1987 Wimbledon Championships 1987 Wimbledon Championships The 1987 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 101st edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 22 June to 5 July 1987. The total prize money for 1987 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £155,000 while the women's singles champion earned £139,500. Pat Cash defeated Ivan Lendl, 7–6, 6–2, 7–5 Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf, 7–5, 6–3 Ken Flach / Robert Seguso defeated Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez, 3–6, 6–7,
1985 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles 1985 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Kevin Curren. Curren also defeated Jimmy Connors in the semifinal and became the first player ever to defeat both Connors and McEnroe in the same Grand Slam tournament. Boris Becker defeated Curren in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships. Becker became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, as well as the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at . This latter