WTA Tour 1986

◄ WTA Tour 1986 ►
Period:	December 1985 - December 1986
Edition:	16
Number of tournaments:	55
Categories:	Grand Slam (3) WTA Championships (2) WTA (51)
successes
Most tournament victories:	Martina Navrátilová (14)
Most of the finals:	Martina Navrátilová (16)
Awards
Player of the year:	Martina Navrátilová
Double team of the year:	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
Newcomer of the year:	Steffi Graf
Newcomer of the year:	Stephanie Deer

The 1986 Grand Slam winners

French Open :
Chris Evert-Lloyd

Wimbledon Championships and US Open :
Martina Navrátilová

The 1986 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims World Championships Series 1986 ) is the 16th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Tour Championships

Others Federation Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.12	Nutri-Metics Open Auckland , Australia $ 50,000 Lawn - 16E / 26Q / 16D	Anne Hobbs	Louise Field	6: 3, 6: 1
		Anne Hobbs Candy Reynolds	Lea Antonoplis Adriana Villagrán	6: 1, 6: 3

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.01.	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Pam Shriver	6: 1, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 4
13.01.	Virginia Slims of New England Worcester , United States $ 250,000 Carpet (hall) - 56E / 15D	Martina Navrátilová	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7: 5, 6: 3
January 20	Virginia Slims of Kansas Wichita , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Wendy White	Betsy Nagelsen	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 2
		Kathy Jordan Candy Reynolds	JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
01/27	Virginia Slims of Florida Key Biscayne , United States $ 250,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 1
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Betsy Nagelsen Barbara Potter	7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 2

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
02/10	Lipton International Players Championships Boca Raton , United States $ 1,800,000 Hard Court - 128E / 64D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 6: 2
		Pam Shriver Helena Suková	Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 3
24.02.	Virginia Slims of California Oakland , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 15D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Kathy Jordan	6: 2, 6: 4
		Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	7: 6, 6: 1
	Virginia Slims of Oklahoma Oklahoma City , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Marcella Mesker	Lori McNeil	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	Lori McNeil Catherine Suire	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 1

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.03.	US Indoors Princeton , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 15D	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	3: 6, 6: 0, 7: 6
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková	6: 3, 7: 5
	Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey , United States $ 75,000 Carpet Hall	Janine Thompson	Catherine Suire	6: 1, 6: 4
		Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	Sandy Collins Kim Sands	7: 6, 6: 1
10.03.	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States $ 250,000 Carpet (hall) - 56E / 28D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 1
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
17.03.	WTA Championships New York , United States Masters - $ 500,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2
		Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 3
24.03.	Virginia Slims of Arizona Phoenix , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 16D	Beth lord	Ann Henricksson	6: 0, 3: 6, 7: 5
		Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	Linda Gates Alycia Moulton	6: 3, 5: 7, 6: 4
	Bridgestone Doubles Nashville , United States $ 175,000 Carpet (hall) - 8D	Barbara Potter Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6: 4, 6: 3
March 31	Tournament of Champions Marco Island , United States $ 150,000 Clay - 22E /? D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 2, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Andrea Temesvári	Kathy Jordan Elise Burgin	7: 5, 6: 2

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/07	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island , United States $ 200,000 Sand - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 7: 5
		Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White	Steffi Count Catherine Tanvier	6: 3, 6: 3
04/14	Sunkist WTA Championships Amelia Island , United States $ 275,000 Sand - 56E / 32D	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Gabriela Sabatini Catherine Tanvier	6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 6
04/21	Wild Dunes Charleston , United States $ 75,000 Sand - 32E / 16D	Elise Burgin	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 1, 6: 3
		Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	Laura Gildemeister Marcela Skuherská	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
04/28	US Clay Courts Indianapolis , United States $ 200,000 Sand - 56E / 32D	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
		Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6: 2, 6: 0

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
05.05.	International Championship of Spain Barcelona , Spain $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 16D	Petra Huber	Laura Garrone	7: 6, 6: 0
		Iva Budařová Catherine Tanvier	Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	6: 2, 6: 1
	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States $ 150,000 Sand - 32E / 16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Kathy Rinaldi	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
		Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell	6: 2, 6: 4
05/12	German Open Berlin (West) , Federal Republic of Germany $ 150,000 sand - 56E / 30D	Steffi Graf	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 3
		Steffi Count Helena Suková	Martina Navrátilová Andrea Temesvári	7: 5, 6: 2
19.05.	European Open Lugano , Switzerland $ 100,000 Clay - 56E / 32D	Raffaella Reggi	Manuela Maleewa	5: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6
		Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen	Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson	6: 2, 6: 3
May 26th	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 1,125,000 Clay Court (Red) - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 64M	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Martina Navrátilová	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Andrea Temesvári	Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	6: 1, 6: 2
		Kathy Jordan Ken Flat	Rosalyn Fairbank Mark Edmondson	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.06.	Edgbaston Cup Birmingham , UK $ 125,000 Lawn - 56E	Pam Shriver	Manuela Maleewa	6: 2, 7: 6
		Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	Elizabeth Smylie Wendy Turnbull	6: 2, 6: 4
16.06.	Pilkington Glass Championships Eastbourne , UK $ 200,000 Lawn - 64E / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 4
June 23	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam - $ 1,306,690 Lawn - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 64M	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	7: 6, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6: 1, 6: 3
		Kathy Jordan Ken Flat	Martina Navrátilová Heinz Günthardt	6: 3, 7: 6

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.07.	Ellesse Grand Prix Perugia , Italy $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 16D	Nathalie Herreman	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy	6: 2, 6: 4
		Carin Bakkum Nicole Jagerman	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Amy Holton	6: 4, 6: 4
14.07.	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States $ 150,000 Lawn - 32E / 16D	Pam Shriver	Lori McNeil	6: 4, 6: 2
		Terry Holladay Heather Ludloff	Cammy MacGregor Gretchen Magers	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 3
	Elektra Cup Bregenz , Austria $ 50,000 sand - 32E / 16D	Sandra Cecchini	Mariana Pérez-Roldán	6: 4, 6: 0
		Petra Huber Petra Keppeler	Sabrina Goleš Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 2, 6: 4
07/21	North Face Open Berkeley , United States $ 50,000 hard court - 32E / 16D	Melissa Gurney	Barbara Gerken	6: 1, 6: 3
		Beth Mr. Alycia Moulton	Amy Holton Elna Reinach	6: 1, 6: 2
	Federation Cup , Melbourne Finals , ITF Australia - Hard Court	United States	Czechoslovakia	3-0
07/28	Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Melissa Gurney	Stephanie Deer	6: 2, 6: 4
		Beth Mr. Alycia Moulton	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.08.	Player's Canadian Open Montreal , Canada $ 250,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32D	Helena Suková	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 7: 5
		Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini	Pam Shriver Helena Suková	7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 4
08/11	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach , United States $ 250,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	7: 6, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 3
08/18	United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah , United States $ 150,000 hard court - 56E / 32D	Steffi Graf	Molly Van Nostrand	7: 5, 6: 1
		Betsy Nagelsen Elizabeth Smylie	Steffi Count Helena Suková	7: 6, 6: 3
08/25	US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 1,400,000 Hard Court - 128E / 64Q / 64D / 32M	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
		Raffaella Reggi Sergio Casal	Martina Navrátilová Peter Fleming	6: 4, 6: 4

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08.09.	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 28E / 16D	Steffi Graf	Manuela Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 2
		Bettina Bunge Steffi Graf	Katerina Maleewa Manuela Maleewa	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 2
15.09.	Athens Trophy Athens , Greece $ 75,000 Clay - 32E / 13D	Sylvia Hanika	Angeliki Kanellopoulou	7: 5, 6: 1
		Isabel Cueto Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Silke Meier Wiltrud Probst	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
	Eckerd Open Largo , United States $ 125,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Lori McNeil	Zina Garrison	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
		Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	Gigi Fernández Kim Sands	7: 5, 6: 2
22.09.	Virginia Slims of Tulsa Tulsa , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Lori McNeil	Beth lord	6-0, 6-1
		Camille Benjamin Dinky Van Rensburg	Svetlana Parchomenko Laryssa Savchenko	7: 6, 7: 5
29.09.	Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Pam Shriver	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 2
		Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	Svetlana Parchomenko Laryssa Savchenko	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
29.09.	Hewlett-Packard Trophy Hilversum , The Netherlands $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 31E / 16D	Helena Suková	Catherine Tanvier	6: 2, 7: 5
		Kathy Jordan Helena Suková	Tine Scheuer-Larsen Catherine Tanvier	7: 5, 6: 1

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.10.	European Open Zurich , Switzerland $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Steffi Graf	Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
		Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	Lori McNeil Alycia Moulton	1: 6, 6.4, 6: 4
	Taipei International Championships Taipei , Taiwan $ 50,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 16D	Patricia Hy	Adriana Villagrán	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
		Lea Antonoplis Barbara Gerken	Gigi Fernández Susan Leo	6: 1, 6: 2
13.10.	Japan Open Tokyo , Japan $ 50,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Helen Kelesi	Bettina Fulco	6: 2, 6: 2
		Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh-Pete	Susan Mascarin Betsy Nagelsen	6: 1, 6: 2
	Porsche Grand Prix Filderstadt , Federal Republic of Germany $ 175,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini	7: 6, 6: 4
20.10.	Pretty Polly Classic Brighton , UK $ 200,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 16D	Steffi Graf	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 3, 6: 3
		Steffi Count Helena Suková	Tine Scheuer-Larsen Catherine Tanvier	6: 4, 6: 4
	Singapore Open Singapore , Singapore $ 50,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Gigi Fernández	Mercedes Paz	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
		Anna Maria Fernández Julie Richardson	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh-Pete	6: 3, 6: 2
10/27	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Zina Garrison	Melissa Gurney	6: 3, 6: 3
		Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	4: 5 task

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
03.11.	Virginia Slims of Arkansas Little Rock , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Kathy Rinaldi	Natallja Sverava	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 0
		Svetlana Parchomenko Laryssa Savchenko	Iva Budařová Beth mr	6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 1
	Virginia Slims of New England Worcester , United States $ 250,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 12D	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	6: 2, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 1
11/10	Puerto Rico Open San Juan , Puerto Rico $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Raffaella Reggi	Sabrina Goleš	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 3
		Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz	Gigi Fernández Robin White	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 14D	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	7: 5, 7: 5
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
11/17	WTA Championships New York , United States Masters - $ 500,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Martina Navrátilová	Steffi Graf	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7: 6 1 , 6: 3

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
01.12.	Argentinian Open Buenos Aires , Argentina $ 50,000 Clay - 56E / 24D	Gabriela Sabatini	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 1, 6: 1
		Lori McNeil Mercedes Paz	Manon Bollegraf Nicole Jagerman	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 1
December 8th	Brazilian Open São Paulo , Brazil $ 50,000 sand -56E / 24D	Vicki Nelson Dunbar	Jenny Klitch	6: 2, 7: 6 1
		Running out of slides Pat Medrado	Laura Gildemeister Petra Huber	4: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
2. ↑ http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/guide/4/ ( Memento from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )