1986 Grand Prix (tennis)
Details | |
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Duration | 6 January 1986 – 10 December 1986 |
Edition | 17th |
Tournaments | 70 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) World Championship Tennis (5) Regular Series (59) Team Events (2) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Ivan Lendl (9) |
Most tournament finals | Ivan Lendl (12) |
Prize money leader | Ivan Lendl ($800,000)[a] |
Points leader | Ivan Lendl (4,801) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Ivan Lendl |
Most improved player of the year | Mikael Pernfors |
Newcomer of the year | Ulf Stenlund |
Comeback player of the year | Not given |
← 1985 1987 → |
The 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. The tour consisted of 70 tournaments in 23 different countries.[1] It incorporated three of the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments. The season ending Masters tournament was moved from the January slot to December.
Schedule[edit]
The table below shows the schedule for the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix season.
Key[edit]
Grand Slam events |
Team events |
World Championship Tennis event |
Year-end championships |
January[edit]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Jan | Benson and Hedges Open Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $85,000 – 32S/16D Singles | Mark Woodforde 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | Bud Schultz | Wally Masur Bill Scanlon | Craig Miller Brett Dickinson David Lewis Brad Drewett |
Broderick Dyke Wally Masur 6–3, 6–4 | Karl Richter Rick Rudeen | ||||
Mazda World Doubles Championships London, Great Britain Year-end championships Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 8S (RR) Doubles | Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–4, 1–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 | Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg | |||
27 Jan | Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor Philadelphia, United States Carpet (i) – $375,000 – 48S/24D Singles – Doubles | Ivan Lendl w/o | Tim Mayotte | Brad Gilbert Yannick Noah | Paul Annacone Jakob Hlasek Kevin Curren Jimmy Connors |
Scott Davis David Pate 7–6, 7–6 | Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd |