WTA US Open 1987 Draw, Results & Schedule

Martina Navratilova won the 1987 US Open, defeating Steffi Graf 7-6(4) 6-1 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from September 1 to September 14, 1987.

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Champion
Martina Navratilova
def. Steffi Graf , 7-6(4) 6-1
Dates
Sep 1 — Sep 14
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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US Open 1987 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Martina Navratilova #2 7-6(4) 6-1 Steffi Graf #1 H2H Match data Sep 14, 1987* F
SF (2)
Martina Navratilova #2 6-2 6-2 Helena Sukova #6 H2H Match data Sep 13, 1987* SF
Steffi Graf #1 4-6 6-2 6-4 Lori Mcneil #12 H2H Match data Sep 13, 1987* SF
QF (4)
Steffi Graf #1 6-4 6-3 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1987* QF
Martina Navratilova #2 7-5 6-3 Gabriela Sabatini #8 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1987* QF
Helena Sukova #6 6-1 6-3 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1987* QF
Lori Mcneil #12 3-6 6-2 6-4 Chris Evert #3 H2H Match data Sep 11, 1987* QF Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
R16 (8)
Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 Hana Mandlikova #4 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Martina Navratilova #2 6-0 6-4 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Lori Mcneil #12 7-6(0) 3-6 7-6(6) Zina Garrison #7 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Pam Shriver #5 6-3 7-6(4) Jana Novotna #61 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Steffi Graf #1 7-5 6-2 Sylvia Hanika #15 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Chris Evert #3 7-5 6-4 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Gabriela Sabatini #8 1-6 6-1 6-1 Bettina Bunge #11 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
Helena Sukova #6 6-4 6-2 Anne Hobbs #66 H2H Match data Sep 9, 1987* R16
R32 (16)
Anne Hobbs #66 6-4 2-6 6-4 Akiko Kijimuta #82 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Gabriela Sabatini #8 6-1 6-3 Elly Hakami #44 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Pam Shriver #5 6-1 6-2 Laura Golarsa #115 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 4-6 7-5 6-4 Helen Kelesi #28 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Lori Mcneil #12 5-7 6-1 7-6(2) Nicole Bradtke #89 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Helena Sukova #6 7-6(9) 6-1 Isabel Cueto #62 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Hana Mandlikova #4 6-3 6-1 Raffaella Reggi Concato H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 6-2 0-6 6-3 Mary Joe Fernandez #25 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Martina Navratilova #2 6-2 6-1 Lisa Bonder Kreiss H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Bettina Bunge #11 6-3 6-4 Ann Henricksson #48 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Jana Novotna #61 6-4 6-0 Julie Halard-Decugis #164 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-0 Patricia Tarabini #97 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Zina Garrison #7 7-6(4) 7-6(8) Katerina Maleeva #16 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-4 6-3 Sandra Cecchini #29 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Chris Evert #3 6-0 6-2 Natasha Zvereva #40 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
Sylvia Hanika #15 6-4 6-2 Isabelle Demongeot #69 H2H Match data Sep 7, 1987* R32
R64 (32)
Patricia Tarabini #97 6-2 4-6 6-3 Rosalyn Fairbank #26 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 6-1 6-3 Nathalie Tauziat #27 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Sylvia Hanika #15 6-3 6-0 Silke Meier #52 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Julie Halard-Decugis #164 6-2 7-6(1) Federica Bonsignori #94 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-2 4-6 6-2 Emmanuelle Derly H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Katerina Maleeva #16 6-2 6-3 Dianne Van Rensburg H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Lori Mcneil #12 6-4 6-2 Camille Benjamin #73 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Mary Joe Fernandez #25 6-1 6-4 Larisa Savchenko #23 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Gabriela Sabatini #8 6-3 6-1 Sara Gomer #72 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Nicole Bradtke #89 6-4 6-2 Kathrin Keil H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Martina Navratilova #2 6-1 6-3 Robin White #37 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Jana Novotna #61 6-2 6-4 Wendy Turnbull #19 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Hana Mandlikova #4 6-3 6-7(11) 6-2 Jo Durie #59 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-2 6-0 Sabrina Goles #87 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Natasha Zvereva #40 6-3 6-2 Liz Smylie #24 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Laura Golarsa #115 7-6(4) 6-4 Laura Arraya #41 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Bettina Bunge #11 6-2 6-4 Patty Fendick #92 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Anne Hobbs #66 6-2 7-6(3) Annabel Croft H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Helena Sukova #6 6-3 6-4 Elise Burgin #51 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Isabel Cueto #62 6-3 6-2 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Chris Evert #3 6-0 6-1 Neige Dias H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Sandra Cecchini #29 6-4 5-7 7-5 Patricia Hy Boulais H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Isabelle Demongeot #69 6-4 6-1 Betsy Nagelsen #54 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Pam Shriver #5 6-3 6-2 Iwona Kuczynska H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Zina Garrison #7 7-6(2) 6-1 Terry Phelps #30 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Ann Henricksson #48 6-4 5-7 6-4 Karen Schimper #114 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Steffi Graf #1 6-2 6-3 Petra Huber #80 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Helen Kelesi #28 4-6 6-1 6-4 Elna Reinach #90 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Akiko Kijimuta #82 6-3 1-6 6-2 Ann Devries #105 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Lisa Bonder Kreiss 6-4 6-1 Pam Casale #100 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Elly Hakami #44 6-2 6-4 Mercedes Paz #99 H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 7-6(2) 6-0 Carling Bassett Seguso H2H Match data Sep 4, 1987* R64
R128 (64)
Sabrina Goles #87 7-6(2) 6-3 Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #169 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Elise Burgin #51 7-5 6-4 Monique Javer #162 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ann Henricksson #48 7-6(7) 6-2 Judith Wiesner #47 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 7-5 6-2 Kathy Jordan #68 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Terry Phelps #30 6-2 6-3 Shaun Stafford #193 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Helen Kelesi #28 7-6(4) 7-5 Natalia Egorova #77 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Mary Joe Fernandez #25 6-3 6-0 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Liz Smylie #24 6-4 7-5 Eva Pfaff #36 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Zina Garrison #7 6-1 6-3 Tine Scheuer Larsen H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Kathrin Keil 6-3 6-1 Beth Herr #74 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Silke Meier #52 7-5 6-3 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Pam Casale #100 7-5 6-2 Iva Budarova #126 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Lori Mcneil #12 6-3 6-1 Radomira Zrubakova #143 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Neige Dias 6-4 6-2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #49 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Patricia Tarabini #97 5-7 6-1 6-3 Patricia Medrado #168 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Petra Huber #80 6-1 6-4 Cammy Macgregor #123 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Natasha Zvereva #40 6-3 6-3 Pascale Paradis Mangon H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Sara Gomer #72 6-3 6-0 Wiltrud Probst #122 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Wendy Turnbull #19 6-2 6-1 Bonnie Gadusek H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Helena Sukova #6 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 Melissa Gurney #34 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Mercedes Paz #99 6-4 6-2 Gigi Fernandez #31 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Camille Benjamin #73 6-3 7-5 Michelle Torres #45 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Carling Bassett Seguso 6-4 6-2 Dianne Fromholtz #21 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-2 6-2 Amy Frazier #197 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jana Novotna #61 6-1 7-6(1) Svetlana Cherneva H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Pam Shriver #5 6-3 6-3 Wendy White #32 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Nathalie Tauziat #27 6-4 6-2 Heather Ludloff #95 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Laura Arraya #41 6-3 2-6 6-4 Laura Garrone #64 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Hana Mandlikova #4 6-1 6-3 Nathalie Herreman #65 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Julie Halard-Decugis #164 4-6 6-2 7-5 Etsuko Inoue #42 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Steffi Graf #1 6-0 6-3 Bettina Fulco #55 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Claudia Kohde Kilsch #10 6-2 7-5 Alycia Moulton #39 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Lisa Bonder Kreiss 6-4 7-5 Jennifer Santrock #207 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Patty Fendick #92 6-3 2-6 6-0 Louise Field #101 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Karen Schimper #114 6-2 6-3 Joanne Russell H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Jo Durie #59 6-3 2-6 6-2 Anne Minter #43 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-4 6-0 Ann Grossman H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Patricia Hy Boulais 4-6 6-4 6-2 Ronni Reis #130 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Katerina Maleeva #16 6-1 6-1 Vicki Nelson #107 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Emmanuelle Derly 6-3 2-6 6-2 Nicole Arendt #206 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Isabel Cueto #62 1-6 7-5 7-5 Gretchen Magers #56 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Mareen Louie Harper 6-4 6-1 Debbie Spence Nasim H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Federica Bonsignori #94 6-2 6-4 Eva Krapl #111 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Sandra Cecchini #29 6-4 6-2 Anne White #46 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Akiko Kijimuta #82 7-5 6-3 Barbara Potter #14 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128 Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Elna Reinach #90 6-1 6-0 Hu Na H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Gabriela Sabatini #8 6-3 6-3 Beverly Bowes #58 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Chris Evert #3 6-1 6-0 Susan Sloane Lundy H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Bettina Bunge #11 6-3 7-5 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Betsy Nagelsen #54 7-6(2) 6-1 Catherine Tanvier #38 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Anne Hobbs #66 6-4 7-5 Elizabeth Minter #81 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Iwona Kuczynska 6-4 6-1 Grace Kim H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Sylvia Hanika #15 6-0 6-1 Kaoru Okamoto #84 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Nicole Bradtke #89 4-6 7-5 6-1 Claudia Porwik #102 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Robin White #37 7-5 7-5 Tina Mochizuki H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Rosalyn Fairbank #26 1-6 6-4 6-2 Barbara Gerken H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Larisa Savchenko #23 6-3 6-4 Kathy Horvath #35 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Isabelle Demongeot #69 6-2 6-2 Mariana Perez Roldan H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Laura Golarsa #115 7-5 0-6 6-2 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Elly Hakami #44 6-1 6-1 Halle Cioffi #103 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Martina Navratilova #2 6-1 6-1 Kate Gompert #20 H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Ann Devries #105 6-3 6-2 Molly Van Nostrand H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Annabel Croft 7-5 7-5 Angelika Kanellopoulou H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128
Dianne Van Rensburg 6-2 6-0 Adriana Villagran Reami H2H Match data Sep 3, 1987* R128

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Naomi Osaka 2
Tracy Austin 2
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