WTA US Open 1986 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Martina Navratilova won the 1986 US Open, defeating Helena Sukova 6-3 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in New York, United States, from August 26 to September 8, 1986.

Champion
Martina Navratilova
def. Helena Sukova , 6-3 6-2
Dates
Aug 26 — Sep 8
Location
New York, United States
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Sep 8, 1986* F Martina Navratilova #1 6-3 6-2 Helena Sukova #7 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Sep 7, 1986* SF Martina Navratilova #1 6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(8) Steffi Graf #3 H2H Match data
Sep 7, 1986* SF Helena Sukova #7 6-2 6-4 Chris Evert #2 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Sep 5, 1986* QF Martina Navratilova #1 6-2 6-4 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1986* QF Chris Evert #2 6-2 6-2 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1986* QF Steffi Graf #3 6-3 6-1 Bonnie Gadusek H2H Match data
Sep 5, 1986* QF Helena Sukova #7 6-4 6-0 Wendy Turnbull #17 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 6-2 2-6 7-6(1) Claudia Kohde Kilsch #6 H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Martina Navratilova #1 6-4 6-2 Gabriela Sabatini #11 H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Chris Evert #2 6-2 2-6 6-2 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Steffi Graf #3 6-1 3-6 6-0 Raffaella Reggi Concato H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Wendy Turnbull #17 6-4 1-6 6-3 Hana Mandlikova #4 H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Pam Shriver #5 6-4 6-4 Kathy Jordan #15 H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Helena Sukova #7 6-4 2-6 6-4 Zina Garrison #12 H2H Match data
Sep 3, 1986* R16 Bonnie Gadusek 7-6(6) 4-6 6-2 Stephanie Rehe #13 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Wendy Turnbull #17 3-6 7-6(1) 6-1 Nicole Arendt #201 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Chris Evert #2 6-4 6-2 Mary Joe Fernandez #24 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Bonnie Gadusek 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 Helen Kelesi #47 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Stephanie Rehe #13 6-2 6-3 Annabel Croft H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 7-6(3) 6-3 Camille Benjamin #64 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Martina Navratilova #1 6-4 6-2 Kathy Horvath #69 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Kathy Jordan #15 6-1 6-3 Elizabeth Minter H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-3 6-2 Michelle Torres #70 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Steffi Graf #3 6-1 1-0 (ret.) Beverly Bowes #112 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Hana Mandlikova #4 6-4 6-2 Elna Reinach #56 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Zina Garrison #12 6-3 6-2 Melissa Gurney #29 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Helena Sukova #7 6-2 6-0 Lisa Bonder Kreiss H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 3-6 6-2 6-0 Tine Scheuer Larsen H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Gabriela Sabatini #11 7-5 6-2 Katerina Maleeva #33 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #6 6-2 6-3 Jo Durie #20 H2H Match data
Sep 1, 1986* R32 Pam Shriver #5 6-4 5-7 6-2 Elise Burgin #40 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Michelle Torres #64 6-2 7-6(5) Caroline Kuhlman #52 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Elna Reinach #90 6-3 6-1 Carina Karlsson H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Wendy Turnbull #17 6-2 6-0 Alycia Moulton #39 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-4 6-1 Terry Phelps #20 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Kathy Jordan #15 6-0 6-3 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Hana Mandlikova #4 6-2 6-3 Iva Budarova #66 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Tine Scheuer Larsen 6-1 6-3 Tina Mochizuki H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Stephanie Rehe #13 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) Cammy Macgregor #91 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Helena Sukova #7 7-5 7-5 Sara Gomer #70 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Chris Evert #2 6-0 6-0 Regina Marsikova H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Camille Benjamin #59 6-4 6-4 Elly Hakami H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 6-3 6-1 Laura Arraya #29 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-2 6-3 Amanda Tobin H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Nicole Arendt #235 7-5 4-6 6-1 Robin White #19 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Katerina Maleeva #35 6-1 6-2 Jenny Byrne #111 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Melissa Gurney #32 3-6 6-3 7-6(3) Rosalyn Fairbank #33 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Zina Garrison #12 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 Eva Pfaff #84 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Mary Joe Fernandez #24 6-2 6-2 Sylvia Hanika #71 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Steffi Graf #3 6-1 6-0 Andrea Temesvari #40 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Helen Kelesi #31 6-1 7-5 Bettina Bunge #26 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Bonnie Gadusek 6-3 6-4 Liz Smylie #83 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Elise Burgin #41 6-2 2-6 7-6(7) Molly Van Nostrand H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Kathy Horvath #62 7-5 6-4 Patty Fendick #81 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Lisa Bonder Kreiss 6-3 6-3 Beth Herr #60 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Gabriela Sabatini #11 6-0 6-3 Pam Casale #25 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Elizabeth Minter 6-4 6-4 Gretchen Magers #125 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Martina Navratilova #1 6-2 7-5 Betsy Nagelsen #34 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #6 6-1 6-0 Catherine Tanvier #68 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Annabel Croft 6-0 7-6(4) Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Jo Durie #23 6-1 1-6 6-4 Hu Na H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Pam Shriver #5 7-6(0) 6-0 Csilla Cserepy #117 H2H Match data
Aug 29, 1986* R64 Beverly Bowes #128 6-4 0-6 6-4 Pascale Paradis Mangon H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Nicole Arendt #235 7-5 2-6 6-2 Anne Minter #67 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Elise Burgin #41 4-6 6-3 6-4 Dee Ann Hansel H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Andrea Temesvari #40 6-3 6-2 Anne White #22 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Mary Joe Fernandez #24 3-6 6-1 6-3 Laura Garrone #43 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Beverly Bowes #128 6-2 7-6(4) Anne Smith H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Hana Mandlikova #4 6-2 6-2 Marie Christine Calleja H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Catherine Tanvier #68 6-0 6-3 Claudia Porwik #112 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Jenny Byrne #111 6-3 6-1 Kristin Kinney H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Terry Phelps #20 6-4 6-4 Niurka Sodupe H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Stephanie Rehe #13 6-0 6-3 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Rosalyn Fairbank #33 6-4 2-6 6-2 Vicki Nelson #78 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Raffaella Reggi Concato 6-1 6-1 Yvonne Vermaak #41 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Pascale Paradis Mangon 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 Adriana Villagran Reami H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Michelle Torres #64 6-1 6-4 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Zina Garrison #12 6-3 6-3 Joanne Russell H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Kathy Horvath #62 6-3 6-2 Susan Sloane Lundy H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan 6-1 6-2 Debbie Spence Nasim H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Laura Arraya #29 2-6 6-4 6-2 Catherine Suire #82 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Annabel Croft 4-6 6-0 7-5 Isabelle Demongeot #98 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Mareen Louie Harper 7-5 2-6 7-5 Neige Dias H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Elizabeth Minter 6-3 7-6(3) Leigh Anne Eldredge H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Steffi Graf #3 6-0 6-1 Susan Mascarin #50 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Bettina Bunge #26 7-5 6-4 Kate Gompert #38 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Iva Budarova #66 6-2 6-3 Anna Maria Fernandez H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9 6-2 6-4 Candy Reynolds #107 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Jo Durie #23 6-4 4-6 7-5 Mercedes Paz #53 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Eva Pfaff #84 6-1 6-1 Mariana Perez Roldan H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Betsy Nagelsen #34 6-4 7-6(3) Petra Huber #58 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #6 7-6(1) 6-2 Christiane Jolissaint H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Gabriela Sabatini #11 6-3 6-2 Nathalie Tauziat #72 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Cammy Macgregor #91 7-6(5) 6-2 Isabel Cueto #99 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Sara Gomer #70 6-3 6-4 Angelika Kanellopoulou H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Amanda Tobin 7-6(6) 7-6(8) Gigi Fernandez #110 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Martina Navratilova #1 6-4 6-2 Andrea Holikova H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Katerina Maleeva #35 6-3 7-5 Susan Leo H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Helena Sukova #7 6-3 6-2 Lilian Drescher H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Chris Evert #2 6-2 6-1 Barbara Gerken H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Elly Hakami 6-4 4-6 6-2 Patricia Medrado #108 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Tine Scheuer Larsen 6-2 6-4 Claudia Monteiro H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Robin White #19 2-6 6-4 6-4 Sabrina Goles #36 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Lisa Bonder Kreiss 6-2 6-4 Etsuko Inoue #78 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Regina Marsikova 0-6 6-3 6-4 Eva Krapl H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Alycia Moulton #39 6-4 4-6 6-0 Carling Bassett Seguso H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Patty Fendick #81 6-3 7-6(6) Leigh Anne Thompson H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Kathy Jordan #15 6-3 3-6 6-3 Kim Sands H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Camille Benjamin #59 6-4 3-6 6-3 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Liz Smylie #83 6-7(4) 7-5 7-6(4) Lori Mcneil #37 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Tina Mochizuki 6-3 7-6(4) Jennifer Mundel #78 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Sylvia Hanika #71 7-6(1) 6-2 Wendy White #48 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Csilla Cserepy #117 6-1 7-6(5) Andrea Betzner H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Gretchen Magers #125 6-1 (ret.) Ann Henricksson #49 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Helen Kelesi #31 7-6(5) 6-4 Tami Whitlinger Jones H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Molly Van Nostrand 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 Grace Kim H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Elna Reinach #90 6-3 6-4 Kim Jones H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer 6-4 6-3 Sandra Cecchini #51 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Hu Na 6-4 6-2 Nathalie Herreman #54 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Bonnie Gadusek 7-5 6-2 Julie Richardson #146 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Wendy Turnbull #17 4-6 6-4 6-1 Dianne Van Rensburg H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Beth Herr #60 6-0 6-1 Paula Smith H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Melissa Gurney #32 6-3 6-0 Lea Antonoplis #131 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Pam Shriver #5 6-1 6-0 Terry Holladay #50 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Caroline Kuhlman #52 6-3 7-6(3) Penny Barg H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Carina Karlsson 7-6(4) 6-2 Masako Yanagi #126 H2H Match data
Aug 28, 1986* R128 Pam Casale #25 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) Anne Hobbs #47 H2H Match data

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