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.
![]() Steffi Graf at Wimbledon 2009. She won the most tournaments in the series for the year. | |
Details | |
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Duration | December 1, 1986 – November 22, 1987 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 56 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Virginia Slims Championships (1) Category 4 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1 |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | ![]() |
Most tournament finals | ![]() |
Prize money leader | ![]() |
Points leader | ![]() |
Awards | |
Player of the year | ![]() |
Doubles Team of the year | ![]() ![]() |
Most improved player of the year | ![]() |
Newcomer of the year | ![]() |
Comeback player of the year | ![]() |
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The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Category 4 events |
Category 3 events |
Category 2 events |
Category 1+ and 1 events |
Team events |
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
Rankings
WTA
Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition:
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Virginia Slims
Singles year-end ranking | |||
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# | Player | Points | #Trn |
1 | ![]() | 5,455 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 4,084 | 12 |
3 | ![]() | 3,901 | 18 |
4 | ![]() | 3,426 | 17 |
5 | ![]() | 3,296 | 19 |
6 | ![]() | 2,934 | 22 |
7 | ![]() | 2,639 | 17 |
8 | ![]() | 2,331 | 24 |
9 | ![]() | 2,274 | 19 |
10 | ![]() | 2,182 | 18 |
11 | ![]() | 1,626 | 17 |
12 | ![]() | 1,454 | 19 |
13 | ![]() | 1,332 | 22 |
14 | ![]() | 1,260 | 21 |
15 | ![]() | 1,186 | 19 |
16 | ![]() | 1,174 | 18 |
17 | ![]() | 1,037 | 20 |
18 | ![]() | 909 | 14 |
19 | ![]() | 874 | 23 |
20 | ![]() | 807 | 18 |
Statistical information
Titles won by player
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Total titles | Player | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
Titles won by nation
Total titles | Country | Grand Slam tournaments |
Year-end championships |
Regular tournaments |
All titles | ||||||
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Singles | Doubles | Mixed | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Singles | Doubles | Mixed |
References
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1987" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- Hill, James (2011-11-11). "Corel WTA Tour Rankings Rank Date: 23 November 1987" (PDF). WTA. Retrieved 2011-05-24.