1986 Wimbledon Championships

January 2020 1986 Wimbledon Championships 23 June – 6 July 100th Grand Slam 128S/64D/64XD £2,119,780 Grass Church RoadSW19, Wimbledon,London, United Kingdom All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club FRG Boris Becker USA Martina Navratilova SWE Joakim Nyström / SWE Mats Wilander USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver USA Ken Flach / USA Kathy Jordan MEX Eduardo Vélez URS Natasha Zvereva ESP Tomás Carbonell / TCH Petr Korda AUS Michelle Jaggard / AUS Lisa O'Neill The 1986 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.Collins Bud The Bud Collins History of Tennis 2010 New Chapter Press [New York] 978-0942257700 2ndBarrett John Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships 2001 CollinsWillow London 0007117078 It was the 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 1986. For the first time yellow balls were used during the tournament.Yellow Tennis Balls Coming to Wimbledon https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-28-sp-9178-story.html Los Angeles Times 28 November 1985Nagle, Dave 30 years ago this summer, Wimbledon turned yellow ESPN. 8 July 2016 In recognition of the 100th championship, the two oldest living singles champions were invited to present the singles championship trophies: Jean Borotra presented the gentlemen's singles and Kitty Godfree presented the ladies', both alongside the President of the All England Club Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife. Prize money The total prize money for 1986 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £140,000 while the women's singles champion earned £126,000.Little Alan Wimbledon Compendium 2013 2013 All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London 978-1899039401 327–334 23About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/aboutwimbledon/prize_money_and_finance.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 8 October 2017 EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Men's singles£140,000£70,000£35,000£17,725£9,330£5,225£3,080£1,880Women's singles£126,000£63,000£30,700£15,025£7,485£4,040£2,380£1,450Men's doubles *£48,500£24,250£12,130£6,160£3,180£1,680£980Women's doubles *£42,060£21,030£9,700£4,930£2,390£1,250£720Mixed doubles *£25,200£12,600£6,300£2,930£1,470£730£330 * per team Champions Seniors Men's singles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles FRG Boris Becker defeated TCH Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemenssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was Becker's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd consecutive Wimbledon title. Women's singles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles USA Martina Navratilova defeated TCH Hana Mandlíková, 7–6(7–1), 6–3Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was Navratilova's 39th career Grand Slam title and her 7th Wimbledon single's title. Men's doubles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles SWE Joakim Nyström / SWE Mats Wilander defeated USA Gary Donnelly / USA Peter Fleming, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–3Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/gentlemensdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was Nyström's only career Grand Slam title. It was Wilander's 5th career Grand Slam title and his only Wimbledon title. Women's doubles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver defeated TCH Hana Mandlíková / AUS Wendy Turnbull, 6–1, 6–3Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiesdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was Navratilova's 40th career Grand Slam title and her 15th Wimbledon title. It was Shriver's 14th career Grand Slam title and her 5th Wimbledon title. Mixed doubles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles USA Ken Flach / USA Kathy Jordan defeated SUI Heinz Günthardt / USA Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/mixeddoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 22 July 2017 It was Flach's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Wimbledon title. It was Jordan's 7th and last career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Wimbledon title. Juniors Boys' singles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' singles MEX Eduardo Vélez defeated ESP Javier Sánchez, 6–3, 7–5Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boyssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 13 August 2017 Girls' singles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles URS Natasha Zvereva defeated URS Leila Meskhi, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/girlssingles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 13 August 2017 Boys' doubles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles ESP Tomás Carbonell / TCH Petr Korda defeated AUS Shane Barr / CAN Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1Boys' Doubles Finals 1982-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/boysdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 5 December 2017 Girls' doubles 1986 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' doubles AUS Michelle Jaggard / AUS Lisa O'Neill defeated URS Leila Meskhi / URS Natasha Zvereva, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4Girls' Doubles Finals 1982-2017 http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/girlsdoubles.html wimbledon.com Wimbledon Championships 5 December 2017 Singles seeds Men's singles TCH Ivan Lendl (final, lost to Boris Becker) SWE Mats Wilander (fourth round, lost to Pat Cash) USA Jimmy Connors (first round, lost to Robert Seguso) FRG Boris Becker (champion) SWE Stefan Edberg (third round, lost to Miloslav Mečíř) SWE Joakim Nyström (third round, lost to Ramesh Krishnan) FRA Henri Leconte (semifinals, lost to Boris Becker) SWE Anders Järryd (second round, lost to Eddie Edwards) ECU Andrés Gómez (first round, lost to John Fitzgerald) USA Tim Mayotte (quarterfinals, lost to Ivan Lendl) USA Kevin Curren (first round, lost to Eric Jelen) USA Brad Gilbert (fourth round, lost to Miloslav Mečíř) SWE Mikael Pernfors (fourth round, lost to Boris Becker) ARG Martín Jaite (second round, lost to Ken Flach) ARG Guillermo Vilas (first round, lost to Pat Cash) USA Johan Kriek (second round, lost to John Sadri) Women's singles USA Martina Navratilova (champion) USA Chris Evert Lloyd (semifinals, lost to Hana Mandlíková) TCH Hana Mandlíková (final, lost to Martina Navratilova) FRG Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (third round, lost to Raffaella Reggi) USA Pam Shriver (first round, lost to Betsy Nagelsen) USA Kathy Rinaldi (first round, lost to Nathalie Herreman) TCH Helena Suková (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert Lloyd) BUL 1971 Manuela Maleeva (fourth round, lost to Bettina Bunge) USA Zina Garrison (second round, lost to Anne Hobbs) ARG Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals, lost to Martina Navratilova) CAN Carling Bassett (fourth round, lost to Hana Mandlíková) USA Stephanie Rehe (first round, lost to Larisa Savchenko) USA Barbara Potter (withdrew before the tournament began) AUS Wendy Turnbull (first round, lost to Jenny Byrne) SWE Catarina Lindqvist (quarterfinals, lost to Gabriela Sabatini) USA Kathy Jordan (fourth round, lost to Chris Evert Lloyd) References External links Official Wimbledon Championships website 1986 French Open Grand Slams 1986 US Open Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon Championships Category:June 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:July 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom