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Martina Navratilova#1 def. Steffi Graf#3

7-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Nov 17, 1986
Tournament	Virginia Slims Championships 2
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	7-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Steffi Graf

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Steffi Graf
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jun 14, 1969
Age	30	17
Height	173	176
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,621	2,334
Career W-L	1,427–227	866–109
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 4 – 1 Steffi Graf

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	SF	Pam Shriver	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	QF	Bettina Bunge	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	R16	Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	F	Hana Mandlikova	6-2 6-0 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	SF	Steffi Graf	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	QF	Bonnie Gadusek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	R16	Terry Phelps	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	SF	Helena Sukova	7-6 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	QF	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	R16	Lori Mcneil	7-5 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	QF	Pam Shriver	4-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	R16	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data