1987 US Open – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
1987 US Open
Final
Champions	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Runners-up	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie
Score	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw	64
Seeds	16
Events
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1987 tennis event results

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Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
2. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
3. Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
4. Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (third round)
5. Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (final)
6. Zina Garrison / Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
7. Elise Burgin / Robin White (quarterfinals)
8. Anne Hobbs / Betsy Nagelsen (semifinals)
9. Mercedes Paz / Eva Pfaff (second round)
10. Bettina Bunge / Laura Gildemeister (third round)
11. Chris Evert / Gigi Fernández (third round)
12. Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (first round)
13. Rosalyn Fairbank / Barbara Potter (second round)
14. Mary-Lou Piatek / Anne White (third round)
15. Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (third round)
16. Sandy Collins / Catherine Tanvier (first round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	w/o
	3	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini
								1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	5	6	6
								5	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	7	4	2
	5	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6	6
	8	Anne Hobbs Betsy Nagelsen	3	4

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		L Savchenko N Zvereva	1	3				1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		J Hetherington C Reynolds	2	2					N Dias A Villagrán	1	2
		N Dias A Villagrán	6	6											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		J Kaplan D van Rensburg	6	6											11	C Evert G Fernández	0	1
		I Budařová C Porwik	3	3					J Kaplan D van Rensburg	3	2
		P Barg J Russell	1	0				11	C Evert G Fernández	6	6
	11	C Evert G Fernández	6	6																		1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
	9	M Paz E Pfaff	6	6																		7	E Burgin R White	1	3
		S Hahn R Reis	4	3				9	M Paz E Pfaff	5	4
		D Balestrat H Na	6	5	6				D Fromholtz H Na	7	6
		P Harper H Ludloff	3	7	3											D Balestrat H Na	2	2
		I Cueto A Sánchez	6	6											7	E Burgin R White	6	6
		I Demongeot N Tauziat	4	2					I Cueto A Sánchez	1	1
		I Kuczyńska P Medrado	5	6	65			7	E Burgin R White	6	6
	7	E Burgin R White	7	4	77

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	S Graf G Sabatini	6	6
		L Field E Minter	0	3				3	S Graf G Sabatini	6	6
		P Hy E Inoue	64	6	4				A Henricksson M Van Nostrand	3	2
		A Henricksson M Van Nostrand	77	3	6										3	S Graf G Sabatini	6	6
		B Bowes B Gadusek	5	4												T Phelps R Reggi	0	3
		T Phelps R Reggi	7	6					T Phelps R Reggi	6	6
		B Gerken E Hakami	3	6	6				B Gerken E Hakami	1	2
	16	S Collins C Tanvier	6	1	2																	3	S Graf G Sabatini	6	5	6
	14	M-L Piatek A White	3	77	6																	6	Z Garrison L McNeil	4	7	4
		A M Fernandez J Richardson	6	63	3			14	M-L Piatek A White	6	6
		M J Fernández P Tarabini	7	6					M J Fernández P Tarabini	1	4
		S Amiach N Herreman	5	4											14	M-L Piatek A White	4	4
		K Foxworth K Sands	2	4											6	Z Garrison L McNeil	6	6
		B Cordwell A Minter	6	6					B Cordwell A Minter	2	7	3
		M Gurney H Kelesi	1	2				6	Z Garrison L McNeil	6	5	6
	6	Z Garrison L McNeil	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	K Jordan E Smylie	7	6
		B Herr A Moulton	5	2				5	K Jordan E Smylie	6	6
		E Reinach M Reinach	77	6					E Reinach M Reinach	3	0
		T Holladay P Smith	65	2											5	K Jordan E Smylie	3	6	6
		K Horvath M Mesker	2	7	2											N Bykova S Parkhomenko	6	3	1
		N Bykova S Parkhomenko	6	5	6				N Bykova S Parkhomenko	77	6
		S Cecchini S Goleš	62	3				13	R Fairbank B Potter	65	4
	13	R Fairbank B Potter	77	6																		5	K Jordan E Smylie	6	6
	12	C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen	2	6	5																		J Durie S Walsh-Pete	1	4
		J Durie S Walsh-Pete	6	3	7				J Durie S Walsh-Pete	78	3	6
		G Magers W White	6	77					G Magers W White	66	6	4
		L Allen C Benjamin	3	64												J Durie S Walsh-Pete	6	7
		K Bohmova N Provis	4	6	6										4	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	2	5
		A Frazier S McCarthy	6	1	1				K Bohmova N Provis	6	63	2
		K Maleeva Mn Maleeva	4	3				4	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	3	77	6
	4	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	8	A Hobbs B Nagelsen	1	6	77
		P Casale S Mascarin	6	3	65			8	A Hobbs B Nagelsen	6	6
		G Mosca E Raponi-Longo	6	65	77				G Mosca E Raponi-Longo	2	2
		H Crowe K Steinmetz	4	77	65										8	A Hobbs B Nagelsen	7	4	6
		J Byrne P Fendick	3	6	6										10	B Bunge L Gildemeister	5	6	3
		K Schimper M Yanagi	6	2	1				J Byrne P Fendick	6	1	1
		D-A Hansel S Leo	3	3				10	B Bunge L Gildemeister	3	6	6
	10	B Bunge L Gildemeister	6	6																		8	A Hobbs B Nagelsen	3	6	6
	15	J Novotná C Suire	6	6																		2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	3	4
		J Salmon M van der Torre	3	3				15	J Novotná C Suire	6	6
		R Maršíková S Meier	6	1	64				Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor	4	0
		Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor	3	6	77										15	J Novotná C Suire	3	3
		L Antonoplis C Monteiro	78	6											2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
		B Fulco A Holíková	66	3					L Antonoplis C Monteiro	3	0
		K Adams D Donnelly	1	1				2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6
	2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6

External links

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