The 1987 Mercedes Cup, was a men's
tennis tournament played on outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s and held at the
Tennis Club Weissenhof
The Tennis Club Weissenhof is a tennis complex in Stuttgart, Germany.
The complex's tenant is MercedesCup.
See also
* List of tennis stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum ...
in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, West Germany that was part of the
1987 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 July until 19 July 1987. First-seeded
Miloslav Mečíř won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Miloslav Mečíř defeated
Jan Gunnarsson
Jan Gunnarsson (born 30 May 1962) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one singles in Vienna in 1985 (beating Libor Pimek in the final) and nine doubles titles on the world tour during his professional career. In 1989 he reached the se ...
, 6–0, 6–2
* It was Mečíř's 5th singles title of the year and the 8th of his career.
Doubles
Rick Leach
Rick Leach (born December 28, 1964) is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open) ...
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Tim Pawsat defeated
Mikael Pernfors /
Magnus Tideman
Magnus Tideman (born 9 April 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He won 1 doubles title and achieved a career-high of World No. 43 in 1988. In singles, he reached the quarterfinals of Toulouse in 1982 (defeating Thierry Tul ...
, 6–3, 6–4
References
External links
Official website
ATP tournament profile
{{1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
Stuttgart Open
The Stuttgart Open (sponsored since 2022 by Hugo Boss and called BOSS Open) is an ATP Tour 250 series professional tennis tournament on the ATP Tour. Between 1970 and 1989, the Stuttgart Open was a Grand Prix tennis circuit event. From 1990 to 19 ...
Stuttgart Open
1987 in German tennis
Mercedes Cup