The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only
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circuit held that year. It incorporated the four
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World Championship Tennis
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tournaments and the
Grand Prix
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Schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a forerunner to the ATP Tour).
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Grand Prix rankings
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
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Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ach ...
(1) Itaparica
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Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
(3) Indian Wells, Milan, Queen's Club
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Kent Carlsson
Kent Carlsson (born 3 January 1968) is a former tennis player from Sweden. A seasoned claycourter, he won all nine of his ATP tour singles titles on the surface, including the 1988 Hamburg Masters. Carlsson achieved a career-high singles ranki ...
(2) Nice, Bologna
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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 ...
(3) Nancy, Wimbledon, Johannesburg
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Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (russian: Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков, links=no; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
Career
Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. ...
(1) Florence
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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 ...
(7) Australian Open, Memphis, Rotterdam, Tokyo Outdoor, Cincinnati, Tokyo Indoor, Stockholm
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Kelly Evernden
Kelly Graeme Evernden (born 21 September 1961) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 198 ...
(2) Bristol, Brisbane
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Brad Gilbert
Brad Gilbert (born August 9, 1961) is a former professional tennis player and an American tennis coach. During his career, he won 20 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in 1990, and a career-high doubles rank ...
(1) Scottsdale
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Dan Goldie
Daniel C. Goldie (born October 3, 1963) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 2 singles (1987, Newport and 1988, Seoul) and 2 doubles titles (1986, Wellington and 1987, Newport). The right-hander reached the quarterfinals of ...
(1) Newport
*
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.
His son, Emilio Gómez, is a professional tennis player. His nephew Nicolás Lapent ...
(1) Forest Hills
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Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of world ...
(1) Seoul
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Martín Jaite
Martín Jaite (born 9 October 1964) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Argentina.
Jaite's career-high Association of Tennis Professionals singles ranking was world no. 10, which he achieved in the summer of 1990, and he won a t ...
(1) Palermo
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Johan Kriek
Johan Christiaan Kriek (born April 5, 1958) is a South African-American retired tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He won t ...
(1) Livingston
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Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl (; born March 7, 1960) is a Czech–American former professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl was ranked world No. 1 in singles for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. ...
(8) Hamburg, French Open, Washington D.C., Montreal, US Open, Sydney Indoor, Wembley, Masters
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Peter Lundgren
Peter Lundgren (born 29 January 1965) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.
Playing career
Lundgren was one of the second generation of Swedish ...
(2) Rye Brook, San Francisco
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Amos Mansdorf
Amos Mansdorf ( he, עמוס מנסדורף; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis playe ...
(1) Tel Aviv
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Wally Masur
Wally Masur (; born 13 May 1963) is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia. He reached the semifinals of the 1987 Australian Open – Men's singles, 1987 Australian Open and the 1993 ...
(1) Adelaide
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Luiz Mattar
Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
He played on the professional tour from 1985–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-hig ...
(1) Guarujá
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Tim Mayotte
Timothy Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Professional career
A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfi ...
(5) Philadelphia, Chicago, Toulouse, Bercy, Frankfurt
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Miloslav Mečíř
Miloslav Mečíř (; born 19 May 1964) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, representing Czechoslovakia, and contested two major singles finals. In 1987 he won the WCT Fi ...
(6) Auckland, Sydney Outdoor, Key Biscayne, Dallas WCT, Stuttgart Outdoor, Hilversum
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Claudio Mezzadri
Claudio Mezzadri (born 10 June 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Switzerland. Mezzadri turned professional in 1983, and won his only ATP Tour, ATP singles title four years later in Geneva. He also won four doubles titles in his ca ...
(1) Geneva
*
Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah (; born 18 May 1960) is a French former professional tennis player and singer. Noah won the French Open in 1983, and is currently the captain of both France's Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup teams. During his nearly two-decade c ...
(2) Lyon, Basel
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Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström (born 20 February 1963) is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won 13 singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, ...
(1) Båstad
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Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Guillermo Pérez Roldán (born 20 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Pérez Roldán was known particularly as a strong clay court player. He turned professional in 1986. Between 1987 and 1993, he won nine top- ...
(3) Munich, Athens, Buenos Aires
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Claudio Pistolesi (1) Bari
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Pedro Rebolledo
Pedro Rebolledo (born 17 December 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Chile. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 in 1982. Rebolledo won three career ATP singles titles.
Rebolledo participated in 17 Davis Cup ...
(1) St. Vincent
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Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sanchez is the older brother of multi ...
(4) Gstaad, Bordeaux, Kitzbühel, Madrid
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Jonas Svensson (1) Vienna
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Eliot Teltscher
Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959) is a retired professional American tennis player. He won the 1983 French Open Mixed Doubles. His highest ranking in singles was #6 in the world and in doubles was #38 in the world.
Tennis career
Early year ...
(1) Hong Kong
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Marián Vajda
Marián Vajda (; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak professional tennis coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Novak Djokovic, coaching Djokovic almost his entire professional career, winning 85 titles together (out of the 92 won b ...
(1) Prague
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Christo van Rensburg
Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland.
Van Rensburg won 20 top-l ...
(1) Orlando
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Mats Wilander
Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one major ...
(5) Brussels, Monte Carlo, Rome, Boston, Indianapolis
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Jaime Yzaga
Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Peru.
Tennis career
As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in 1985) and of the US Open (1984).
Yzaga pl ...
(2) Schenectady, São Paulo
The following players won their first title in 1987:
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Andre Agassi
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors.
Agassi is the second of five men to ach ...
Itaparica
*
Andrei Chesnokov
Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov (russian: Андрей Эдуардович Чесноков, links=no; born 2 February 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
Career
Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. ...
Florence
*
Kelly Evernden
Kelly Graeme Evernden (born 21 September 1961) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 198 ...
Bristol
*
Dan Goldie
Daniel C. Goldie (born October 3, 1963) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 2 singles (1987, Newport and 1988, Seoul) and 2 doubles titles (1986, Wellington and 1987, Newport). The right-hander reached the quarterfinals of ...
Newport
*
Jim Grabb
Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of world ...
Seoul
*
Luiz Mattar
Luiz Mattar (born August 18, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.
He played on the professional tour from 1985–1995, during which time he won seven top-level singles titles and five tour doubles titles. Mattar's career-hig ...
Guarujá
*
Claudio Mezzadri
Claudio Mezzadri (born 10 June 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Switzerland. Mezzadri turned professional in 1983, and won his only ATP Tour, ATP singles title four years later in Geneva. He also won four doubles titles in his ca ...
Geneva
*
Claudio Pistolesi Bari
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Marián Vajda
Marián Vajda (; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak professional tennis coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Novak Djokovic, coaching Djokovic almost his entire professional career, winning 85 titles together (out of the 92 won b ...
Prague
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Christo van Rensburg
Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland.
Van Rensburg won 20 top-l ...
Orlando
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Jaime Yzaga
Jaime Yzaga Tori (born 23 October 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Peru.
Tennis career
As a junior, Yzaga won the French Open in 1985 and reached the semifinals of Wimbledon (also in 1985) and of the US Open (1984).
Yzaga pl ...
Schenectady
See also
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1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 15th season of the tennis circuit since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1987, and concluded in December, 1987 after events.
The Virginia Slims W ...
References
* ATP Archive 1987
Nabisco Grand Prix TournamentsAccessed 22 October 2010.
History Mens Professional ToursAccessed 22 October 2010.
Further reading
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Grand Prix
Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour
Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to:
Arts and entertainment ...
Grand Prix tennis circuit seasons