Women's singles
1987 Australian Open
Champion	Hana Mandlíková
Runner-up	Martina Navratilova
Score	7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Draw	96
Seeds	16

Hana Mandlíková defeated the defending champion Martina Navratilova in the final, 7–5, 7–6^(7–1) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1987 Australian Open. It was her fourth and last major singles title.

There was no Australian Open in 1986, due to the administrative changes to make the tournament the opening major of the year (as it had been before 1977). The 1987 championship therefore followed the 1985 tournament, held over a year earlier.

This was the last edition of the tournament to be held on grass courts, as it would switch to hardcourts the following year.

Seeds

Qualifying

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Martina Navratilova	6	6
	7	Zina Garrison	0	3
								1	Martina Navratilova	6	6
								10	Catarina Lindqvist	3	2
	3	Pam Shriver	3	1
	10	Catarina Lindqvist	6	6
															1	Martina Navratilova	5	61
															2	Hana Mandlíková	7	77
	5	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	77	4	6
		Elizabeth Smylie	63	6	2
								5	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	1	6	3
								2	Hana Mandlíková	6	0	6
	8	Lori McNeil	0	0
	2	Hana Mandlíková	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								1	M Navratilova	6	6
									J Golder	0	2
															1	M Navratilova	6	6
		C Monteiro	4	4												C Benjamin	2	1
		H Kelesi	6	6					H Kelesi	6	4	4
		C Benjamin	0	6	6				C Benjamin	4	6	6
		E Minter	6	4	4																	1	M Navratilova	6	6
																							J Tremelling	4	1
									B Bowes	6	61	6
	WC	R Bryant	6	6				WC	R Bryant	2	77	3
		L Allen	1	3												B Bowes	3	5
		A Tobin-Dingwall	5	77	4											J Tremelling	6	7
		J Tremelling	7	65	6				J Tremelling	3	6	8
								16	R Fairbank	6	4	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								11	W Turnbull	2	6	6
	WC	L O'Neill	4	6	2				J Byrne	6	4	3
		J Byrne	6	2	6										11	W Turnbull	4	6	6
																J Mundel	6	1	2
									J Mundel	7	4	6
		C Macgregor	7	3	6				C Macgregor	5	6	0
		C Karlsson	5	6	2																	11	W Turnbull	1	3
	Q	S Rimes	6	6																		7	Z Garrison	6	6
		C Copeland	2	2				Q	S Rimes	5	3
									E Pfaff	7	6
																E Pfaff	2	6	5
		E Okagawa	5	3											7	Z Garrison	6	3	7
	Q	H Ludloff	7	6				Q	H Ludloff	1	1
								7	Z Garrison	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								3	P Shriver	6	4	11
		A Moulton	4	6	6				A Moulton	2	6	9
		C Porwik	6	4	3										3	P Shriver	6	6
																E Reinach	2	4
									E Reinach	6	6
		L Field	77	1	6				L Field	1	2
		B Gerken	62	6	4																	3	P Shriver	6	6
		A Henricksson	6	6																		14	J Durie	1	2
		R Maršíková	4	4					A Henricksson	61	4
		J Polz	6	6					J Polz	77	6
	WC	S Walsh-Pete	2	4												J Polz	1	4
															14	J Durie	6	6
									V Nelson-Dunbar	5	1
								14	J Durie	7	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								10	C Lindqvist	6	6
		K Okamoto	2	6	4				A Devries	2	3
		A Devries	6	2	6										10	C Lindqvist	4	6	6
		M-C Calleja	3	6	6											M-C Calleja	6	1	3
		M Yanagi	6	2	2				M-C Calleja	4	6	6
									M Bollegraf	6	4	3
																						10	C Lindqvist	6	6
		C Bartos-Cserepy	6	6																		6	M Maleeva	3	3
		E Krapl	3	4					C Bartos-Cserepy	6	6
								WC	A Scott	3	0
																C Bartos-Cserepy	3	77	5
	Q	Y Koizumi	6	2	6										6	M Maleeva	6	65	7
		M Schropp	1	6	3			Q	Y Koizumi	4	1
								6	M Maleeva	6	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								5	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6
									N Provis	2	2
															5	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6
		M Pazderová	1	4												T Mochizuki	2	2
	Q	C Singer	6	6					C Singer	3	3
		M Van Nostrand	1	3					T Mochizuki	6	6
		T Mochizuki	6	6																		5	C Kohde-Kilsch	6	6
		S Hanika	7	5	10																		S Hanika	3	1
	Q	M van der Torre	5	7	8				S Hanika	6	6
		E Inoue	6	77					E Inoue	4	4
		D Van Rensburg	3	63												S Hanika	6	6
																A Kijimuta	3	3
									A Kijimuta	6	4	6
								13	T Phelps	3	6	0

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								9	R White	6	6
		T Holladay	2	61				Q	B Cordwell	1	4
	Q	B Cordwell	6	77											9	R White	1	2
																E Smylie	6	6
									E Smylie	6	6
		A Minter	4	4					P Hy	2	3
		P Hy	6	6																			E Smylie	7	3	7
																						4	H Suková	5	6	5
									C Jolissaint	6	1	6
		B Nagelsen	6	66	6				B Nagelsen	4	6	3
		L Antonoplis	2	78	1											C Jolissaint	2	1
	WC	M Jaggard	66	6	0										4	H Suková	6	6
		N Hu	78	2	6				N Hu	4	66
								4	H Suková	6	78

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								8	L McNeil	6	6
									E Burgin	3	4
															8	L McNeil	6	7
		G Fernández	6	6												M Werdel	2	5
	WC	S McCann	4	3					G Fernández	2	3
		P Vásquez	4	2					M Werdel	6	6
		M Werdel	6	6																		8	L McNeil	77	6
		A-M Fernandez	0	r																			A Hobbs	64	3
		A Hobbs	3						A Hobbs	6	6
		S Gomer	4	6	8				S Gomer	2	3
		A Betzner	6	2	6											A Hobbs	6	6
															15	D Balestrat	4	2
									G Rush	3	6	2
								15	D Balestrat	6	4	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
								12	C Bassett	6	6
								Q	J Salmon	1	1
															12	C Bassett	6	77
	WC	M Bowrey	1	4												A Holíková	1	62
		W Probst	6	6					W Probst	7	4	6
	Q	S Collins	1	6	4				A Holíková	5	6	8
		A Holíková	6	4	6																	12	C Bassett	2	6	2
																						2	H Mandlíková	6	4	6
									K Keil	2	4
	LL	V Paquet	5	3					A Smith	6	6
		A Smith	7	6												A Smith	3	2
	WC	M Turk	1	3											2	H Mandlíková	6	6
		J Richardson	6	6					J Richardson	6	2	2
								2	H Mandlíková	4	6	6

External links

• 1987 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation