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Martina Navratilova#1 def. Helena Sukova#8

4-6 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1986*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-2
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)	2,573	2,092
Career W-L	1,427–227	580–297
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$6,391,245

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 12 – 1 Helena Sukova

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1986	QF	Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1986	R16	Laura Garrone	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1986	R32	Claudia Porwik	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1986	R64	Larisa Savchenko	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1986	R128	Sandra Cecchini	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1986	F	Chris Evert	2-6 6-3 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1986	QF	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1986	R16	Katerina Maleeva	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1986	R32	Tine Scheuer Larsen	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1986	R64	Gigi Fernandez	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1986	R128	Sabina Simmonds	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data