1987 Grand Prix (tennis)
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.
Lendl won 8 titles and ended the year no. 1 | |
Details | |
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Duration | 29 December 1986 – 14 December 1987 |
Edition | 18th |
Tournaments | 77 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | |
Most tournament finals | |
Prize money leader | |
Points leader | |
Awards | |
Player of the year | |
Doubles Team of the year | |
Most improved player of the year | |
← 1986 1988 → |
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 | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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7 Dec | Nabisco Masters Doubles London, United Kingdom $200,000 - Carpet - 8D |
6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 |
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14 Dec | Davis Cup: Final Gothenburg, Sweden - Clay (i) |
5–0 |
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 (8) 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
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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.
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