1987 French Open – Women's Singles

Women's Singles
1987 French Open
Champion	Steffi Graf
Runner-up	Martina Navratilova
Final score	6–4, 4–6, 8–6

Chris Evert was the defending champion, but she lost in the semifinals to World No. 1 Martina Navratilova.^[1]

World No. 2 Steffi Graf defeated Navratilova, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, in the final to win her first Grand Slam title.

This tournament also saw another first, with a Grand Slam debut from future World No. 1 and French Open Champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Seeds

1. Martina Navratilova (Final)
2. Steffi Graf (Champion)
3. Chris Evert (Semifinals)
4. Hana Mandlíková (Second Round)
5. Helena Suková (Fourth Round)
6. Manuela Maleeva (Quarterfinals)
7. Gabriela Sabatini (Semifinals)
8. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (Quarterfinals)
9. Lori McNeil (First Round)
10. Kathy Rinaldi (Third Round)
11. Catarina Lindqvist (Second Round)
12. Katerina Maleeva (Fourth round)
13. Mary Joe Fernández (Second Round)
14. Raffaella Reggi (Quarterfinals)
15. Sylvia Hanika (Fourth Round)
16. Melissa Gurney (First Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova	6	6
	8	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	1	2
								1	Martina Navratilova	6	6
								3	Chris Evert	2	2
	3	Chris Evert	6	6
	14	Raffaella Reggi	2	2
															1	Martina Navratilova	4	6	6
															2	Steffi Graf	6	4	8
	7	Gabriela Sabatini	6	6
		Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4	0
								7	Gabriela Sabatini	4	6	5
								2	Steffi Graf	6	4	7
	6	Manuela Maleeva	4	1
	2	Steffi Graf	6	6

Top Half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	1	M Navratilova	6	7^9
		C Tanvier	3	6^7				1	M Navratilova	6	2	6
		A Villagrán	6	6					A Villagrán	0	6	2
		J Mundel	0	4											1	M Navratilova	6	6
		A Dechaume	3	6	3											P Huber	1	1
		L Van Hille	6	1	6				L Van Hille	3	1
		P Huber	7	7					P Huber	6	6
		G Kim	5	5																		1	M Navratilova	6	6
		M Bollegraf	6	6																		15	S Hanika	0	2
		N Jagerman	3	3					M Bollegraf	4	6	3
		L Garrone	6	6					L Garrone	6	2	6
		A-M Fernandez	1	2												L Garrone	4	3
		L Drescher	6	0	1										15	S Hanika	6	6
		M Perez-Roldan	0	6	6				M Perez-Roldan	2	4
		N Dias	2	1				15	S Hanika	6	6
	15	S Hanika	6	6

Section 2

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	10	K Rinaldi	6	6
		V Nelson-Dunbar	2	1				10	K Rinaldi	3	6	7
		J Halard	5	7^7	6				J Halard	6	1	5
	Q	H Fukarková	7	6^5	2										10	K Rinaldi	1	3
		I Cueto	6	6												N Tauziat	6	6
		P Medrado	3	2					I Cueto	2	6	3
		N Tauziat	7	3	6				N Tauziat	6	0	6
		J Byrne	5	6	3																		N Tauziat	1	6	0
		C Bassett	6	6																		8	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	3	6
		A Kijimuta	1	3					C Bassett	6	6^3	6
		R Maršíková	4	6	6				R Maršíková	2	7^7	3
		B Bowes	6	3	2											C Bassett	5	3
		I Kuczyńska	6	6											8	C Kohde-Kilsch	7	6
		M Van Nostrand	1	3					I Kuczyńska	2	2
		P Hy	2	3				8	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6
	8	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	3	C Evert	6	6
		E Pfaff	1	3				3	C Evert	6	7
		P Tarabini	2	5					I Demongeot	3	5
		I Demongeot	6	7											3	C Evert	6	6
		A Devries	4	4												E Krapl	2	0
		E Krapl	6	6					E Krapl	7	5	6
		V Ruzici	6	6					V Ruzici	5	7	4
		K Böhmová	3	2																		3	C Evert	6	6
		S Niox-Chateau	2	6	6																	12	K Maleeva	3	1
		E Derly	6	4	2				S Niox-Chateau	4	3
		K Gompert	6^4	6	8				K Gompert	6	6
		E Reinach	7^7	3	6											K Gompert	6^6	1
		M-C Calleja	0	0											12	K Maleeva	7^8	6
		B Fulco	6	6					B Fulco	3	6	4
	Q	P Barg	2	1				12	K Maleeva	6	2	6
	12	K Maleeva	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	14	R Reggi	6	6
	LL	C Singer	4	1				14	R Reggi	6	6
		L Gildemeister	2	4					S Gomer	3	3
		S Gomer	6	6											14	R Reggi	7	6
		W Probst	3	0												A Minter	5	2
		A Minter	6	6					A Minter	7^7	6
		E Okagawa	2	1					S Sloane	6^3	4
		S Sloane	6	6																		14	R Reggi	6	4	6
		C Suire	3	7	6																	5	H Suková	3	6	2
		P Etchemendy	6	5	1				G Suire	7^7	3	0
		N Zvereva	6	6					N Zvereva	6^3	6	6
		M Mesker	2	3												N Zvereva	1	3
		G Magers	6	6											5	H Suková	6	6
		D Spence	2	3					G Magers	3	1
		D Van Rensburg	1	1				5	H Suková	6	6
	5	H Suková	6	6

Bottom Half

Section 5

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	7	G Sabatini	6	6
	LL	M van der Torre	0	2				7	G Sabatini	6	6
	LL	K Karlsson	6	5	0			Q	L Ferrando	2	4
	Q	L Ferrando	2	7	6										7	G Sabatini	6	2	6
		C Benjamin	7	6												C Benjamin	0	6	2
		T Mochizuki	5	3					C Benjamin	6	6
		M Werdel	2	4					M Laval	0	2
		M Laval	6	6																		7	G Sabatini	6	6
		T Phelps	6	0	6																	Q	K Schimper	4	1
	Q	R Rajchrtová	3	6	4				T Phelps	6	6
		J Wiesner	6	6					J Wiesner	3	3
		E Smylie	2	2												T Phelps	7^9	2	2
		M Lindström	6^3	2											Q	K Schimper	6^7	6	6
	Q	K Schimper	7^7	6				Q	K Schimper	4	6	6
		L Bonder	6	6					L Bonder	6	3	4
	9	L McNeil	3	3

Section 6

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	16	M Gurney	4	2
		N Provis	6	6					N Provis	4	4
		S Mascarin	2	4					B Paulus	6	6
		B Paulus	6	6												B Paulus	4	2
		A Croft	6	3	1											A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		G Dinu	2	6	6				G Dinu	0	2
		E Burgin	5	3					A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		A Sánchez Vicario	7	6																			A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
		E Minter	5	3																			C Karlsson	1	4
		C Karlsson	7	6					C Karlsson	6	3	9
		C Porwik	7^7	6					C Porwik	4	6	7
		F Bonsignori	6^4	4												C Karlsson	6	4	7
		N Herreman	6	6												N Herreman	3	6	5
		L Field	4	2					N Herreman	6	7^7
		M Jaušovec	0	0				4	H Mandlíková	4	6^5
	4	H Mandlíková	6	6

Section 7

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	6	M Maleeva	3	6	6
		A-M Cecchini	6	3	3			6	M Maleeva	6	6
		T Holladay	2	3					D Balestrat	2	0
		D Balestrat	6	6											6	M Maleeva	5	6	6
		B Herr	2	4											Q	S Wasserman	7	3	1
		G Fernández	6	6					G Fernández	3	2
		H Ter Riet	1	1				Q	S Wasserman	6	6
	Q	S Wasserman	6	6																		6	M Maleeva	7^8	6
		S Walsh-Pete	2	3																			S Rehe	6^6	1
		A Kanellopoulou	6	6					A Kanellopoulou	6	0	6
		R Fairbank	2	3					H Cioffi	1	6	3
		H Cioffi	6	6												A Kanellopoulou	6^3	3
		S Rehe	6	6												S Rehe	7^7	6
		A Henricksson	3	2					S Rehe	7^7	1	6
		K Horvath	6	0	2			13	M J Fernández	6^4	6	4
	13	M J Fernández	4	6	6

Section 8

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Fourth Round
	11	C Lindqvist	6	7^7
		M Paz	0	6^5				11	C Lindqvist	5	5
		S Meier	6	0	2				H Kelesi	7	7
		H Kelesi	2	6	6											H Kelesi	6	6
		T Scheuer-Larsen	7	6												M Torres	1	3
		S Goleš	5	2					T Scheuer-Larsen	6	4	3
		K Okamoto	6^1	0					M Torres	4	6	6
		M Torres	7^7	6																			H Kelesi	6^3	2
		C Nozzoli	4	1																		2	S Graf	7^7	6
	Q	R Zrubáková	6	6				Q	R Zrubáková	3	6	4
		J Novotná	6	6					J Novotná	6	4	6
		J Durie	3	1												J Novotná	0	1
		I Budařová	7^10	6											2	S Graf	6	6
	LL	G Miró	6^8	3					I Budařová	1	1
		C Cserepy	1	1				2	S Graf	6	6
	2	S Graf	6	6

References

1. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-0942257700.

External links

• 1987 French Open on ITFtennis.com, the source for this draw