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Steffi Graf finished the year as world No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won eleven tournaments during the season, including a major at the French Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships. She also finished runner-up at two other majors, the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open.
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Duration | 1 December 1986 – 22 November 1987 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 56 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships (1) Category 4 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1 |
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Most tournament finals | ![]() |
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Points leader | ![]() |
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Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles team of the year |
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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 Virginia Slims World Championship Series 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.
The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2, Category 1+ and 1 events |
Team events |
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 Singles – Doubles |
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6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
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8 Dec | Brazilian Open São Paulo, Brazil Category 1 $50,000 – clay -56S/28D/32Q Singles – Doubles |
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6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) |
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29 Dec | Jason 2000 Classic Brisbane, Australia Category 2 Grass – $100,000 – 56S/32D/32Q Singles – Doubles |
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6–4, 6–2 |
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Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition:
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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 |
16 | ![]() |
1,174 | 18 |
17 | ![]() |
1,037 | 20 |
18 | ![]() |
909 | 14 |
19 | ![]() |
874 | 23 |
20 | ![]() |
807 | 18 |
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:
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Year-end championships |
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Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
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