1987 Virginia Slims Championships

Tennis tournament

Date

November 16 — 23

Edition

17th

Draw

16S / 8D

Surface

Carpet (indoors)

Location

New York City, U.S.

Venue

Madison Square Garden

Champions

Singles

Steffi Graf

Doubles

Martina Navratilova /

Pam Shriver

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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, in Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Steffi Graf won the singles title.

Champions

Singles

Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini, 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4

Doubles

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková, 6–1, 6–1

References

Official website
ITF tournament edition details

WTA Finals

(Mar)
1986
(Nov)

1987

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