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1986 French Open

The 1986 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 26 May until 8 June. It was the 85th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1986.

The event was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix and 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1986 French Open – Men's singles

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl defeated Sweden Mikael Pernfors, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4

  • It was Lendl's 6th title of the year, and his 59th overall. It was his 3rd career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd French Open title.

Women's singles

Main article: 1986 French Open – Women's singles

USA Chris Evert defeated USA Martina Navratilova, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3.

  • It was Evert's 18th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and her 7th French Open singles title (a record).

Men's doubles

Main article: 1986 French Open – Men's doubles

AUS John Fitzgerald / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd defeated SWE Stefan Edberg / SWE Anders Järryd, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 14–12

Women's doubles

Main article: 1986 French Open – Women's doubles

USA Martina Navratilova / HUN Andrea Temesvári defeated FRG Steffi Graf / ARG Gabriela Sabatini, 6–1, 6–2

Mixed doubles

Main article: 1986 French Open – Mixed doubles

USA Kathy Jordan / USA Ken Flach defeated RSA Rosalyn Fairbank / AUS Mark Edmondson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3

Prize money

Total prize money for the event was FF21,528,000.

References

References

  1. "French Open 1986 – Overview". ITFTennis.com.
  2. Alan Trengove. (1986-06-10). "Biased Crowd Goads Lendl To Convincing Win". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
  3. (1986-06-08). "Evert Lloyd Wins record 7th French Title". [[Tri-City Herald]].
  4. "WTA Tournament Archive – 1986 Roland Garros". WTA.
  5. "ATP – 1986 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  6. Collins, Bud. (2010). "The Bud Collins History of Tennis". New Chapter Press.
  7. Gilles Delamarre. (1991). "Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire". Fédération Française de Tennis.
  8. (1988). "World of Tennis 1987". Willow Books.
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