The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events.

ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.

The table below shows the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.

Below are the 1987 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1987) in both singles and doubles competition: These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events.