# 1987 US Open – Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.

## Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
* Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
* Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
* Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (third round)
* Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie (final)
* Zina Garrison / Lori McNeil (quarterfinals)
* Elise Burgin / Robin White (quarterfinals)
* Anne Hobbs / Betsy Nagelsen (semifinals)
* Mercedes Paz / Eva Pfaff (second round)
* Bettina Bunge / Laura Gildemeister (third round)
* Chris Evert / Gigi Fernández (third round)
* Catarina Lindqvist / Tine Scheuer-Larsen (first round)
* Rosalyn Fairbank / Barbara Potter (second round)
* Mary-Lou Piatek / Anne White (third round)
* Jana Novotná / Catherine Suire (third round)
* Sandy Collins / Catherine Tanvier (first round)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | w/o | | | | | | |
| 3 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | | | 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 6 | 6 | 5 | Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Anne Hobbs Betsy Nagelsen | 3 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Savchenko N Zvereva | 1 | 3 | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hetherington C Reynolds | 2 | 2 | | | N Dias A Villagrán | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dias A Villagrán | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Kaplan D van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 11 | C Evert G Fernández | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | I Budařová C Porwik | 3 | 3 | | | J Kaplan D van Rensburg | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Barg J Russell | 1 | 0 | | 11 | C Evert G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | C Evert G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Navratilova P Shriver | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | M Paz E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | E Burgin R White | 1 | 3 |
| | S Hahn R Reis | 4 | 3 | | 9 | M Paz E Pfaff | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Balestrat H Na | 6 | 5 | 6 | | D Fromholtz H Na | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Harper H Ludloff | 3 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | D Balestrat H Na | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | I Cueto A Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | E Burgin R White | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 4 | 2 | | | I Cueto A Sánchez | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Kuczyńska P Medrado | 5 | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7 | E Burgin R White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | E Burgin R White | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field E Minter | 0 | 3 | | 3 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Hy E Inoue | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | A Henricksson M Van Nostrand | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson M Van Nostrand | 7$^7$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Bowes B Gadusek | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | T Phelps R Reggi | 0 | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Phelps R Reggi | 7 | 6 | | | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Gerken E Hakami | 3 | 6 | 6 | | B Gerken E Hakami | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | S Collins C Tanvier | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 14 | M-L Piatek A White | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Z Garrison L McNeil | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| | A M Fernandez J Richardson | 6 | 6$^3$ | 3 | 14 | M-L Piatek A White | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M J Fernández P Tarabini | 7 | 6 | | | M J Fernández P Tarabini | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Amiach N Herreman | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 14 | M-L Piatek A White | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | K Foxworth K Sands | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 6 | Z Garrison L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | B Cordwell A Minter | 2 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gurney H Kelesi | 1 | 2 | | 6 | Z Garrison L McNeil | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Z Garrison L McNeil | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | K Jordan E Smylie | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Herr A Moulton | 5 | 2 | | 5 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach M Reinach | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | E Reinach M Reinach | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Holladay P Smith | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | K Jordan E Smylie | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Horvath M Mesker | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | N Bykova S Parkhomenko | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| | N Bykova S Parkhomenko | 6 | 5 | 6 | | N Bykova S Parkhomenko | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6$^2$ | 3 | | 13 | R Fairbank B Potter | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | R Fairbank B Potter | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K Jordan E Smylie | 6 | 6 |
| 12 | C Lindqvist T Scheuer-Larsen | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 1 | 4 |
| | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 3 | 7 | | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 7$^8$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Magers W White | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | G Magers W White | 6$^6$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Allen C Benjamin | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | J Durie S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | K Bohmova N Provis | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| | A Frazier S McCarthy | 6 | 1 | 1 | | K Bohmova N Provis | 6 | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Maleeva Mn Maleeva | 4 | 3 | | 4 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | A Hobbs B Nagelsen | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Casale S Mascarin | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | 8 | A Hobbs B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Mosca E Raponi-Longo | 6 | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | | G Mosca E Raponi-Longo | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Crowe K Steinmetz | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | | | | | | 8 | A Hobbs B Nagelsen | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Byrne P Fendick | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 10 | B Bunge L Gildemeister | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| | K Schimper M Yanagi | 6 | 2 | 1 | | J Byrne P Fendick | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D-A Hansel S Leo | 3 | 3 | | 10 | B Bunge L Gildemeister | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | B Bunge L Gildemeister | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | A Hobbs B Nagelsen | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 15 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | J Salmon M van der Torre | 3 | 3 | | 15 | J Novotná C Suire | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Maršíková S Meier | 6 | 1 | 6$^4$ | | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ca MacGregor Cy MacGregor | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 15 | J Novotná C Suire | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis C Monteiro | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco A Holíková | 6$^6$ | 3 | | | L Antonoplis C Monteiro | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Adams D Donnelly | 1 | 1 | | 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |