1987 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
# 1987 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles

Anders Järryd was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Miloslav Mečíř won in the final 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 against John McEnroe.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

* Boris Becker (withdrew)
* Stefan Edberg (semifinals)
* John McEnroe (final)
* Mats Wilander (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LL | Kevin Curren | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andrés Gómez | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Andrés Gómez | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | Andrés Gómez | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Mats Wilander | 1 | 1 | 3 | | | | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Miloslav Mečíř | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | John McEnroe | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| | Yannick Noah | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | John McEnroe | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | John McEnroe | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | John McEnroe | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | | 3 | John McEnroe | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | Tim Mayotte | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Stefan Edberg | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
