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The 1987 Monte Carlo Open was a tennis

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 Monte Carlo Country Club

Monte Carlo Country Club

Monte Carlo Country Club is the home of the ATP's Monte Carlo Masters tournament. It is also the base of the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy....

in Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo is an administrative area of the Principality of Monaco....

, Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

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:...

. The tournament was held from April 20 through April 26, 1987.

Singles

Mats Wilander
Mats 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

Jimmy Arias

James Arias is a former tennis touring professional player from the United States, a bronze medallist.From Grand Island, near Buffalo, New York, Arias's peak year was 1983, when as a 19 year-old he finished the year ranked World No. 6, having reached the U.S...

, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3.

Doubles

Hans Gildemeister
Hans Gildemeister
Hans Gildemeister Bohner , is a former Chilean tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz and Fritz Gildemeister, who are also tennis players...

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Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez
Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...

defeated

Mansour Bahrami

Mansour Bahrami is a professional tennis player. He has held dual French and Iranian nationality since 1989.-Early life:...

Michael Mortensen

Michael Mortensen , is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 301 in 1984...

, 6–2, 6–4.

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