The 1987 Australian Open was a tennis

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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 grass court

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s at the Kooyong Stadium

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 in Melbourne

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 in Victoria

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 in Australia

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. It was the 75th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 12 through 25 January 1987.

Men's Singles

  Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

defeated   Pat Cash

Pat Cash

Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987.-Early career:...

 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3

• It was Edberg's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's Singles

  Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandlíková

Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

defeated   Martina Navratilova 7–5, 7–6 (7–1)

• It was Mandlíková's 4th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd and last Australian Open title.

Men's Doubles

  Stefan Edberg

Stefan Edberg

Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

/   Anders Järryd

Anders Järryd

Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

defeated   Peter Doohan

Peter Doohan

Peter Doohan is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title and five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 3 August 1987, when he became the number 43 of the world...

 /   Laurie Warder

Laurie Warder

Laurie Warder is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

 6–4, 6–4, 7–6 (7–3)

• It was Edberg's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title. It was Järryd's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.

Women's Doubles

  Martina Navratilova /   Pam Shriver

Pam Shriver

Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...

defeated   Zina Garrison

Zina Garrison

Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...

 /   Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison...

 6–1, 6–0

• It was Navratilova's 43rd career Grand Slam title and her 9th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 15th career Grand Slam title and her 6th Australian Open title.

Mixed Doubles

  Zina Garrison

Zina Garrison

Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American...

/   Sherwood Stewart

Sherwood Stewart

Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No...

defeated   Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs

Anne Hobbs is a British former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:Hobbs represented Great Britain in the Wightman Cup and Federation Cup from 1978 to 1989...

 /   Andrew Castle

Andrew Castle

Andrew Nicholas Castle is an English retired tennis professional, former British No. 1, and now television presenter.-Biography:...

 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 6–3

• It was Garrison's 1st career Grand Slam title and her only Australian Open title. It was Stewart's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 2nd and last Australian Open title.

Boys' Singles

  Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...

defeated   Todd Woodbridge

Todd Woodbridge

Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

 6–2, 7–6

Girls' Singles

  Michelle Jaggard

Michelle Jaggard-Lai

Michelle Jaggard-Lai is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Jaggard-Lai turned pro in 1984. She won 3 doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles of the 1992 Australian Open, partnering Kimiko Date. In singles, she reached the 3rd...

defeated   Nicole Provis

Nicole Bradtke

Nicole Bradtke is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles on the WTA Tour in her career. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan...

 6–2, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

  Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg

Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...

/   Todd Woodbridge

Todd Woodbridge

Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...

defeated   Shane Barr /   Bryan Roe 6–2, 6–4

Girls' Doubles

  Ann Devries /   Nicole Provis

Nicole Bradtke

Nicole Bradtke is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles on the WTA Tour in her career. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan...

defeated   Genevieve Dwyer /   Danielle Jones 6–3, 6–1

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