1987 WTA Argentine Open – Doubles

Doubles
1987 WTA Argentine Open
1986 Champions	Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz
Champions	Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini
Runners-up	Jill Hetherington Christiane Jolissaint
Final score	6–2, 6–2

Lori McNeil and Mercedes Paz were the defending champions but only Paz competed that year with Gabriela Sabatini.

Paz and Sabatini won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Jill Hetherington and Christiane Jolissaint.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. All eight seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Mercedes Paz / Gabriela Sabatini (Champions)
2. Andrea Betzner / Isabel Cueto (Quarterfinals)
3. Emilse Rapponi-Longo / Patricia Tarabini (Quarterfinals)
4. Gabriela Mosca / Adriana Villagrán (Second Round)
5. Jill Hetherington / Christiane Jolissaint (Final)
6. Lea Antonoplis / Andrea Tiezzi (Semifinals)
7. Carin Bakkum / Simone Schilder (Semifinals)
8. Bettina Fulco / Gisele Miró (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Final

Final
1	Mercedes Paz   Gabriela Sabatini	6	6
5	Jill Hetherington   Christiane Jolissaint	2	2

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Paz   G Sabatini	6	4	6
	A Gerber   S Hack	3	4					L Bartlett   C Christian	2	6	1
	L Bartlett   C Christian	6	6											1	M Paz   G Sabatini	6	7
	G Faria   K Strohmeier	4	6	4										8	B Fulco   G Miró	3	5
	Y der Kinderen   N Marcucci	6	1	6				Y der Kinderen   N Marcucci	2	3
							8	B Fulco   G Miró	6	6
																					1	M Paz   G Sabatini	6	6
																					6	L Antonoplis   A Tiezzi	2	2
							3	E Rapponi-Longo   P Tarabini	6	6	4
	B Diesner   K Oberleitner	3	4					K Adams   C Jones	7	4	6
	K Adams   C Jones	6	6												K Adams   C Jones	6	3	3
	V Nelson-Dunbar   P Vasquez	5	5											6	L Antonoplis   A Tiezzi	4	6	6
	C Cohen   M Strebel	7	7					C Cohen   M Strebel	6	6
							6	L Antonoplis   A Tiezzi	7	7

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							5	J Hetherington   C Jolissaint	6	6	6
	J Golder   S Norris	4	6	1				L Garrone   L Lapi	3	7	3
	L Garrone   L Lapi	6	4	6										5	J Hetherington   C Jolissaint	6	7
	F Labat   C Tessi	6	6												F Labat   C Tessi	0	5
	I Crudo   E Galphin	1	1					F Labat   C Tessi	6	6
							4	G Mosca   A Villagrán	0	3
																					5	J Hetherington   C Jolissaint	6	6
																					7	C Bakkum   S Schilder	3	1
							7	C Bakkum   S Schilder	6	6
	L Corsato   O Tsarbopoulou	6	4	2				A Radics   K Skulj	4	3
	A Radics   K Skulj	4	6	6										7	C Bakkum   S Schilder	6	6
	A Grunfeld   K Rickett	6	2	5										2	A Betzner   I Cueto	3	1
	L Tella   A Vieira	4	6	7				L Tella   A Vieira
							2	A Betzner   I Cueto	w/o

References

• 1987 WTA Argentine Open Doubles Draw