1987 Dow Chemical Classic – Singles

1987 Dow Chemical Classic
1986 champion   Pam Shriver
Champion   Pam Shriver
Runner-up   Larisa Savchenko
Final score   4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Events
Singles   Doubles

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

Contents

Seeds

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

  1. Pam Shriver (Champion)
  2. Lori McNeil (Third Round)
  3. Bettina Bunge (Second Round)
  4. Catarina Lindqvist (Second Round)
  5. Elizabeth Smylie (Quarterfinals)
  6. Sylvia Hanika (Second Round)
  7. Carling Bassett (Quarterfinals)
  8. Larisa Savchenko (Final)
  1. Etsuko Inoue (Semifinals)
  2. Terry Phelps (First Round)
  3. Rosalyn Fairbank (Quarterfinals)
  4. Nathalie Tauziat (Quarterfinals)
  5. Catherine Tanvier (Second Round)
  6. Jo Durie (First Round)

Qualifying

Draw

Key

Finals

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                       
  1   Pam Shriver 6 6    
12   Nathalie Tauziat 0 1    
  1   Pam Shriver 6 6    
      Etsuko Inoue 2 4    
9   Etsuko Inoue 6 6  
  7   Carling Bassett 2 0    
    1   Pam Shriver 4 6 6
  8   Larisa Savchenko 6 2 2
  5   Elizabeth Smylie 1 3    
    Eva Pfaff 6 6    
      Eva Pfaff 3 0  
  8   Larisa Savchenko 6 6    
8   Larisa Savchenko 7 6  
  11   Rosalyn Fairbank 5 4    

Top Half

Section 1

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    1   P Shriver 6 6    
    T Mochizuki 4 3           E Reinach 4 2    
    E Reinach 6 6         1   P Shriver 6 6    
Q   P Paradis 4 6 1           D Van Rensburg 2 3    
    D Van Rensburg 6 4 6         D Van Rensburg 6 6  
Q   K Schimper 0 6 1     13   C Tanvier 1 2    
13   C Tanvier 6 3 6       1   P Shriver 6 6  
12   N Tauziat 6 5 9           N Tauziat 0 1  
    E Minter 4 7 7     12   N Tauziat 6 6    
    A Moulton 6 3 3         N Bykova 4 2    
    N Bykova 3 6 6       12   N Tauziat 4 6 6
    A Croft 6 6             E Burgin 6 3 3  
    E Burgin 7 7           E Burgin 6 6 6
    6   S Hanika 7 3 2  
 

Section 2

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    3   B Bunge 6 5 2  
    S Parkhomenko 6 6 6         S Parkhomenko 1 7 6  
    L Field 7 4 2           S Parkhomenko 1 4    
    B Gerken 6 6 2       9   E Inoue 6 6    
    B Herr 7 3 6         B Herr 4 2  
Q   N Jagerman 3 4       9   E Inoue 6 6    
9   E Inoue 6 6         9   E Inoue 6 6  
    A Henricksson 6 6         7   C Bassett 2 0  
    N Dias 3 3           A Henricksson 5 6    
    P Casale 4 7 9         S Walsh-Pete 7 7    
    S Walsh-Pete 6 6 11           S Walsh-Pete 7 6 1
    S Gomer 6 6         7   C Bassett 6 7 6  
    S Reeves 3 1           S Gomer 5 2  
    7   C Bassett 7 6    
 

Bottom Half

Section 3

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    5   E Smylie 6 6    
    K Keil 6 6           K Keil 2 3    
    A Minter 1 1         5   E Smylie 6 6    
    N Provis 0 4         Q   V Lake 2 4    
Q   V Lake 6 6       Q   V Lake 7 1 6
    A Kijimuta 4 7 7         A Kijimuta 6 6 4  
14   J Durie 6 5 5       5   E Smylie 1 3  
    A Henricksson 2 2             E Pfaff 6 6  
    I Demongeot 6 6           I Demongeot 4 2    
    E Pfaff 7 6           E Pfaff 6 6    
    C Benjamin 6 4             E Pfaff 5 6 8
LL   M Lindstrom 2 4             A White 7 4 6  
    A White 6 6           A White 6 6  
    4   C Lindqvist 3 4    
 

Section 4

First Round   Second Round   Third Round   Quarterfinals
 
    8   L Savchenko 6 6    
    J Salmon 6 3 3     Q   B Cordwell 1 2    
Q   B Cordwell 3 6 6       8   L Savchenko 6 6    
    A Hobbs 6 6             A Hobbs 3 1    
Q   S Leo 1 4           A Hobbs 6 6  
    W White 6 7           W White 4 4    
10   T Phelps 4 6         8   L Savchenko 7 6  
11   R Fairbank 6 6         11   R Fairbank 5 4  
    B Bowes 2 1       11   R Fairbank 7 7    
    J Byrne 3 3       Q   K Okamoto 6 5    
Q   K Okamoto 6 6         11   R Fairbank 6 2 6
    G Magers 6 6         2   L McNeil 4 6 2  
    J Novotná 4 2           G Magers 4 2  
    2   L McNeil 6 6    
 

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