1987 Head Cup – Doubles

Doubles
Doubles
1987 Head Cup
Champions	Sergio Casal; Emilio Sánchez
Runners-up	Miloslav Mečíř; Tomáš Šmíd
Score	7–6, 7–6
Draw	32 (3WC)
Seeds	8

Defending champions Heinz Günthardt and Tomáš Šmíd chose to compete this year with different partners, facing each other in the quarterfinals. Šmíd -teaming up with Miloslav Mečíř- defeated Günthardt -teaming up with Balázs Taróczy- in straight sets.

Mečíř and Šmíd ended up losing the final to Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez. The score was 7–6, 7–6.^[1] The final was played in an indoor carpet court due to bad weather.^[2]

Seeds

Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez (champions)
Miloslav Mečíř / Tomáš Šmíd (final)
Carlos di Laura / Blaine Willenborg (semifinals, withdrew)
Carl Limberger / Mark Woodforde (second round)
Stanislav Birner / Jaroslav Navrátil (quarterfinals)
Broderick Dyke / Paul McNamee (quarterfinals)
Bud Cox / Michael Fancutt (second round)
Ronald Agénor / César Kist (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
ITF = ITF entry
PR = Protected ranking
SR = Special ranking
SE = Special exempt
JE = Junior exempt
JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

Semifinals					Final

1	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6	3	7

	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	3	6	6
					1	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7	7

					2	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6	6
3	Carlos di Laura Blaine Willenborg

2	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	w/o

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	S Casal E Sánchez	6
	A Antonitsch T Muster	3	r		1	S Casal E Sánchez	6	6
	T Champion T Tulasne	1	6	4		P Arraya P Lindgren	3	1
	P Arraya P Lindgren	6	3	6						1	S Casal E Sánchez	6	6
	J Čihák R Vogel	6	6							8	R Agénor C Kist	1	4
	R Barlow P Svensson	3	3			J Čihák R Vogel	6	6	6
WC	M Oberleitner Oliver Ploner	5	3		8	R Agénor C Kist	7	2	7
8	R Agénor C Kist	7	6											1	S Casal E Sánchez	6	3	7
4	C Limberger M Woodforde	6	7												P Korda C Suk	3	6	6
	V Pecci L Pimek	4	5		4	C Limberger M Woodforde	2	3
	P Korda C Suk	6	6			P Korda C Suk	6	6
WC	G Mild H Skoff	3	4								P Korda C Suk	6	6
	S Svensson LA Wahlgren	7	6							6	B Dyke P McNamee	4	3
	L Duncan B Pils	5	2			S Svensson LA Wahlgren	4	6
	C Allgårdh N Kroon	5	7	4	6	B Dyke P McNamee	6	7
6	B Dyke P McNamee	7	6	6

Bottom half

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	S Birner J Navrátil	7	6
	J Frana C Miniussi	6	3	5	S Birner J Navrátil	6	3	7
	J Colás P Rebolledo	6	6		J Colás P Rebolledo	3	6	6
	E Oliveira S Vasudevan	4	3						5	S Birner J Navrátil	6	7	1
	R Argüello M Ingaramo	6	4						3	C di Laura B Willenborg	7	6	6
	T Carbonell J Sánchez	7	6		T Carbonell J Sánchez	6	6	3
	J Arrese J Bardou	5	3	3	C di Laura B Willenborg	1	7	6
3	C di Laura B Willenborg	7	6											3	C di Laura B Willenborg
7	B Cox M Fancutt	6	6											2	M Mečíř T Šmíd	w/o
	U Stenlund F Waern	1	3	7	B Cox M Fancutt	5	6	4
WC	H Günthardt B Taróczy	6	6	WC	H Günthardt B Taróczy	7	3	6
	J Cunha e Silva D Marco	3	2						WC	H Günthardt B Taróczy	3	4
	C Aprili P Canè	7	7						2	M Mečíř T Šmíd	6	6
	S Colombo F Segărceanu	5	6		C Aprili P Canè	6	4
	C Pistolesi H Schwaier	6	6	2	M Mečíř T Šmíd	7	6
2	M Mečíř T Šmíd	7	7

References

↑ "Glorreiche Helden" [Glorious Heroes]. Generali Open (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2026. Doppel: 1987 Casal (ESP) / Sanchez (ESP)
↑ Muciergo, Fernando (30 July 2022). "Blog Murciego: Kitzbühel 1987, la odisea de Emilio Sánchez Vicario" [Murciego's Blog: Kitzbühel 1987, Emilio Sánchez Vicario's oddysey]. Eurosport (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026. Lastly, on Sunday, I played a 5-set singles final and the last two doubles matches. At the doubles final it started to rain again, so we had to play in indoor carpet. In that final I didn't even know my own name. Sergio (Casal) was the one who played and won those matches, while I was like a puppet, holding on as I could.

External links

[1] "Glorreiche Helden" [Glorious Heroes]. Generali Open (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2026. Doppel: 1987 Casal (ESP) / Sanchez (ESP)

[2] Muciergo, Fernando (30 July 2022). "Blog Murciego: Kitzbühel 1987, la odisea de Emilio Sánchez Vicario" [Murciego's Blog: Kitzbühel 1987, Emilio Sánchez Vicario's oddysey]. Eurosport (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 April 2026. Lastly, on Sunday, I played a 5-set singles final and the last two doubles matches. At the doubles final it started to rain again, so we had to play in indoor carpet. In that final I didn't even know my own name. Sergio (Casal) was the one who played and won those matches, while I was like a puppet, holding on as I could.

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