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,
2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final and Victoria Azarenka, and Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, were also among those who paid tribute. Additionally, BBC Sport writer Tom Fordyce hailed Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory as "the 'holy grail' for British sport". Murray's Wimbledon victory dominated most of the British newspapers ranging from "The Guardian" to "The Daily Telegraph" and "The Daily Mail", among many others. It also even made front-page headlines on Serbia's two biggest newspapers, "Blic" and "Politika", and also dominated the sports sections of "The New York Times" in the United States and Australia's Sydney Morning Herald. 2013 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles final The