1987 Italian Open (tennis)
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The 1987 Italian Open was a tennis
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
at the Foro Italico
in Rome in Italy that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
and of 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
. The men's tournament was held from May 11 through May 17, 1987 while the women's tournament was held from May 4 through May 10, 1987.
Mats Wilander
defeated
Martín Jaite
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Steffi Graf
defeated Gabriela Sabatini
7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Guy Forget
/ Yannick Noah
defeated Miloslav Mečíř
/ Tomáš Šmíd
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Martina Navratilova / Gabriela Sabatini
defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
/ Helena Suková
6–4, 6–1
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on outdoor clay courts
Clay court
A clay court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone or brick. The red clay is slower than the green, or Har-Tru "American" clay. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments.Clay courts are more common...
at the Foro Italico
Foro Italico
Foro Italico is a sports complex in Rome, Italy. It was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti...
in Rome in Italy that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
1987 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
and of 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
The 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 15th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1987, and concluded in December, 1987 after events....
. The men's tournament was held from May 11 through May 17, 1987 while the women's tournament was held from May 4 through May 10, 1987.
Men's Singles
Mats WilanderMats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...
defeated
Martín JaiteMartín Jaite
Martín Jaite is an Argentine right-handed former top-10 professional tour tennis player.Jaite's ATP highest tour ranking was World # 10, which he achieved in the summer of 1990, and he won a total of 12 titles and $1,873,881 in tour prize money during his career.Jaite's playing style leveraged his...
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Women's Singles
Steffi GrafSteffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
defeated
Gabriela SabatiniGabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Men's Doubles
Guy ForgetGuy Forget
Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...
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Yannick NoahYannick Noah
Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...
defeated
Miloslav MečířMiloslav Mecír
Miloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games where he represented Czechoslovakia and played in two Grand Slam singles finals...
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Tomáš ŠmídTomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Gabriela SabatiniGabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...
defeated
Claudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...
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Helena SukováHelena Suková
Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
6–4, 6–1