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1987 US Indoors

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1987 US Indoors
DateMarch 30 – April 4
Edition78th
CategoryCategory 3
Draw32S / 14D
Prize money$150,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationPrinceton, New Jersey, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Doubles
United States Gigi Fernández / United States Lori McNeil
← 1986 · U.S. Women's Indoor Championships · 2001 →

The 1987 US Indoors was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States that was part of the Category 3 tier of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 78th edition of the tournament and was held from March 30 through April 4, 1987. Second-seeded Helena Suková won the singles title.[1]

Finals

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Singles

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Czechoslovakia Helena Suková defeated United States Lori McNeil 6–0, 6–3

  • It was Suková's 1st singles title of the year and the 5th of her career.

Doubles

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United States Gigi Fernández / United States Lori McNeil defeated United States Betsy Nagelsen / Australia Elizabeth Smylie 6–1, 6–4

  • It was Fernández's 1st doubles title of the year and the 5th of her career. It was McNeil's 1st doubles title of the year and the 6th of her career.

References

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  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 176, 178, 189. ISBN 9780002182690.
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