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,
Pat Cash in the Men's Doubles competition at Wimbledon in both 1984 with McNamee and 1985 with Fitzgerald. In 1986, he helped Australia regain the Davis Cup with a 3–2 victory over Sweden. Cash again won the decisive singles rubber, recovering from two sets down against Mikael Pernfors. Just prior to Wimbledon in 1986 Cash had an emergency appendix operation. He reached the quarterfinals of the competition, and during the championship he started the now common tradition of throwing wristbands and headbands into the crowd. 1987 was a particularly strong year for Cash. He reached five singles finals, of which two were