| Score: | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Draw: | 128 (8 / 6) |
| Seeds: | 16 |
| Before Name: | Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles |
| After Name: | Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles |
See main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships. Five-time defending champion Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships.[1] It was her eighth Wimbledon singles title and 16th major singles title overall.
See also: 1 and 1. 
Martina Navratilova (champion)
See also: 2 and 8. Steffi Graf (final)
See also: 3 and 3. Chris Evert (semifinals)
See also: 4 and 6. Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
See also: 5 and 5. Pam Shriver (semifinals)
See also: 6 and 7. 
Gabriela Sabatini (quarterfinals)
See also: 7 and 2. Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière (second round)
See also: 8 and 4. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (quarterfinals)
See also: 9 and 3. Bettina Bunge (third round)
See also: 10 and 7. Lori McNeil (second round)
See also: 11 and 4. 
Catarina Lindqvist (fourth round)
See also: 12 and 8. 
Wendy Turnbull (second round)
See also: 13 and 2. Barbara Potter (second round)
See also: 14 and 1. Katerina Maleeva (first round)
See also: 15 and 6. 
Raffaella Reggi (fourth round)
See also: 16 and 5. Sylvia Hanika (fourth round)
Hana Mandlíková was originally seeded #4 but withdrew due to injury before the tournament draw was made. All original seeds from 5-16 moved up one place, and a new #16 seed was added.
See main article: 1987 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying.