1987 Virginia Slims Championships

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1987 Virginia Slims Championships
DateNovember 16–23
Edition17th
Draw16S / 8D
Prize money$1,000,000
Surface Carpet (indoors)
Location New York City, New York
Venue Madison Square Garden
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
←  1986  · Virginia Slims Championships ·  1988  →

The 1987 Virginia Slims Championships were the seventeenth WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1987 WTA Tour. It was held from November 16 through November 23, 1987 and played on indoor carpet courts, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $125,000 first-prize money. [1]

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriela Sabatini, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of Germany.svg Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Helena Suková, 6–1, 6–1

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 223–227. ISBN   9780002182690.
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