1986 Wimbledon Championships

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.

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
← 1985 · Wimbledon Championships · 1987 →

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 edit

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 edit

Seniors edit

Men's singles edit

  Boris Becker defeated   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 edit

  Martina Navratilova defeated   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 edit

  Joakim Nyström /   Mats Wilander defeated   Gary Donnelly /   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 edit

  Martina Navratilova /   Pam Shriver defeated   Hana Mandlíková /   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 edit

  Ken Flach /   Kathy Jordan defeated   Heinz Günthardt /   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 edit

Boys' singles edit

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

Girls' singles edit

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

Boys' doubles edit

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

Girls' doubles edit

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

Singles seeds edit

References edit

  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.
  7. ^ "Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  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.
  10. ^ "Ladies' Doubles Finals 1913-2017". wimbledon.com. Wimbledon Championships. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  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 edit

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