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Martina Navratilova #1 def. Helena Sukova #8

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 1986*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Helena Sukova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Helena Sukova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Feb 23, 1965
Age	29	21
Height	173	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	8
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,556	2,111
Career W-L	1,427–227	580–297
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$6,391,245

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 13 – 1 Helena Sukova

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1986	SF	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1986	QF	Etsuko Inoue	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1986	R16	Dianne Fromholtz	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1986	R32	Helen Kelesi	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1986	R64	Catherine Tanvier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1986	SF	Robin White	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1986	QF	Larisa Savchenko	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1986	R16	Anne Hobbs	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1986	R32	Lori Mcneil	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1986	R64	Camille Benjamin	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data