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1987 Virginia Slims Championships – Singles

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Singles
1987 Virginia Slims Championships
Final
ChampionWest Germany Steffi Graf
Runner-upArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
Score4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
Details
Draw16
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1986 · Virginia Slims Championships · 1988 →

Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 1987 Virginia Slims Championships. This marked the eleventh career meeting between time Graf and Sabatini, with Graf winning all eleven matches.[1]

Martina Navratilova was the five-time defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Sabatini.

Seeds

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  1. West Germany Steffi Graf (champion)
  2. United States Martina Navratilova (quarterfinals)
  3. United States Chris Evert (first round)
  4. United States Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 6
United States Zina Garrison 0 3 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 2
  United States Lori McNeil 6 5 2 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 2 0r
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 2 7 6 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 6
3 United States Chris Evert 4 4 West Germany Sylvia Hanika 1 4
West Germany Sylvia Hanika 6 6   West Germany Sylvia Hanika 6 4 6
  Italy Raffaella Reggi 7 Italy Raffaella Reggi 2 6 0
Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 5 r 1 West Germany Steffi Graf 4 6 6 6
  Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 4 6 6 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 4 0 4
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 4 3   Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6 3 7
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva 1 6 3 4 United States Pam Shriver 2 6 5
4 United States Pam Shriver 6 3 6   Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 3 6 3
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 7 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 4 6
West Germany Bettina Bunge 2 6   Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 7
Sweden Catarina Lindqvist 4 6 2 United States Martina Navratilova 4 5
2 United States Martina Navratilova 6 7

See also

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References

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  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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