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1987 Virginia Slims Championships

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1987 Virginia Slims Championships
DateNovember 16–23
Edition17th
Draw16S / 8D
Prize money$1,000,000
SurfaceCarpet (indoors)
LocationNew York City, U.S.
VenueMadison Square Garden
Champions
Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
← 1986 · Virginia Slims Championships · 1988 →

The 1987 Virginia Slims Championships were the seventeenth WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1987 WTA Tour. It was held from November 16 through November 23, 1987 and played on indoor carpet courts, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $125,000 first-prize money.[1]

Finals

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Singles

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West Germany Steffi Graf defeated Argentina Gabriela Sabatini, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4

  • It was Graf's 11th singles title of the year and the 19th of her career.

Doubles

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United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková, 6–1, 6–1

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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