1987 Brasil Open – Doubles

Doubles
1987 Brasil Open
1986 Champions	Neige Dias Patricia Medrado
Champions	Katrina Adams Cheryl Jones
Runners-up	Jill Hetherington Mercedes Paz
Score	6–4, 4–6, 6–4

Neige Dias and Patricia Medrado were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Dias with Bettina Fulco and Medrado with Cláudia Monteiro.

Dias and Fulco lost in the quarterfinals to Amy Frazier and Luanne Spadea, as did Medrado and Monteiro to Jill Hetherington and Mercedes Paz.

Katrina Adams and Cheryl Jones won in the final 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 against Hetherington and Paz.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Andrea Betzner / Isabel Cueto (quarterfinals)
2. Jill Hetherington / Mercedes Paz (final)
3. Lea Antonoplis / Emilse Raponi-Longo (first round)
4. Neige Dias / Bettina Fulco (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

	First round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	A Betzner  I Cueto	6	6
		V Nelson-Dunbar  P Vásquez	3	4				1	A Betzner  I Cueto	3	6	4
		S La Fratta  L Lapi	3	5					L Corsato  G Faria	6	2	6
		L Corsato  G Faria	6	7												L Corsato  G Faria	1	1
	3	L Antonoplis  E Raponi-Longo	4	3												K Adams  C Jones	6	6
		K Adams  C Jones	6	6					K Adams  C Jones	7	2	6
		L Garrone  C Jolissaint	7	1	1				C Bakkum  A Villagrán	6	6	3
		C Bakkum  A Villagrán	5	6	6																		Katrina Adams  Cheryl Jones	6	4	6
		J Golder  S Norris	1	4																		2	Jill Hetherington  Mercedes Paz	4	6	4
		A Frazier  L Spadea	6	6					A Frazier  L Spadea	6	6
		L Bartlett  C Christian	3	2				4	N Dias  B Fulco	1	1
	4	N Dias  B Fulco	6	6												A Frazier  L Spadea	0	3
		C Cohen  A Radics	5	0											2	J Hetherington  M Paz	6	6
		P Medrado  C Monteiro	7	6					P Medrado  C Monteiro	1	6
		M Brown  M-C Damas	2	2				2	J Hetherington  M Paz	6	7
	2	J Hetherington  M Paz	6	6

References

• 1987 Brasil Open Doubles Draw