1986 Wimbledon Championships


The 1986 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England [Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club] in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 1986.
For the first time yellow balls were used during the tournament. In recognition of the 100th championship, the two oldest living singles champions were invited to present the singles championship trophies: Jean Borotra presented the gentlemen's singles and Kitty Godfree presented the ladies', both alongside the President of the All England Club Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1986 championships was £2,119,780. The winner of the men's title earned £140,000 while the women's singles champion earned £126,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's singles£140,000£70,000£35,000£17,725£9,330£5,225£3,080£1,880
Women's singles£126,000£63,000£30,700£15,025£7,485£4,040£2,380£1,450
Men's doubles *£48,500£24,250£12,130£6,160£3,180£1,680£980
Women's doubles *£42,060£21,030£9,700£4,930£2,390£1,250£720
Mixed doubles *£25,200£12,600£6,300£2,930£1,470£730£330

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's singles

Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5
  • It was Becker's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd consecutive Wimbledon title.

Women's singles

Martina Navratilova defeated Hana Mandlíková, 7–6, 6–3
  • It was Navratilova's 39th career Grand Slam title and her 7th Wimbledon single's title.

Men's doubles

Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander defeated Gary Donnelly / Peter Fleming, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3
  • It was Nyström's only career Grand Slam title. It was Wilander's 5th career Grand Slam title and his only Wimbledon title.

Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull, 6–1, 6–3
  • It was Navratilova's 40th career Grand Slam title and her 15th Wimbledon title. It was Shriver's 14th career Grand Slam title and her 5th Wimbledon title.

Mixed doubles

Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan defeated Heinz Günthardt / Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 7–6
  • It was Flach's 3rd career Grand Slam title and his 1st Wimbledon title. It was Jordan's 7th and last career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Wimbledon title.

Juniors

Boys' singles

Eduardo Vélez defeated Javier Sánchez, 6–3, 7–5

Girls' singles

Natasha Zvereva defeated Leila Meskhi, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7

Boys' doubles

Tomás Carbonell / Petr Korda defeated Shane Barr / Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1

Girls' doubles

Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O'Neill defeated Leila Meskhi / Natasha Zvereva, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Ivan Lendl '
  2. Mats Wilander '
  3. Jimmy Connors '
  4. Boris Becker
  5. Stefan Edberg '
  6. Joakim Nyström '
  7. Henri Leconte '
  8. Anders Järryd '
  9. Andrés Gómez '
  10. Tim Mayotte '
  11. Kevin Curren '
  12. Brad Gilbert '
  13. Mikael Pernfors '
  14. Martín Jaite '
  15. Guillermo Vilas '
  16. Johan Kriek ''''

Women's singles

  1. Martina Navratilova
  2. Chris Evert Lloyd '
  3. Hana Mandlíková '
  4. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  5. Pam Shriver '
  6. Kathy Rinaldi '
  7. Helena Suková '
  8. Manuela Maleeva '
  9. Zina Garrison '
  10. Gabriela Sabatini '
  11. Carling Bassett '
  12. Stephanie Rehe '
  13. Barbara Potter '
  14. Wendy Turnbull '
  15. Catarina Lindqvist '
  16. Kathy Jordan ''''