1987 Monte Carlo Open – Singles

Joakim Nyström was the defending champion, but lost to Thomas Muster in the second round.

Mats Wilander won the title, defeating Jimmy Arias 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 in the final.

Seeds
All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round. • # Boris Becker (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (second round)

• # 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander (champion)

• # 🇪🇨 Andrés Gómez (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Sánchez (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Kent Carlsson (quarterfinals, retired due to illness)

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström (second round)

• # 🇦🇷 Martín Jaite (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jonas Svensson (second round)

• # Jakob Hlasek (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Thierry Tulasne (third round)

• # 🇫🇷 Tarik Benhabiles (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Aaron Krickstein (third round)

• # Slobodan Živojinović (second round)