1987 Swedish Open – Singles

The defending champion was Emilio Sánchez who lost in the semifinals. The fifth seeded, Joakim Nyström from Sweden won the singles title.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (final)

• # 🇸🇪 Kent Carlsson (quarterfinals)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Sánchez (semifinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström (champion)

• # 🇸🇪 Anders Järryd (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Mikael Pernfors (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Ulf Stenlund (first round)