1986 French Open

1986 French Open Roland-garros-1986.jpg 250px 26 May – 8 June 1986 85 128S/64D/64X Paris (XVIe), Francehttp://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004452 French Open 1986 – Overview ITFTennis.com 2012-08-18 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202222/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004452 dead Stade Roland Garros Clay / outdoor 56th Grand Slam (ITF) TCH Ivan Lendl AUS John Fitzgerald / TCH Tomáš Šmíd USA Chris Evert USA Martina Navratilova / HUN Andrea Temesvári USA Kathy Jordan / USA Ken Flach 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.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 2nd 390, 397, 400, 402–3Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire 1991 Fédération Française de Tennis Paris 2906450510 240–245 Gilles Delamarre The event was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix and 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. Finals Men's singles 1986 French Open – Men's singles Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl defeated Sweden Mikael Pernfors, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 Biased Crowd Goads Lendl To Convincing Win Alan Trengove https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lPMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2972,6639269 The Sydney Morning Herald 1986-06-10 2010-12-18 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 1986 French Open – Women's singles USA Chris Evert defeated USA Martina Navratilova, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3.Evert Lloyd Wins record 7th French Title https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AnsuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QoYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1966,3383912 Tri-City Herald 1986-06-08 Paris, France https://archive.today/20130124183351/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AnsuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QoYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1966,3383912 2013-01-24 unfitWTA Tournament Archive – 1986 Roland Garros https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/1986/903.pdf WTA PDF It was Evert's 18th (and last) career Grand Slam title, and her 7th French Open singles title (a record). Men's doubles 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 ATP – 1986 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1986&EventId=520&Draw=md ATP Women's doubles 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 1986 French Open – Mixed doubles USA Kathy Jordan / USA Ken Flach defeated RSA 1928 Rosalyn Fairbank / AUS Mark Edmondson, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 Prize money EventWFSFQF4R3R2R1RSingles World of Tennis 1987 1988 Willow Books London 978-0002182522 John Barrett 61 MenFF1,397,250FF698,630FF349,310FF176,980FF102,470FF55,890FF32,600FF15,720WomenFF1,278,400FF645,800FF314,600FF160,630FF78,660FF40,570FF21,530FF11,180 Total prize money for the event was FF21,528,000. References External links French Open official website 1985 Australian Open Grand Slams 1986 Wimbledon Championships Tennis France Category:French Open by year Category:1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series Category:1986 Grand Prix (tennis) Category:1986 in French tennis Category:May 1986 sports events in Europe Category:June 1986 sports events in Europe Category:1986 in Paris