1987 US Open – Women's Doubles

1987 US Open
1986 champions   Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Champions   Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Runners-up   Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie
Final score   5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men    women    mixed
WC Singles    men    women    quad
WC Doubles    men    women    quad

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.

Contents

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)
  1. Mercedes Paz / Eva Pfaff (Second Round)
  2. Bettina Bunge / Laura Gildemeister (Third Round)
  3. Chris Evert / Gigi Fernández (Third Round)
  4. Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (First Round)
  5. Rosalyn Fairbank / Barbara Potter (Second Round)
  6. Mary Lou Piatek / Anne White (Third Round)
  7. Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (Third Round)
  8. Sandy Collins / Catherine Tanvier (First Round)

Draw

Key

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 Villagran
1 2    
    N Dias
  A Villagran
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
  M 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 Rapponi-Longo
6 65 77       G Mosca
  E Rapponi-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 Holikova
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    

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