ATP Roland Garros 1986 Draw, Results & Schedule

Ivan Lendl won the 1986 Roland Garros, defeating Mikael Pernfors 6-3 6-2 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on clay courts in Paris, France, from May 26 to June 9, 1986. The match log contains 126 recorded singles results for this edition.

Roland Garros is also widely known as the French Open and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on clay.

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Champion
Ivan Lendl
def. Mikael Pernfors , 6-3 6-2 6-4
Dates
May 26 — Jun 9
Location
Paris, France
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Clay
Prize money
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Results

Roland Garros 1986 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Ivan Lendl #1 6-3 6-2 6-4 Mikael Pernfors #15 H2H Match data Jun 9, 1986* F
SF (2)
Ivan Lendl #1 6-2 6-1 6-0 Johan Kriek #19 H2H Match data Jun 8, 1986* SF
Mikael Pernfors #27 2-6 7-5 7-6 6-3 Henri Leconte #10 H2H Match data Jun 8, 1986* SF
QF (4)
Henri Leconte #10 6-3 6-4 6-3 Andrei Chesnokov #81 H2H Match data Jun 6, 1986* QF
Ivan Lendl #1 6-7 7-6 6-0 6-0 Andres Gomez #12 H2H Match data Jun 6, 1986* QF
Mikael Pernfors #27 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-0 Boris Becker #5 H2H Match data Jun 6, 1986* QF Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Johan Kriek #19 3-6 7-6 7-6 7-6 Guillermo Vilas #18 H2H Match data Jun 6, 1986* QF
R16 (8)
Mikael Pernfors #27 6-1 3-6 7-6 7-6 Martin Jaite #15 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Andres Gomez #12 7-5 7-6 4-6 3-6 6-4 Ulf Stenlund #101 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Boris Becker #5 6-0 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 Emilio Sanchez #20 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Johan Kriek #19 (w/o) Yannick Noah #6 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Guillermo Vilas #18 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-1 8-6 Guy Forget #33 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Henri Leconte #10 6-1 6-2 6-1 Horacio de la Pena #61 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Andrei Chesnokov #81 6-4 6-1 4-6 6-1 Francisco Maciel #66 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
Ivan Lendl #1 6-1 6-2 6-4 Damir Keretic #104 H2H Match data Jun 4, 1986* R16
R32 (16)
Johan Kriek #19 6-4 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 Luiz Mattar #126 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Damir Keretic #104 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-3 Tomas Smid #35 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Emilio Sanchez #20 6-1 6-1 6-7 6-3 Jean-Philippe Fleurian #174 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Guy Forget #33 6-2 6-1 6-2 Eric Jelen #40 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Francisco Maciel #66 3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6 Thierry Pham #245 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Henri Leconte #10 1-6 3-6 7-6 6-0 6-0 Cassio Motta #69 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Mikael Pernfors #27 7-5 6-2 6-0 Robert Seguso #47 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Andrei Chesnokov #81 6-2 6-3 6-2 Mats Wilander #2 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32 Upset: winner had a 8 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Boris Becker #5 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-4 Eliot Teltscher #43 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Ulf Stenlund #101 6-4 6-2 6-3 Anders Jarryd #9 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Yannick Noah #6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-3 Fernando Luna #70 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Guillermo Vilas #18 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-1 Jan Gunnarsson #78 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Andres Gomez #12 7-5 7-6 5-7 6-3 Kent Carlsson #31 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Horacio de la Pena #61 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 7-5 Claudio Panatta #219 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Martin Jaite #15 6-0 6-1 6-3 Jose Clavet #325 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
Ivan Lendl #1 6-1 6-1 6-2 Christian Miniussi #252 H2H Match data Jun 1, 1986* R32
R64 (32)
Ulf Stenlund #101 6-3 6-1 6-0 Darren Cahill #116 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Jan Gunnarsson #78 7-6 6-4 7-5 Sergio Casal #68 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Guy Forget #33 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-6 Thomas Muster #73 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Francisco Maciel #66 6-4 6-4 6-1 Juan Aguilera #131 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Eric Jelen #40 6-4 6-4 7-5 Paul Mcnamee #30 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Guillermo Vilas #18 7-5 6-2 6-2 Martin Wostenholme #86 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Boris Becker #5 6-2 6-0 6-7 6-3 Bruno Oresar #74 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Yannick Noah #6 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-4 Sammy Giammalva Jr — Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Eliot Teltscher #43 7-5 7-5 6-1 Lawson Duncan #151 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Kent Carlsson #31 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2 Henrik Sundstrom #95 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Andrei Chesnokov #81 6-2 6-3 6-2 Ricki Osterthun #76 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Emilio Sanchez #20 6-3 6-2 6-2 Michiel Schapers #57 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Luiz Mattar #126 6-7 7-5 6-4 6-3 John Fitzgerald #123 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Fernando Luna #70 6-2 6-3 6-3 Marcel Freeman #108 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Henri Leconte #10 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-0 Amos Mansdorf #89 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Tomas Smid #35 6-4 6-2 7-6 Todd Nelson #84 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Andres Gomez #12 6-1 6-4 4-6 6-3 Nelson Aerts #127 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Cassio Motta #69 6-1 4-6 6-7 6-3 6-4 Eric Winogradsky #207 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Horacio de la Pena #61 6-0 6-3 6-4 Hans Gildemeister — Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Martin Jaite #15 7-6 1-6 2-6 6-3 6-1 Miloslav Mecir #25 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Damir Keretic #104 7-6 6-1 7-6 Diego Perez #42 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Mikael Pernfors #27 6-7 7-5 6-3 2-6 6-4 Stefan Edberg #7 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Jose Clavet #325 6-3 6-3 5-7 6-3 Thierry Van Den Daele — Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Robert Seguso #47 6-2 7-5 6-2 Jose Lopez Maeso — Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Christian Miniussi #252 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-2 Simon Youl #128 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Anders Jarryd #9 6-2 6-4 1-6 7-5 Marko Ostoja #137 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Claudio Panatta #219 0-6 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 Thierry Tulasne #13 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Thierry Pham #245 6-3 6-4 6-2 Jaime Yzaga #54 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Ivan Lendl #1 6-3 6-3 6-3 Jakob Hlasek #26 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Johan Kriek #19 6-1 6-3 5-7 6-3 Milan Srejber #34 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #174 3-6 2-6 7-5 7-5 7-5 Jonathan Canter #64 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
Mats Wilander #2 6-1 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 Aaron Krickstein #36 H2H Match data May 30, 1986* R64
R128 (63)
Aaron Krickstein #36 6-2 6-4 6-4 Thierry Champion #110 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Ulf Stenlund #101 6-3 6-1 6-2 Andreas Maurer #32 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Paul Mcnamee #30 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-0 Joakim Nystrom #8 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Guy Forget #33 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6 Pablo Arraya #52 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Thierry Van Den Daele 7-6 2-6 6-4 7-6 Claudio Mezzadri #139 — Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jaime Yzaga #54 6-3 5-7 7-5 7-5 Victor Pecci #182 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Lawson Duncan #151 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-0 Nduka Odizor #67 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Thomas Muster #73 6-3 6-4 6-3 Tim Wilkison #28 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Ricki Osterthun #76 1-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 Eduardo Bengoechea #107 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Marko Ostoja #137 6-2 6-2 6-7 1-6 6-3 Jeremy Bates #124 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Yannick Noah #6 6-3 6-4 6-7 6-7 6-4 Tarik Benhabiles #164 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Robert Seguso #47 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-3 Mark Kratzmann #134 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Henrik Sundstrom #95 7-5 7-5 6-2 Broderick Dyke #44 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Christian Miniussi #252 4-6 6-1 6-4 7-5 Marian Vajda #65 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Horacio de la Pena #61 6-1 6-4 7-6 Libor Pimek #38 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Marcel Freeman #108 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-3 Marty Davis #60 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Tomas Smid #35 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2 Hans Schwaier #71 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Andrei Chesnokov #81 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-2 Jonas Svensson #41 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Henri Leconte #10 6-3 6-1 6-3 David De Miguel — Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Guillermo Vilas #18 6-1 6-1 6-4 Pedro Rebolledo #149 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Mats Wilander #2 6-0 4-6 6-1 6-1 Ricardo Acuna #63 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Anders Jarryd #9 6-1 6-3 6-1 Bud Schultz #46 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Mikael Pernfors #27 7-6 6-4 6-2 Olivier Delaitre #341 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Diego Perez #42 6-1 7-6 2-6 6-2 Mike De Palmer — Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Luiz Mattar #126 5-7 7-5 6-1 6-4 John Lloyd — Match data May 28, 1986* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Johan Kriek #19 6-1 7-6 6-2 Carlos Kirmayr #92 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Francisco Maciel #66 6-3 6-4 6-3 Florin Segarceanu #90 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Claudio Panatta #219 6-3 7-5 6-2 Marcelo Ingaramo #75 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Martin Wostenholme #86 6-2 1-6 6-0 6-0 Stefan Eriksson — Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jonathan Canter #64 6-3 6-3 6-3 Roberto Arguello #120 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Stefan Edberg #7 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-1 Shahar Perkiss #152 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jan Gunnarsson #78 6-1 6-3 6-3 Tom Nijssen #364 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Amos Mansdorf #89 7-5 2-6 6-2 6-4 Pavel Slozil #88 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jakob Hlasek #26 1-6 6-3 1-6 7-5 6-3 Ramesh Krishnan H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Thierry Tulasne #13 4-6 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-3 Francesco Cancellotti #109 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Milan Srejber #34 7-6 6-2 6-2 Ken Flach #163 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Kent Carlsson #31 6-1 6-2 6-2 Alex Stepanek #144 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Todd Nelson #84 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 Christo Steyn #53 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Eliot Teltscher #43 6-2 6-2 6-0 Danie Visser #106 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jose Clavet #325 4-6 7-6 6-0 6-3 Glenn Layendecker #72 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Fernando Luna #70 6-4 4-6 7-6 6-2 Peter Lundgren #37 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Ivan Lendl #1 6-3 6-3 6-3 Michael Westphal #79 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Eric Jelen #40 7-6 7-6 6-4 Slobodan Zivojinovic H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Boris Becker #5 6-0 6-3 6-0 Jerome Potier #227 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Cassio Motta #69 6-4 6-4 6-2 Mark Woodforde #96 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Darren Cahill #116 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-0 Julio Goes #148 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Sergio Casal #68 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-2 Karel Novacek #117 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Eric Winogradsky #207 6-3 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 Blaine Willenborg #161 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Damir Keretic #104 4-6 6-3 4-6 7-6 8-6 Heinz Gunthardt #22 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Thierry Pham #245 6-0 4-6 6-1 6-0 Menno Oosting #147 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Juan Aguilera #131 1-6 6-4 7-6 2-6 8-6 Wally Masur #99 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Michiel Schapers #57 7-5 6-4 7-5 Claudio Pistolesi #146 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Sammy Giammalva Jr 5-7 6-1 6-1 6-3 Christian Bergstrom #211 — Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Nelson Aerts #127 7-6 6-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 Mark Edmondson #105 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Martin Jaite #15 6-1 3-6 0-6 6-2 6-4 Ronald Agenor #58 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Emilio Sanchez #20 1-6 2-6 6-2 6-1 6-1 Todd Witsken #83 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Bruno Oresar #74 7-6 6-0 6-0 Eddie Edwards #103 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Andres Gomez #12 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-3 Glenn Michibata #49 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Simon Youl #128 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-7 9-7 Leonardo Lavalle #55 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
John Fitzgerald #123 3-6 6-2 6-0 4-3 (ret.) Peter Doohan #119 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Miloslav Mecir #25 6-1 6-1 6-3 Michael Robertson #153 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jean-Philippe Fleurian #174 6-3 6-2 6-2 Stephan Medem #257 H2H Match data May 28, 1986* R128
Jose Lopez Maeso 6-1 6-3 6-3 Bruno Dadillon #411 — Match data May 28, 1986* R128

Tournament Records

The leading Open Era records for Roland Garros.

Most Titles

Open Era singles titles.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 titles

Most Finals

Champion or runner-up finishes.

  1. Rafael Nadal 14 finals

Most Match Wins

Recorded main-draw match wins.

  1. Rafael Nadal 112 wins

Most Appearances

Editions with a recorded main-draw match. 2 players share this record.

  1. Novak Djokovic 22 appearances

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Open Era main-draw singles records from 1968 onward. Ranking records begin where reliable entering rankings are available.

Recent Finals

Recent Roland Garros finals
WinnerScoreRunner-upH2HMatch DataSeasonSurface
Alexander Zverev #3 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1 Flavio Cobolli #14 H2H Match data 2026 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #1 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) Jannik Sinner #2 H2H Match data 2025 Clay
Carlos Alcaraz #3 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 Alexander Zverev #4 H2H Match data 2024 Clay
Novak Djokovic #3 7-6(1) 6-3 7-5 Casper Ruud #4 H2H Match data 2023 Clay
Rafael Nadal #5 6-3 6-3 6-0 Casper Ruud #8 H2H Match data 2022 Clay

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Roland Garros held?
Roland Garros is held in Paris, France.
Who won the most recent Roland Garros?
The 2026 Roland Garros was won by Alexander Zverev, who defeated Flavio Cobolli 6-1 4-6 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Who has won the most Roland Garros titles?
Rafael Nadal has won 14 Roland Garros titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Roland Garros played?
The first edition of Roland Garros was held in 1891.
What surface is Roland Garros played on?
Roland Garros is played on clay courts.