1986 Sunkist WITA Championships

1986 WITA Championships
Date April 14–20
Edition 7th
Draw 56S / 28D
Prize money $275,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Amelia Island, Florida, U.S
Venue Amelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková

The 1986 Sunkist Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from April 14 through April 20, 1986. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated West Germany Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles

West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková defeated Argentina Gabriela Sabatini / France Catherine Tanvier 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(9–7)

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 187. ISBN 9780002182522.
  2. "Graf Victorious". The New York Times. April 21, 1986.
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