1987 Player's Canadian Open

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1987 Player's Canadian Open
DateAugust 10–16 (men)
August 17–23 (women)
Edition98th
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada (men)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (women)
Champions
Men's Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Lendl [1]
Women's Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
Men's Doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cash / Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg [2]
Women's Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison / Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil
  1986  · Canadian Open ·  1988  

The 1987 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The men's tournament was held at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada and was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix while the women's tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was part of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The men's tournament was held from August 10 through August 16, 1987, while the women's tournament was held from August 17 through August 23, 1987. [3] [4]

Contents

Finals

Men's singles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Lendl defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg 6–4, 7–6

Women's singles

Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison 6–4, 6–1

Men's doubles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Cash / Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg defeated Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Doohan / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Warder 6–7, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison / Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil defeated Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková 6–1, 6–2

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References

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  2. "1987 Montreal – Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. Remmert, Richard A., ed. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 337.
  4. John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 136–137. ISBN   9780002182690.