1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
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Steffi Graf at Wimbledon 2009. She won the most tournaments in the series for the year.
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| Duration | December 1, 1986 – November 22, 1987 |
| Edition | 17th |
| Tournaments | 56 |
| Categories |
Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Tour Events (55) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles |
 Steffi Graf (11) |
| Most tournament finals |
Steffi Graf (13) |
| Prize money leader |
Steffi Graf $1,063,785 |
| Points leader |
Steffi Graf 280.2080 |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year |
Steffi Graf
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| Doubles Team of the year |
 Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
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| Most improved player of the year |
Lori McNeil
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| Newcomer of the year |
 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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| Comeback player of the year |
Bettina Bunge
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The 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 15th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in January, 1987, and concluded in December, 1987 after events.
The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2) highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition:
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