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1986 Virginia Slims Championships

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Date
  
March and November

Location
  
Boca Raton, USA

Edition
  
15th and 16th

The Virginia Slims Championships was held twice in 1986 because of a change of schedule from March to November.

Contents

They were the fifteenth and sixteenth season-ending WTA Tour Championships, the annual tennis tournament for the best female tennis players in singles on the 1986 WTA Tour. It was held in the week of March 1986 and November 1986, in Boca Raton, United States.

Final (March)

  • Singles: Martina Navratilova defeated Hana Mandlíková, 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–1. Navratilova was the defending champion.
  • Doubles: Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3

    • Final (November)

  • Singles: Martina Navratilova defeated Steffi Graf, 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–2. Navratilova was the defending champion.
  • Doubles: Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková, 7–6(7–1), 6–3

    • References

    1986 Virginia Slims Championships Wikipedia
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