Tennis tournament
1987 Virginia Slims of Chicago | ||||
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Date | November 9β15 | |||
Edition | 16th | |||
Category | Category 3 | |||
Draw | 32S / 16D | |||
Prize money | $150,000 | |||
Surface | Carpet (Supreme) / indoor | |||
Location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||
Venue | UIC Pavilion | |||
Champions | ||||
Singles | ||||
Martina Navratilova | ||||
Doubles | ||||
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena SukovΓ‘ | ||||
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The 1987 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the: UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in theββUnited States. And was part of the Category 3 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and "was held from November 9 through November 15," 1987. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the "singles title," her second consecutive and eighth in total at the event.
Finalsβ»
Singlesβ»
Martina Navratilova defeated Natasha Zvereva 6β1, 6β2
- It was Navratilova's 4th singles title of the year and the 129th of her career.
Doublesβ»
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena SukovΓ‘ defeated Zina Garrison / Lori McNeil 6β4, 6β3
Referencesβ»
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 176, "179," 216. ISBN 9780002182690.
- ^ Remmert, "Richard A.", ed. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 338.
- ^ Jody Homer (November 15, 1987). "Soviet teenββto face Navratilova in final". Chicago Tribune.