1987 French Open – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
1987 French Open
Final
Champion	Martina Navratilova; Pam Shriver
Runner-up	Steffi Graf; Gabriela Sabatini
Score	6–2, 6–1
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	8
Events

Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Pam Shriver defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1987 French Open. It was Navratilova's fourth consecutive French Open title in women's doubles.

Navratilova and Andrea Temesvári were the reigning champions, but Temesvári did not participate this year.

Seeds

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (final)
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (semifinals)
Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank (second round)
Betsy Nagelsen / Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
Hana Mandlíková / Catherine Tanvier (first round)
Gigi Fernández / Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
Mercedes Paz / Eva Pfaff (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	4	6

	Isabelle Demongeot Nathalie Tauziat	3	6	4
					1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7	6

					3	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6⁴	3
3	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6⁶	6	6

6	Gigi Fernández Lori McNeil	7	1	2
									1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6

									2	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	2	1
5	Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	7	1	3

	Jenny Byrne Kathy Rinaldi	5	6	6
						Jenny Byrne Kathy Rinaldi	1	4

					2	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6	6
8	Mercedes Paz Eva Pfaff	2	3

2	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	L Gildemeister C Porwik	2	2		1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	C Cohen S Gomer	4	4			A Henricksson M Van Nostrand	0	2
	A Henricksson M Van Nostrand	6	6							1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	E Reinach M Reinach	6	6								T Phelps R Reggi	4	4
	A Croft S Mascarin	1	4			E Reinach M Reinach	2	1
	T Phelps R Reggi	6	6			T Phelps R Reggi	6	6
	K Horvath M Mesker	2	2											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	4	6
	I Demongeot N Tauziat	7	2	6											I Demongeot N Tauziat	3	6	4
	MJ Fernández M Werdel	6⁵	6	4		I Demongeot N Tauziat	2	6	6
	S Cecchini S Goleš	6	6⁷	6		S Cecchini S Goleš	6	1	4
	P Etchemendy V Paquet	4	7	3							I Demongeot N Tauziat	7	6
	S Amiach N Herreman	6	6								S Amiach N Herreman	6⁴	1
	L Field E Minter	2	4			S Amiach N Herreman	6	6
	K Böhmová M Jaggard	w/o				K Böhmová M Jaggard	2	4
6	H Mandlíková C Tanvier

Section 2

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

3	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
	H Fukárková R Zrubáková	2	0		3	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
	W Probst P Tarabini	6	6			W Probst P Tarabini	1	4
	L Garrone C Nozzoli	0	3							3	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	7	6
	T Holladay N Schutte	6⁰	3								D Balestrat C Bassett	6¹	2
	A Betzner C Singer	7	6			A Betzner C Singer	6	4	9
	D Balestrat C Bassett	7	6			D Balestrat C Bassett	4	6	6
	G Magers S Walsh-Pete	6⁴	3											3	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6⁶	6	6
	J Hetherington J Russell	4	7	1										7	G Fernández L McNeil	7	1	2
	C Bakkum M van der Torre	6	5	6		C Bakkum M van der Torre	6⁵	7	1
	T Mochizuki N Phan-Thanh	4	6⁴			A Minter J Mundel	7	6⁵	6
	A Minter J Mundel	6	7								A Minter J Mundel	4	4
	I Kuczyńska R Rajchrtová	6	6							7	G Fernández L McNeil	6	6
	M Bollegraf M Lindström	1	4			I Kuczyńska R Rajchrtová	1	2
	F Bonsignori H ter Riet	1	3		7	G Fernández L McNeil	6	6
7	G Fernández L McNeil	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round					Second round					Third round				Quarterfinals

5	B Nagelsen E Smylie	7	6
	F Martin S Niox-Château	5	3		5	B Nagelsen E Smylie	6	6
	DA Hansel J Kaplan	1	6⁴			B Fulco G Mosca	3	3
	B Fulco G Mosca	6	7							5	B Nagelsen E Smylie	6	6
	L Drescher L O'Neill	5	1								L Antonoplis C Monteiro	3	2
	L Antonoplis C Monteiro	7	6			L Antonoplis C Monteiro	3	7	6
	E Derly M Laval	6	6			E Derly M Laval	6	6²	0
	B Gerken P Hy	3	2											5	B Nagelsen E Smylie	7	1	3
	C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen	7	6												J Byrne K Rinaldi	5	6	6
	C Karlsson N Provis	6⁴	2			C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen	3	6	3
	J Golder M Jaušovec	1	6	2		P Barg B Herr	6	0	6
	P Barg B Herr	6	4	6							P Barg B Herr	3	6³
	M Pérez Roldán A Tiezzi	1	0								J Byrne K Rinaldi	6	7
	J Byrne K Rinaldi	6	6			J Byrne K Rinaldi	0	7	6
	N Jagerman H Steden	3	2		4	E Burgin R Fairbank	6	5	3
4	E Burgin R Fairbank	6	6

Section 4

First round					Second round					Third round					Quarterfinals

8	M Paz E Pfaff	6	7
	C Cserepy P Huber	2	6⁵		8	M Paz E Pfaff	7	6	1
	P Smith N Sodupe	7	7			P Smith N Sodupe	6⁴	3
	H Kelesi V Ruzici	5	6⁴							8	M Paz E Pfaff	2	6	9
	AM Fernandez J Richardson	6	3	4							J Novotná C Suire	6	4	7
	K Okamoto N Sato	4	6	6		K Okamoto N Sato	3	4
	I Budařová A Villagrán	6³	3			J Novotná C Suire	6	6
	J Novotná C Suire	7	6												8	M Paz E Pfaff	2	3
	K Maleeva M Maleeva	1	4												2	S Graf G Sabatini	6	6
	I Cueto A Sánchez Vicario	6	6			I Cueto A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	K Schimper M Yanagi	6	3	11		K Schimper M Yanagi	4	2
	N Dias P Medrado	1	6	9							I Cueto A Sánchez Vicario	6⁹	0
	R Maršíková S Meier	6	7							2	S Graf G Sabatini	7	6
	C Benjamin D Van Rensburg	4	5			R Maršíková S Meier	1	6⁵
	M Gurney V Nelson-Dunbar	2	2		2	S Graf G Sabatini	6	7
2	S Graf G Sabatini	6	6

References

1987 French Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation