1987 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles

Singles

1987 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia

Final

Champion

Runner-up

Karel Nováček

Score

7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(7–9), 6–4

Details

Draw

32 (2WC/4Q)

Seeds

8

Events

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Ulf Stenlund was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Josef Čihák.

Martín Jaite won the title by defeating Karel Nováček 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(7–9), 6–4 in the final.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

Martín Jaite (champion)
Guillermo Pérez Roldán (second round)
Tomáš Šmíd (first round)
Ulf Stenlund (first round)
Andreas Maurer (first round)
Thierry Tulasne (second round)
Karel Nováček (final)
Horacio de la Peña (second round)

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
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

	1	Martín Jaite	6	6

		Josef Čihák	2	3
								1	Martín Jaite	7⁷	6⁷	6

								7	Karel Nováček	6⁵	7⁹	4
		Damir Keretić	2	3

	7	Karel Nováček	6	6

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	1	M Jaite	7	6
		C Pistolesi	5	2				1	M Jaite	6	6
		P Arraya	6	6					P Arraya	1	3
		R Argüello	4	1											1	M Jaite	7	6
		L Duncan	6	6												L Duncan	6	3
		D de Miguel	0	1					L Duncan	6	6
	WC	C Panatta	6	6	3			8	H de la Peña	2	3
	8	H de la Peña	4	7	6																	1	M Jaite	6	6
	4	U Stenlund	3	1																			J Čihák	2	3
		J Čihák	6	6					J Čihák	7	6
	Q	M Filippini	6	6				Q	M Filippini	6	4
		S Colombo	1	1												J Čihák	7	7
		J Windahl	3	6												C Miniussi	5	6
		C Miniussi	6	7					C Miniussi	7	6
	Q	A Mancini	6	6				Q	A Mancini	5	2
	5	A Maurer	2	1

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	6	T Tulasne	6	6
		F Cancellotti	1	2				6	T Tulasne	7	3	1
		J Brown	6	6					J Brown	5	6	6
		W Popp	4	1												J Brown	0	3
		L Pimek	0	5												D Keretić	6	6
	WC	D Nargiso	6	7				WC	D Nargiso	2	4
		D Keretić	7	7					D Keretić	6	6
	3	T Šmíd	6	6																			D Keretić	2	3
	7	K Nováček	6	2	6																	7	K Nováček	6	6
		L Lavalle	1	6	1			7	K Nováček	6	4	6
		F Davín	6	6					F Davín	0	6	2
		M Cierro	3	4											7	K Nováček	6	1	6
		J Arrese	6	6												J Arrese	3	6	3
	Q	A Baldoni	4	1					J Arrese	6	6
	Q	JC Báguena	3	1				2	G Pérez Roldán	1	3
	2	G Pérez Roldán	6	6

References

^ "Briefs". Chicago Tribune. 5 October 1987. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Argentine Martin Jaite battled for 2 hours 47 minutes to defeat Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 and win the $100,000 Kim Top Line tennis tournament in Palermo, Sicily. Jaite took the first tiebreaker 7-5 and Novacek the second 9-7.
^ "Tennis Roundup: Evert Prescribes a Measure of Revenge". Los Angeles Times. 5 October 1987. Retrieved 21 September 2020. Top-seeded Martin Jaite of Argentina scored his second tournament victory in eight days by defeating seventh-seeded Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, in a $117,000 Grand Prix final at Palermo, Sicily.

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