1987 South Australian Open – Doubles
# 1987 South Australian Open – Doubles

The event was not held the previous year.

Ivan Lendl and Bill Scanlon won the title, defeating Peter Doohan and Laurie Warder 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* John Fitzgerald / Mark Kratzmann (quarterfinals)
* Broderick Dyke / Wally Masur (first round)
* Eddie Edwards / Christo van Rensburg (quarterfinals)
* Brad Drewett / Mark Edmondson (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Draw

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Fitzgerald M Kratzmann | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Bloom J Frana | 5 | 6 | | 1 | J Fitzgerald M Kratzmann | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Felgate D Tyson | 6 | 6 | | | K Jones B Pearce | 7 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Jones B Pearce | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | K Jones B Pearce | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | E Edwards C van Rensburg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | P Doohan L Warder | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | D Cahill P Carter | 2 | 5 | | 3 | E Edwards C van Rensburg | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Denton A Mansdorf | 7 | 6 | 5 | | P Doohan L Warder | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Doohan L Warder | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Doohan L Warder | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| WC | I Lendl B Scanlon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | I Lendl B Scanlon | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| | J Bates B Derlin | 4 | 4 | | WC | I Lendl B Scanlon | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Odizor M Woodforde | 4 | 3 | | 4 | B Drewett M Edmondson | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Drewett M Edmondson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | I Lendl B Scanlon | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | M Schapers H van Boeckel | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | M Anger K Flach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | G Michibata B Schultz | 6 | 6 | | | G Michibata B Schultz | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Anger K Flach | 6 | 6 | | | M Anger K Flach | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Dyke W Masur | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
