1987 Wimbledon Championships


The 1987 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 22 June to 5 July 1987.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1987 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £155,000 while the women's singles champion earned £139,500.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£155,000£77,500£38,750£19,635£10,335£5,785£3,410£2,080
Women's Singles£139,500£69,750£33,900£16,690£8,270£4,485£2,645£1,610
Men's Doubles *£53,730£26,870£13,430£6,820£3,510£1,860£1,090
Women's Doubles *£46,500£23,250£10,740£5,460£2,630£1,400£800
Mixed Doubles *£27,900£13,950£6,980£3,240£1,620£810£370

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Pat Cash defeated Ivan Lendl, 7–6, 6–2, 7–5
Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf, 7–5, 6–3
Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez, 3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková defeated Betsy Nagelsen / Elizabeth Smylie, 7–5, 7–5
Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie defeated Darren Cahill / Nicole Provis, 7–6, 6–3

Boys' Singles

Diego Nargiso defeated Jason Stoltenberg, 7–6, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Natasha Zvereva defeated Julie Halard, 6–4, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge defeated Diego Nargiso / Eugenio Rossi, 6–3, 7–6

Girls' Doubles

Natalia Medvedeva / Natasha Zvereva defeated Kim Il-soon / Paulette Moreno, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Boris Becker '
  2. Ivan Lendl '
  3. Mats Wilander '
  4. Stefan Edberg '
  5. Miloslav Mečíř '
  6. Yannick Noah '
  7. Jimmy Connors '
  8. Andrés Gómez '
  9. Henri Leconte '
  10. Tim Mayotte '
  11. Pat Cash
  12. Brad Gilbert '
  13. Joakim Nyström '
  14. Emilio Sánchez '
  15. David Pate '
  16. Kevin Curren

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Navratilova
  18. Steffi Graf '
  19. Chris Evert '
  20. Helena Suková '
  21. Pam Shriver '
  22. Gabriela Sabatini '
  23. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière '
  24. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  25. Bettina Bunge '
  26. Lori McNeil '
  27. Catarina Lindqvist '
  28. Wendy Turnbull '
  29. Barbara Potter '
  30. Katerina Maleeva '
  31. Raffaella Reggi '
  32. Sylvia Hanika