1986 Family Circle Cup

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1986 Family Circle Cup
DateApril 7–13
Edition14th
CategoryCategory 4
Draw56S / 32D
Prize money$200,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Hilton Head Island, SC, U.S.
Venue Sea Pines Plantation
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd / Flag of the United States.svg Anne White
  1985  · Family Circle Cup ·  1987  

The 1986 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 14th edition of the tournament and ran from April 7 through April 13, 1986. Third-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, the first WTA singles title of her career. [1] [2]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf defeated Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Chris Evert-Lloyd / Flag of the United States.svg Anne White defeated Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Graf / Flag of France.svg Catherine Tanvier 6–3, 6–3

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation  : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 186. ISBN   9780002182522.
  2. Van Sias (April 8, 2017). "Return Winners: A look at the 1986 Hilton Head final". Tennis.com.