# 1987 Taipei Women's Championships – Singles

Patricia Hy was the defending champion, but chose to focus only on the doubles tournament.
Anne Minter won the title by defeating Claudia Porwik 6–4, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Sara Gomer (first round)
* Lilian Drescher (first round)
* Anne Minter (champion)
* Cammy MacGregor (second round)
* Barbara Gerken (first round)
* Christiane Jolissaint (first round)
* Annabel Croft (first round)
* Sharon Walsh-Pete (second 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Adriana Villagrán | 6 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| 3 | Anne Minter | 0 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Anne Minter | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | Anne Minter | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Claudia Porwik | 4 | 1 |
| | Heather Ludloff | 6 | 1 | 1 | | Claudia Porwik | 4 | 1 |
| | Claudia Porwik | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| 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 |
| 1 | S Gomer | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Villagrán | 6 | 2 | 7 | | A Villagrán | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Paradis | 6 | 7 | | | P Paradis | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Richardson | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Villagrán | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | L Antonoplis | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | C Monteiro | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| | C Monteiro | 7 | 6 | | | C Monteiro | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume | 6 | 6 | | | A Dechaume | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | C Jolissaint | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Villagrán | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | A Minter | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Minter | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Q | B Cordwell | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | A Minter | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Koizumi | 7 | 6 | | Q | Y Koizumi | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lin Shi-min | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | A Minter | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Lai Su-lin | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | A Devries | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | L Field | 6 | 6 | | | L Field | 2 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Devries | 6 | 4 | 6 | | A Devries | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Croft | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| 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 |
| 8 | S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Karlsson | 1 | 5 | | 8 | S Walsh-Pete | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | AM Fernandez | 4 | 6 | | | H Ludloff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Ludloff | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | H Ludloff | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | C Nozzoli | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Nozzoli | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | P Etchemendy | 5 | 4 | | | C Nozzoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Okagawa | 3 | 3 | | 4 | C MacGregor | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | C MacGregor | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | H Ludloff | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | B Gerken | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | C Porwik | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | C Porwik | 6 | 3 | 6 | | C Porwik | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaggard | 4 | 4 | | | E Derly | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | E Derly | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | C Porwik | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | L Golarsa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | L Golarsa | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| | P Vásquez | 4 | 1 | | Q | L Golarsa | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S La Fratta | 5 | 6 | 6 | LL | S La Fratta | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | L Drescher | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |