# 1987 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles

Miloslav Mečíř defeated Michiel Schapers 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 to win the 1987 Heineken Open singles competition. Mark Woodforde was the defending champion.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Miloslav Mečíř (champion)
* Milan Šrejber (second round)
* Ramesh Krishnan (quarterfinals)
* Marcel Freeman (quarterfinals)
* Derrick Rostagno (semifinals)
* Nduka Odizor (first round)
* Michiel Schapers (final)
* Bill Scanlon (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q – Qualifier
* WC – Wild card
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 6 | 6 | | |
| 7 | Michiel Schapers | 2 | 3 | 4 | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | M Mečíř | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Doohan | 2 | 6 | | 1 | M Mečíř | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Schmidt | 7 | 4 | 4 | | G Michibata | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Michibata | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | 1 | M Mečíř | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | B Steven | 7 | 7 | | | | | | WC | B Derlin | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Frana | 6 | 5 | | WC | B Steven | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Derlin | 6 | 7 | | WC | B Derlin | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | B Scanlon | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M Mečíř | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | R Krishnan | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | D Rostagno | 2 | 1 |
| | B Green | 5 | 2 | | 3 | R Krishnan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Carlsson | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Carlsson | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Evernden | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | 3 | R Krishnan | 3 | 7 | 8 | | | | |
| Q | C Pistolesi | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | D Rostagno | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | | |
| | M Davis | 7 | 6 | | | M Davis | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lapidus | 5 | 3 | | 5 | D Rostagno | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Rostagno | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 6 | N Odizor | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | P Serret | 6 | 6 | | Q | P Serret | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Limberger | 6 | 6 | 6 | | C Limberger | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Bloom | 3 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | C Limberger | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | J Letts | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | M Freeman | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | W Masur | 6 | 6 | | | W Masur | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Levine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | M Freeman | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Freeman | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Freeman | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | M Schapers | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Schapers | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| | S Guy | 3 | 6 | | 7 | M Schapers | 6 | 1 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Woodforde | 6 | 3 | 6 | | M Woodforde | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cahill | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 7 | M Schapers | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Schultz | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | B Pearce | 4 | 1 | | | B Schultz | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones | 4 | 5 | | 2 | M Šrejber | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Šrejber | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |