The 1987 Australian Open was a

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tournament played on

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s at the

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in Australia. It was the 75th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 12 through 25 January 1987; the first tournament to be held after New Year's Day since the late 1960s and also the last tournament to be played on grass before the change of surface.

Change of schedule

After the event did not hold a schedule in 1986 due to the Open changing dates from December to January. This allowed it to count as a

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event after the movement of the

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from March to early December. As such, this edition of Australian Open was held.

Seniors

Men's singles

Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 ...

defeated

Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upon winning ...

6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3 * It was Edberg's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's singles

Hana Mandlíková Hana Mandlíková (born 19 February 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia who later obtained Australian citizenship. During her career she won four Grand Slam singles titles - the 1980 Australian Open, 1981 French Op ...

defeated

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

7–5, 7–6^(7–1) * It was Mandlíková's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title.

Men's doubles

Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No ...

defeated

Peter Doohan Peter Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986), which remains an Open era record for that tournament. He won a further t ...

Laurie Warder Laurie Warder (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional male tennis player from Australia who specialized in the doubles event. In 1987 he lost the doubles title at the Australian Open partnering compatriot Peter Doohan, but won the eve ...

6–4, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3) * It was Edberg's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title. It was Järryd's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.

Women's doubles

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defeated

Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze m ...

Lori McNeil Lori McNeil (born December 18, 1963) is an American tennis coach and former top 10 professional tennis player. McNeil was a singles semifinalist at the US Open in 1987 and Wimbledon in 1994, a women's doubles finalist at the Australian Open in ...

6–1, 6–0 * It was Navratilova's 43rd career Grand Slam title and her 9th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 15th career Grand Slam title and her 6th Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

/ Sherwood Stewart defeated Anne Hobbs / Andrew Castle 3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3 * It was Garrison's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian Open title. It was Stewart's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Australian Open title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

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defeated

Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster with the Nine Network. Woodbridge is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (n ...

6–2, 7–6

Girls' singles

Michelle Jaggard Michelle Jaggard-Lai (born 6 May 1969) is a retired tennis player from Australia. She turned professional in 1984. In her career, Jaggard-Lai won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She also reached the quarterfinals of the 1992 Australian Op ...

defeated

Nicole Provis Nicole Bradtke (née Provis) (born 22 September 1969) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bro ...

6–2, 6–4

Boys' doubles

defeated

Shane Barr Shane Barr (born 21 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career Barr was the boys' singles champion at the 1985 Australian Open, beating Steve Furlong in the final. Also that year, Barr was a member of the Aust ...

/ Bryan Roe 6–2, 6–4

Girls' doubles

Ann Devries Ann Devries (born 27 February 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Belgium. Biography Devries, a right-handed player, was born in the Flemish city of Bree, Belgium, Bree. She trained in Antwerp from the age of 12, and by 15 was maki ...

defeated

Genevieve Dwyer Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre an ...

/ Danielle Jones 6–3, 6–1

Prize money

Total prize money for the event was A$1,372,375.

References

External links

Official website Australian Open
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