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1986 French Open

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Date
  
May 26 – June 8

Category
  
Grand Slam (ITF)

Surface
  
Clay / Outdoor

Edition
  
85th

Draw
  
128S/64D/64X

Location
  
Paris (XVI), France

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.

Contents

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

Men's singles

Ivan Lendl defeated 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

    Chris Evert defeated 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

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

    Women's doubles

    Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári defeated Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini, 6–1, 6–2

    Mixed doubles

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

    Prize money

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

    References

    1986 French Open Wikipedia