1987 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

1987 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships BUL 1971 Katerina Maleeva USA Barbara Gerken 6–2, 6–3 Japan Open (tennis) Japan Open Japan Open Tennis Championships 32 (4Q Qualifiers) 8 1987 Suntory Japan Open Tennis Championships Helen Kelesi was the defending champion, but she chose to compete at Amelia Island during the same week. Katerina Maleeva won the title by defeating Barbara Gerken 6–2, 6–3 in the final.The Golden Album of WTA Tour: Finals 1971–2010 http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/tournamentfinals.pdf 11 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20120820015207/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Rankings_Stats/tournamentfinals.pdf 20 August 2012 35 PDF Apr 14 $75,000 Suntory Japan Open Tokyo, JPN K. Maleeva d. Gerken 62 63 K. Jordan/Nagelsen d. Collins/Walsh-Pete 63 75 Seeds 30em USA Melissa Gurney (quarterfinals) BUL 1971 Katerina Maleeva (champion) USA Kathy Jordan (quarterfinals) USA Betsy Nagelsen (semifinals) GBR Sara Gomer (second round) HKG 1959 Patricia Hy (first round) JPN Etsuko Inoue (semifinals) GBR Anne Hobbs (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 7 JPN Etsuko Inoue 2 6 USA Barbara Gerken 6 7 4 USA Betsy Nagelsen 6 6 3 2 BUL 1971 Katerina Maleeva 1 7 6 USA Barbara Gerken 2 3 2 BUL 1971 Katerina Maleeva 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 1 USA M Gurney 6 7 TCH I Budařová 4 5 Q USA L Antonoplis 7 6 USA AM Fernandez 5 1 AUS J Tremelling 3 3 JPN A Kijimuta 6 6 SWE C Karlsson 5 0 7 JPN E Inoue 7 6 3 USA K Jordan 7 3 6 ARG A Villagrán 6 6 2 SUI C Jolissaint 6 6 GBR A Croft 4 3 FRG C Porwik 6 4 AUS A Minter 7 6 USA B Gerken 6 6 6 HKG 1959 P Hy 2 2 1 USA M Gurney 6 6 Q USA L Antonoplis 1 2 JPN A Kijimuta 1 2 7 JPN E Inoue 6 6 3 USA K Jordan 6 6 SUI C Jolissaint 1 4 AUS A Minter 6 1 3 USA B Gerken 3 6 6 1 USA M Gurney 3 0 7 JPN E Inoue 6 6 3 USA K Jordan 3 6 5 USA B Gerken 6 3 7 7 JPN E Inoue 2 6 USA B Gerken 6 7 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 GBR A Hobbs 2 6 5 USA S Walsh-Pete 6 2 7 SUI L Drescher 1 3 Q JPN K Okamoto 6 6 Q USA S Collins 5 3 FRA P Paradis 7 6 JPN E Okagawa 0 4 4 USA B Nagelsen 6 6 5 GBR S Gomer 6 6 JPN M Yanagi 0 1 USA B Herr 6 6 USA G Kim 1 0 Q NZL B Cordwell 4 2 USA Ca MacGregor 6 6 BRA 1968 N Dias 2 2 2 BUL 1971 K Maleeva 6 6 USA S Walsh-Pete 3 4 Q JPN K Okamoto 6 6 FRA P Paradis 1 0 4 USA B Nagelsen 6 6 5 GBR S Gomer 5 3 USA B Herr 7 6 USA Ca MacGregor 5 3 2 BUL 1971 K Maleeva 7 6 Q JPN K Okamoto 6 4 4 USA B Nagelsen 7 6 USA B Herr 1 1 2 BUL 1971 K Maleeva 6 6 4 USA B Nagelsen 6 6 3 2 BUL 1971 K Maleeva 1 7 6 References External links Official results archive (ITF) Official results archive (WTA) Singles Category:1987 in Japanese women's sport Category:Women's tennis tournaments in Japan Category:1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series