1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
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Duration | December 1, 1986 – November 22, 1987 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 56 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships (1) Category 4 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | ![]() |
Most tournament finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
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Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles Team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 15th season of the tennis circuit since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1987, and concluded in December, 1987 after events.
The was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule[]
The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
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Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2 events |
Category 1+ and 1 events |
Team events |
December[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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1 Dec | Argentinian Open Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 1 $50,000 – Clay -56S/28D/32Q – |
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8 Dec | São Paulo, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 – Clay -56S/28D/32Q – |
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29 Dec | Jason 2000 Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 $100,000 – Grass – 56S/32D/32Q Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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January[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Jan | Family Circle NSW Open Sydney, Australia Category 3 $150,000 – Grass – 56S/32D/32Q Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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12 Jan 19 Jan |
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam $670,101 – Grass – 112S/32Q/32D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw |
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![]() ![]() 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
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26 Jan | Tokyo, Japan $175,000 – Carpet (i) – 8D |
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Nutri-Metics Open Auckland, New Zealand Category 1 $50,000 – Grass – 56S/24D/32Q Singles Draw – Doubles Draw |
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![]() ![]() 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
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February[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 Feb | Virginia Slims of Kansas Wichita, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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9 Feb | Virginia Slims of California San Francisco, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16D – |
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Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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16 Feb | Virginia Slims of Florida Boca Raton, United States Category 4 $250,000 – Hard – 56S/32D – |
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23 Feb 2 Mar |
Lipton International Players Championships Key Biscayne, United States Category 4 $750,000 – Hard – 128S/64D – |
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![]() ![]() 6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
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March[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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9 Mar | Virginia Slims of Arizona Phoenix, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Hard (i) – 48S/28D – |
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16 Mar | Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas, United States Category 4 $250,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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23 Mar | Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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![]() ![]() 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
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30 Mar | Charleston, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Clay – 48S/24D – |
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Princeton, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/14D – |
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April[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Apr | Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island, United States Category 4 $300,000 – Clay – 56S/28D/32Q – |
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![]() ![]() 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
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13 Apr | WITA Championships Amelia Island, United States Category 4 $275,000 – Clay – 56S/28D/32Q – |
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Tokyo, Japan Category 1 $50,000 – Hard – 32S/16D – |
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20 Apr | Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, Texas, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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Taipei Women's Championships Taipei, Taiwan Category 1 $50,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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![]() ![]() 7–6(10–8), 5–7, 6–4 |
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27 Apr | Eckerd Open Tampa United States Category 3 $150,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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Singapore Open Singapore Category 1 $50,000 – Hard – 32S/16D – |
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May[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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4 May | Italian Open Perugia, Italy Category 3 $150,000 – Clay – 56S/32D/32Q – Doubles |
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11 May | Fila German Open West Berlin, West Germany Category 3 $150,000 – Clay – 56S/28D – |
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18 May | European Open Geneva, Switzerland Category 2 $100,000 – Clay – 64S/32D – |
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Grand Prix de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France Category 1+ $75,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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25 May 1 Jun |
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam $1,325,000 – Clay – 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw |
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June[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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8 Jun | Dow Chemical Classic Birmingham, Great Britain Category 2 $125,000 – Grass – 56S/32D/32Q Singles – |
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15 Jun | Pilkington Glass Ladies Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Category 4 $200,000 – Grass – 64S/32D – |
![]() 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
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22 Jun 29 Jun |
Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam $1,467,542 – Grass – 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw |
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![]() ![]() 7–6(12–10), 6–3 |
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July[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Jul | Båstad, Sweden Category 1+ $75,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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Belgian Ladies Open Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium Category 1+ $75,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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13 Jul | Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Grass – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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20 Jul | Fed Cup Vancouver, Canada Team event Hard |
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27 Jul | Aptos, United States Category 1 $50,000 – Hard – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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August[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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3 Aug | Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Hard – 56S/28D – |
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10 Aug | Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach, United States Category 4 $250,000 – Hard – 56S/28D/32Q – |
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17 Aug | Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Category 4 $250,000 – Hard – 56S/32D/32Q – |
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24 Aug | United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Hard – 28S/16D/48Q – |
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31 Augt 7 Sep |
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam $1,666,667 – Hard – 128S/64Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed Draw |
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![]() ![]() 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
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![]() ![]() 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(14–12) |
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September[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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14 Sep | Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Category 4 $250,000 – Carpet (i) – 28S/16D/32Q |
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21 Sep | Citizen Cup Hamburg, West Germany Category 3 $150,000 – Clay – 56S/28D – |
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28 Sep | Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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Clarins Open Paris, France $75,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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October[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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5 Oct | Athens Open Athens, Greece Category 1+ $75,000 – Clay – 32S/16D/32Q Singles – Doubles |
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12 Oct | Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, West Germany Category 3 $175,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D/32Q – |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico Category 1+ $75,000 – Hard – 56S/28D – |
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19 Oct | Volvo Classic Brighton, Great Britain Category 4 $200,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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26 Oct | European Indoors Zürich, Switzerland Category 3 $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Hard – 56S/28D/32Q – |
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November[]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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2 Nov | Virginia Slims of New England Worcester, United States Category 4 $250,000 – Hard (i) – 32S/16D – |
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Little Rock, United States Category 1+ $75,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D – |
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9 Nov | Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Category 3 $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D/28Q – |
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16 Nov | Virginia Slims Championships New York City, United States $1,000,000 – Carpet (i) – 16S/8D Singles – Doubles |
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Rankings[]
WTA[]
Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition:
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Virginia Slims[]
Singles year-end ranking | |||
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# | Player | Points | #Trn |
1 | ![]() |
5,455 | 13 |
2 | ![]() |
4,084 | 12 |
3 | ![]() |
3,901 | 18 |
4 | ![]() |
3,426 | 17 |
5 | ![]() |
3,296 | 19 |
6 | ![]() |
2,934 | 22 |
7 | ![]() |
2,639 | 17 |
8 | ![]() |
2,331 | 24 |
9 | ![]() |
2,274 | 19 |
10 | ![]() |
2,182 | 18 |
11 | ![]() |
1,626 | 17 |
12 | ![]() |
1,454 | 19 |
13 | ![]() |
1,332 | 22 |
14 | ![]() |
1,260 | 21 |
15 | ![]() |
1,186 | 19 |
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1,174 | 18 |
17 | ![]() |
1,037 | 20 |
18 | ![]() |
909 | 14 |
19 | ![]() |
874 | 23 |
20 | ![]() |
807 | 18 |
Statistical information[]
Titles won by player[]
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Titles won by nation[]
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
See also[]
- 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
- Women's Tennis Association
- International Tennis Federation
References[]
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1987" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1987" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
External links[]
- 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
- 1987 in tennis
- WTA Tour seasons