1987 Dow Chemical Classic – Singles

Singles
1987 Dow Chemical Classic
Final
ChampionUnited States Pam Shriver
Runner-upSoviet Union Larisa Savchenko
Score4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Details
Draw56
Seeds14
Events
Singles Doubles
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1987 tennis event results

Pam Shriver was the three-time defending champion and won in the final against Larisa Savchenko, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.

Seeds

The top eight seeds receive a bye into the second round.

  1. United States Pam Shriver (champion)
  2. United States Lori McNeil (third round)
  3. West Germany Bettina Bunge (second round)
  4. Sweden Catarina Lindqvist (second round)
  5. Australia Elizabeth Smylie (quarterfinals)
  6. West Germany Sylvia Hanika (second round)
  7. Canada Carling Bassett (quarterfinals)
  8. Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko (final)
  9. Japan Etsuko Inoue (semifinals)
  10. United States Terry Phelps (first round)
  11. South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank (quarterfinals)
  12. France Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  13. France Catherine Tanvier (second round)
  14. United Kingdom Jo Durie (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 United States Pam Shriver 6 6  
12 France Nathalie Tauziat 0 1  
1 United States Pam Shriver 6 6  
  Japan Etsuko Inoue 2 4  
9 Japan Etsuko Inoue 6 6  
7 Canada Carling Bassett 2 0  
1 United States Pam Shriver 4 6 6
8 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 6 2 2
5 Australia Elizabeth Smylie 1 3  
  West Germany Eva Pfaff 6 6  
  West Germany Eva Pfaff 3 0  
8 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 6 6  
8 Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko 7 6  
11 South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank 5 4  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 United States P Shriver 6 6  
  United States T Mochizuki 4 3     South Africa E Reinach 4 2  
  South Africa E Reinach 6 6   1 United States P Shriver 6 6  
Q France P Paradis 4 6 1   South Africa D Van Rensburg 2 3  
  South Africa D Van Rensburg 6 4 6   South Africa D Van Rensburg 6 6  
Q South Africa K Schimper 0 6 1 13 France C Tanvier 1 2  
13 France C Tanvier 6 3 6 1 United States P Shriver 6 6  
12 France N Tauziat 6 5 9   France N Tauziat 0 1  
  Australia E Minter 4 7 7 12 France N Tauziat 6 6  
  United States A Moulton 6 3 3   Soviet Union N Bykova 4 2  
  Soviet Union N Bykova 3 6 6 12 France N Tauziat 4 6 6
  United Kingdom A Croft 6 6     United States E Burgin 6 3 3
  United States E Burgin 7 7     United States E Burgin 6 6 6
6 West Germany S Hanika 7 3 2

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 West Germany B Bunge 6 5 2
  Soviet Union S Parkhomenko 6 6 6   Soviet Union S Parkhomenko 1 7 6
  Australia L Field 7 4 2   Soviet Union S Parkhomenko 1 4  
  United States B Gerken 6 6 2 9 Japan E Inoue 6 6  
  United States B Herr 7 3 6   United States B Herr 4 2  
Q Netherlands N Jagerman 3 4   9 Japan E Inoue 6 6  
9 Japan E Inoue 6 6   9 Japan E Inoue 6 6  
  United States A Henricksson 6 6   7 Canada C Bassett 2 0  
  Brazil N Dias 3 3     United States A Henricksson 5 6  
  United States P Casale 4 7 9   United States S Walsh-Pete 7 7  
  United States S Walsh-Pete 6 6 11   United States S Walsh-Pete 7 6 1
  United Kingdom S Gomer 6 6   7 Canada C Bassett 6 7 6
  United Kingdom S Reeves 3 1     United Kingdom S Gomer 5 2  
7 Canada C Bassett 7 6  

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5 Australia E Smylie 6 6  
  United States K Keil 6 6     United States K Keil 2 3  
  Australia A Minter 1 1   5 Australia E Smylie 6 6  
  Australia N Provis 0 4   Q United Kingdom V Lake 2 4  
Q United Kingdom V Lake 6 6   Q United Kingdom V Lake 7 1 6
  Japan A Kijimuta 4 7 7   Japan A Kijimuta 6 6 4
14 United Kingdom J Durie 6 5 5 5 Australia E Smylie 1 3  
  United States A Henricksson 2 2     West Germany E Pfaff 6 6  
  France I Demongeot 6 6     France I Demongeot 4 2  
  West Germany E Pfaff 7 6     West Germany E Pfaff 6 6  
  United States C Benjamin 6 4     West Germany E Pfaff 5 6 8
LL Sweden M Lindström 2 4     United States A White 7 4 6
  United States A White 6 6     United States A White 6 6  
4 Sweden C Lindqvist 3 4  

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 Soviet Union L Savchenko 6 6  
  United Kingdom J Salmon 6 3 3 Q New Zealand B Cordwell 1 2  
Q New Zealand B Cordwell 3 6 6 8 Soviet Union L Savchenko 6 6  
  United Kingdom A Hobbs 6 6     United Kingdom A Hobbs 3 1  
Q Australia S Leo 1 4     United Kingdom A Hobbs 6 6  
  United States W White 6 7     United States W White 4 4  
10 United States T Phelps 4 6   8 Soviet Union L Savchenko 7 6  
11 South Africa R Fairbank 6 6   11 South Africa R Fairbank 5 4  
  United States B Bowes 2 1   11 South Africa R Fairbank 7 7  
  Australia J Byrne 3 3   Q Japan K Okamoto 6 5  
Q Japan K Okamoto 6 6   11 South Africa R Fairbank 6 2 6
  United States G Magers 6 6   2 United States L McNeil 4 6 2
  Czechoslovakia J Novotná 4 2     United States G Magers 4 2  
2 United States L McNeil 6 6  

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