	2,494
Current career W-L	1,419–228	876–110
Current career earnings	$21,626,089	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova #2 6 – 3 Steffi Graf #1

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Helena Sukova #6	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1987	SF
Gabriela Sabatini #8	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1987	QF
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1987	R16
Lisa Bonder Kreiss	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1987	R32
Robin White #37	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1987	R64
Kate Gompert #20	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1987	R128

Martina Navratilova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Steffi Graf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lori Mcneil #12	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1987	SF
Pam Shriver #5	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 1987	QF
Sylvia Hanika #15	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 1987	R16
Patricia Tarabini #97	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1987	R32
Petra Huber #80	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1987	R64
Bettina Fulco #55	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1987	R128