# 1987 Paris Open – Singles

Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Tim Mayotte won in the final 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 against Brad Gilbert.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Miloslav Mečíř (second round)
* Pat Cash (quarterfinals)
* Yannick Noah (quarterfinals)
* Andrés Gómez (first round)
* Tim Mayotte (champion)
* Martín Jaite (first round)
* Brad Gilbert (final)
* David Pate (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

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 7 | Brad Gilbert | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Tim Mayotte | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Mečíř | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | M Mečíř | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Curren | 6 | 6 | | | K Curren | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C van Rensburg | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | K Curren | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | T Šmíd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | B Gilbert | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Vajda | 3 | 3 | | | T Šmíd | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Mezzadri | 0 | 3 | | 7 | B Gilbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Gilbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | B Gilbert | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Y Noah | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Schapers | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| | W Masur | 3 | 4 | | 3 | Y Noah | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Benhabiles | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Bahrami | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Bahrami | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | Y Noah | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Schapers | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | M Schapers | w/o | | | | | | |
| WC | T Tulasne | 3 | 3 | | Q | M Schapers | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Volkov | 6 | 6 | 6 | Q | A Volkov | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Jaite | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | T Mayotte | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Bloom | 1 | 5 | | 5 | T Mayotte | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Živojinović | 6 | 7 | | | S Živojinović | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Chesnokov | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | T Mayotte | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Mansdorf | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | S Davis | 3 | 3 | | | A Mansdorf | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Champion | 6 | 6 | | WC | T Champion | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Gómez | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Mayotte | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | D Pate | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | H Leconte | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| | E Bengoechea | 6 | 6 | 6 | | E Bengoechea | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Leconte | 7 | 6 | | | H Leconte | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-P Fleurian | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | H Leconte | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Hlasek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 2 | P Cash | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| | J Kriek | 3 | 2 | | | J Hlasek | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Annacone | 4 | 4 | | 2 | P Cash | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Cash | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |