1986 French Open

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1986 French Open
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Date May 26 – June 8[1]
Edition 85th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 128S/64D/64X
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Paris (XVIe), France[1]
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl[2]
Women's Singles
United States Chris Evert[3][4]
Men's Doubles
Australia John Fitzgerald / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd [5]
Women's Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Hungary Andrea Temesvári [4]
Mixed Doubles
United States Kathy Jordan / United States Ken Flach [4]

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.[6][7]

The event was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix and 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.[1]

Champions

Men's singles

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

  • 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

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United States Chris Evert defeated United States Martina Navratilova, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3.[3][4]

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

Men's doubles

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Australia John Fitzgerald / Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd defeated Sweden Stefan Edberg / Sweden Anders Järryd, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4-7), 14–12 [5]

Women's doubles

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United States Martina Navratilova / Hungary Andrea Temesvári defeated West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini, 6–1, 6–2 [4]

Mixed doubles

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United States Kathy Jordan / United States Ken Flach defeated South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank / Australia Mark Edmondson, 3–6, 7–6(7-3), 6–3 [4]

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [8] Men FF1,397,250 FF698,630 FF349,310 FF176,980 FF102,470 FF55,890 FF32,600 FF15,720
Women FF1,278,400 FF645,800 FF314,600 FF160,630 FF78,660 FF40,570 FF21,530 FF11,180

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

References

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External links

Preceded by Grand Slams Succeeded by
1986 Wimbledon Championships