1986 Wimbledon Championships

Tennis tournament
1986 Wimbledon Championships
Date23 June – 6 July
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£2,119,780
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
West Germany Boris Becker
Women's singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Sweden Joakim Nyström / Sweden Mats Wilander
Women's doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
United States Ken Flach / United States Kathy Jordan
Boys' singles
Mexico Eduardo Vélez
Girls' singles
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Boys' doubles
Spain Tomás Carbonell / Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Girls' doubles
Australia Michelle Jaggard / Australia Lisa O'Neill
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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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6]

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
Men's singles £140,000 £70,000 £35,000 £17,725 £9,330 £5,225 £3,080 £1,880
Women's singles £126,000 £63,000 £30,700 £15,025 £7,485 £4,040 £2,380 £1,450
Men's doubles * £48,500 £24,250 £12,130 £6,160 £3,180 £1,680 £980 —
Women's doubles * £42,060 £21,030 £9,700 £4,930 £2,390 £1,250 £720 —
Mixed doubles * £25,200 £12,600 £6,300 £2,930 £1,470 £730 £330 —

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

West Germany Boris Becker defeated Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5[7]

  • It was Becker's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd consecutive Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková, 7–6(7–1), 6–3[8]

  • It was Navratilova's 39th career Grand Slam title and her 7th Wimbledon single's title.

Men's doubles

Sweden Joakim Nyström / Sweden Mats Wilander defeated United States Gary Donnelly / United States Peter Fleming, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–3[9]

  • 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

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková / Australia Wendy Turnbull, 6–1, 6–3[10]

  • 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

United States Ken Flach / United States Kathy Jordan defeated Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / United States Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)[11]

  • 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

Mexico Eduardo Vélez defeated Spain Javier Sánchez, 6–3, 7–5[12]

Girls' singles

Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva defeated Soviet Union Leila Meskhi, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7[13]

Boys' doubles

Spain Tomás Carbonell / Czechoslovakia Petr Korda defeated Australia Shane Barr / Canada Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1[14]

Girls' doubles

Australia Michelle Jaggard / Australia Lisa O'Neill defeated Soviet Union Leila Meskhi / Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4[15]

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (final, lost to Boris Becker)
  2. Sweden Mats Wilander (fourth round, lost to Pat Cash)
  3. United States Jimmy Connors (first round, lost to Robert Seguso)
  4. West Germany Boris Becker (champion)
  5. Sweden Stefan Edberg (third round, lost to Miloslav Mečíř)
  6. Sweden Joakim Nyström (third round, lost to Ramesh Krishnan)
  7. France Henri Leconte (semifinals, lost to Boris Becker)
  8. Sweden Anders Järryd (second round, lost to Eddie Edwards)
  9. Ecuador Andrés Gómez (first round, lost to John Fitzgerald)
  10. United States Tim Mayotte (quarterfinals, lost to Ivan Lendl)
  11. United States Kevin Curren (first round, lost to Eric Jelen)
  12. United States Brad Gilbert (fourth round, lost to Miloslav Mečíř)
  13. Sweden Mikael Pernfors (fourth round, lost to Boris Becker)
  14. Argentina Martín Jaite (second round, lost to Ken Flach)
  15. Argentina Guillermo Vilas (first round, lost to Pat Cash)
  16. United States Johan Kriek (second round, lost to John Sadri)

Women's singles

  1. United States Martina Navratilova (champion)
  2. United States Chris Evert Lloyd (semifinals, lost to Hana Mandlíková)
  3. Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková (final, lost to Martina Navratilova)
  4. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (third round, lost to Raffaella Reggi)
  5. United States Pam Shriver (first round, lost to Betsy Nagelsen)
  6. United States Kathy Rinaldi (first round, lost to Nathalie Herreman)
  7. Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (quarterfinals, lost to Chris Evert Lloyd)
  8. Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva (fourth round, lost to Bettina Bunge)
  9. United States Zina Garrison (second round, lost to Anne Hobbs)
  10. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals, lost to Martina Navratilova)
  11. Canada Carling Bassett (fourth round, lost to Hana Mandlíková)
  12. United States Stephanie Rehe (first round, lost to Larisa Savchenko)
  13. United States Barbara Potter (withdrew before the tournament began)
  14. Australia Wendy Turnbull (first round, lost to Jenny Byrne)
  15. Sweden Catarina Lindqvist (quarterfinals, lost to Gabriela Sabatini)
  16. United States Kathy Jordan (fourth round, lost to Chris Evert Lloyd)

References

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. ISBN 0007117078.
  3. ^ "Yellow Tennis Balls Coming to Wimbledon". Los Angeles Times. 28 November 1985.
  4. ^ Nagle, Dave 30 years ago this summer, Wimbledon turned yellow ESPN. 8 July 2016
  5. ^ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. pp. 327–334. ISBN 978-1899039401.
  6. ^ "About Wimbledon – Prize Money and Finance". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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  8. ^ "Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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  11. ^ "Mixed Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Boys' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Girls' Singles Finals 1947-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Boys' Doubles Finals 1982-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Girls' Doubles Finals 1982-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

External links

  • Official Wimbledon Championships website
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