1987 Dow Chemical Classic – Singles

Singles
1987 Dow Chemical Classic
Champion Pam Shriver
Runner-up Larisa Savchenko
Score4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Draw56
Seeds14

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

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)
  9. Etsuko Inoue (semifinals)
  10. Terry Phelps (first round)
  11. Rosalyn Fairbank (quarterfinals)
  12. Nathalie Tauziat (quarterfinals)
  13. Catherine Tanvier (second round)
  14. Jo Durie (first round)

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 Lindström 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