1987 Grand Prix (tennis)
Edberg won 7 titles in the year tied with Lendl. | |
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Duration | 29 December 1986 – 14 December 1987 |
Edition | 18th |
Tournaments | 77 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles |
Ivan Lendl (7) Stefan Edberg |
Most tournament finals |
Ivan Lendl (10) Stefan Edberg |
Prize money leader | Ivan Lendl ($2,003,656) |
Points leader | Ivan Lendl |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Ivan Lendl |
Doubles Team of the year |
Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd |
Most improved player of the year | Peter Lundgren |
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The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner to the ATP Tour).
- Key
Grand Slam events |
Team events |
World Championship Tennis Event |
Year-end championships |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Week of | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 December | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, United Kingdom $200,000 - Carpet - 8D |
Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 |
Ken Flach Robert Seguso |
Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez Stefan Edberg / Anders Järryd |
Paul Annacone / Christo van Rensburg Gary Donnelly / Peter Fleming Scott Davis / David Pate |
14 December | Davis Cup: Final Gothenburg, Sweden - Clay (i) |
Sweden 5-0 |
India |
Grand Prix rankings
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List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- Andre Agassi (1) Itaparica
- Boris Becker (3) Indian Wells, Milan, Queen's Club
- Kent Carlsson (2) Nice, Bologna
- Pat Cash (3) Nancy, Wimbledon, Johannesburg
- Andrei Chesnokov (1) Florence
- Stefan Edberg (7) Australian Open, Memphis, Rotterdam, Tokyo Outdoor, Cincinnati, Tokyo Indoor, Stockholm
- Kelly Evernden (2) Bristol, Brisbane
- Brad Gilbert (1) Scottsdale
- Dan Goldie (1) Newport
- Andrés Gómez (1) Forest Hills
- Jim Grabb (1) Seoul
- Martín Jaite (1) Palermo
- Johan Kriek (1) Livingston
- Ivan Lendl (7) Hamburg, French Open, Washington, D.C., Montreal, US Open, Sydney Indoor, Wembley, Masters
- Peter Lundgren (2) Rye Brook, San Francisco
- Amos Mansdorf (1) Tel Aviv
- Wally Masur (1) Adelaide
- Luiz Mattar (1) Guarujá
- Tim Mayotte (5) Philadelphia, Chicago, Toulouse, Bercy, Frankfurt
- Miloslav Mečíř (6) Auckland, Sydney Outdoor, Key Biscayne, Dallas WCT, Stuttgart Outdoor, Hilversum
- Claudio Mezzadri (1) Geneva
- Yannick Noah (2) Lyon, Basel
- Joakim Nyström (1) Båstad
- Guillermo Pérez-Roldán (3) Munich, Athens, Buenos Aires
- Claudio Pistolesi (1) Bari
- Pedro Rebolledo (1) St. Vincent
- Emilio Sánchez (4) Gstaad, Bordeaux, Kitzbühel, Madrid
- Jonas Svensson (1) Vienna
- Eliot Teltscher (1) Hong Kong
- Marián Vajda (1) Prague
- Christo van Rensburg (1) Orlando
- Mats Wilander (5) Brussels, Monte Carlo, Rome, Boston, Indianapolis
- Jaime Yzaga (2) Schenectady, São Paulo
The following players won their first title in 1987:
- Andre Agassi Itaparica
- Andrei Chesnokov Florence
- Kelly Evernden Bristol
- Dan Goldie Newport
- Jim Grabb Seoul
- Luiz Mattar Guarujá
- Claudio Mezzadri Geneva
- Claudio Pistolesi Bari
- Marián Vajda Prague
- Christo van Rensburg Orlando
- Jaime Yzaga Schenectady
References
- ATP Archive 1987: Nabisco Grand Prix Tournaments:Accessed 22 October 2010.
- History Mens Professional Tours:Accessed 22 October 2010.
Further reading
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
See also
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