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1987 Grand Prix de Strasbourg

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1987 Grand Prix de Strasbourg
Date18–24 May
Edition1st
Category1+
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$75,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationStrasbourg, France
Champions
Singles
Canada Carling Bassett
Doubles
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / France Catherine Suire
Internationaux de Strasbourg · 1988 →

The 1987 Grand Prix de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France, and was part of the Category 1+ tier of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 18 May until 24 May 1987. Fourth-seeded Carling Bassett won the singles title.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

Canada Carling Bassett defeated Italy Sandra Cecchini 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Bassett's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná / France Catherine Suire defeated United States Kathleen Horvath / Netherlands Marcella Mesker 6–0, 6–2

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1988). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1988. London: Willow Books. pp. 178, 221. ISBN 9780002182690.
  2. ^ Remmert, Richard A., ed. (1988). 1988 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 337.