# 1987 Swedish Open – Singles

The defending champion was Emilio Sánchez who lost in the semifinals. The fifth seeded, Joakim Nyström from Sweden won the singles title.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Mats Wilander (semifinals)
* Stefan Edberg (final)
* Kent Carlsson (quarterfinals)
* Emilio Sánchez (semifinals)
* Joakim Nyström (champion)
* Anders Järryd (quarterfinals)
* Mikael Pernfors (second round)
* Ulf Stenlund (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
| 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | M Wilander | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Pérez | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | M Wilander | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sánchez | 2 | 4 | | | F Luna | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Luna | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | M Wilander | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Tideman | 6 | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | J Gunnarsson | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gunnarsson | 3 | 6 | 6 | | J Gunnarsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Lindgren | 7 | 2 | 7 | Q | P Lindgren | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | U Stenlund | 6 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Wilander | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| 3 | K Carlsson | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | M Gustafsson | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | K Carlsson | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Arraya | 6 | 6 | | | P Arraya | 7 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Carbonell | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | K Carlsson | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Engel | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | J Nyström | 6 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Navrátil | 6 | 6 | | | J Navrátil | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Cancellotti | 3 | 2 | | 5 | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | J Nyström | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | A Järryd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Edberg | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| | D Keretić | 4 | 2 | | 6 | A Järryd | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Duncan | 6 | 6 | | | L Duncan | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Jönsson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 6 | A Järryd | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H de la Peña | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | E Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bergström | 6 | 6 | | | C Bergström | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L-A Wahlgren | 1 | 4 | | 4 | E Sánchez | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Sánchez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | E Sánchez | 4 | 0 | | | | | |
| 7 | M Pernfors | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Avendaño | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | M Pernfors | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Buckley | 3 | 4 | | | P Vojtischek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Vojtischek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | P Vojtischek | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | W Popp | 7 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Haldin | 5 | 7 | 6 | Q | T Haldin | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Eriksson | 3 | 2 | | 2 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Edberg | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |