1987 Virginia Slims of Washington

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1987 Virginia Slims of Washington
Date March 23–29
Edition 16th
Category Category 3
Draw 32S / 16D
Prize money $150,000
Surface Carpet (Supreme) / indoor
Location Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Venue Patriot Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hana Mandlíková
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Elise Burgin / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
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The 1987 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia in the United States and was part of the Category 3 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from March 23 through March 29, 1987. First-seeded Hana Mandlíková won the singles title and earned $30,500 in first-prize money. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Carpet court type of tennis court

A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation defines carpet courts as a "textile surface of woven or non-woven nylon, or a polymeric or rubber material, typically supplied in rolls or sheets" and as a removable surface. It is one of the fastest court types second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) competitions ended in 2009 to reduce injuries. As of 2019, only one Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Quebec City is played on carpet.

Fairfax, Virginia Independent city in Virginia, United States

Fairfax, colloquially known as Fairfax Courthouse, Downtown Fairfax, or Fairfax City, and officially named the City of Fairfax, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 22,565, which had risen to an estimated 24,013 as of 2015.

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hana Mandlíková defeated Flag of the United States.svg Barbara Potter 6–4, 6–2

This is a list of the main career statistics of former professional tennis player Hana Mandlíková.

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Elise Burgin / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the United States.svg Zina Garrison / Flag of the United States.svg Lori McNeil 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Elise Burgin is an American former tennis player. Her highest ranking was No. 22 in singles, and her highest world doubles ranking was No. 7.

Pam Shriver American tennis player

Pamela Howard Shriver is a former American professional tennis player known primarily as a doubles specialist with success also as a singles player. She currently is a tennis broadcaster for ESPN. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 titles, including 21 women's singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. In Grand Slam tournaments, Shriver won 21 doubles titles and one mixed doubles title. She also won a women's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Zina Garrison as her partner.

Zina Garrison American tennis player

Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist and singles bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.

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References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 176, 178, 182. ISBN   9780002182690.
  2. ↑ Remmert, Richard A., ed. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 336.
  3. ↑ Will Dunham (March 30, 1987). "Hana Mandlikova finally put an end to Barbara Potter's..." UPI .
  4. ↑ Christine Brennan (March 29, 1987). "Potter upsets Garrison, gains berth in final against Mandlikova". The Washington Post .
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