WTA US Open 1986 Draw, Results & Schedule

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.

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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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US Open 1986 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Martina Navratilova #1 6-3 6-2 Helena Sukova #7 H2H Match data Sep 8, 1986* F
SF (2)
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 Sep 7, 1986* SF Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
QF (4)
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 Sep 5, 1986* QF
R16 (8)
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 Upset: winner had a 11 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Sep 3, 1986* R16
R32 (16)
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 Sep 1, 1986* R32
R64 (32)
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 Upset: winner had a 13 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Aug 29, 1986* R64
R128 (64)
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 Upset: winner had a 20 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Upset: winner had a 10 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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 Aug 28, 1986* R128

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PlayerTitles
Chris Evert 6
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Aryna Sabalenka 2
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Naomi Osaka 2
Tracy Austin 2
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