1986 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse

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1986 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse
Date6–12 October
Edition5th
Category Regular Series
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$150,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Toulouse, France
Champions
Singles
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget [1]
Doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miloslav Mečíř / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd [2]
  1985  · Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse ·  1987  

The 1986 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor Carpet courts in Toulouse, France that was part of the Regular Series of the 1986 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 6 October until 12 October 1986. Seventh-seeded Guy Forget won the singles title.

Tennis Ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Carpet court type of tennis court

A carpet court is a type of tennis court. The International Tennis Federation defines carpet courts as a "textile surface of woven or non-woven nylon, or a polymeric or rubber material, typically supplied in rolls or sheets" and as a removable surface. It is one of the fastest court types second only to grass courts. The use of carpet courts in Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) competitions ended in 2009 to reduce injuries. As of 2019, only one Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Quebec City is played on carpet.

Toulouse Prefecture and commune in Occitanie, France

Toulouse is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France, with 466,297 inhabitants as of January 2014. In France, Toulouse is called the "Pink City".

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of France.svg Guy Forget defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Jan Gunnarsson, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miloslav Mečíř / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Šmíd defeated Flag of Switzerland.svg Jakob Hlasek / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Složil, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4.

Miloslav Mečíř Czechoslovakian tennis player

Miloslav Mečíř is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, where he represented Czechoslovakia, and played in two Grand Slam singles finals. In 1987 he won the WCT Finals, the major season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis tour.

Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was World No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 11 in July 1984. Šmíd participated in 31 Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1977–1989, posting a 20-10 record in doubles and a 22-15 record in singles.

Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland of Czech origin.

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References

  1. "1986 Toulouse – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "1986 Toulouse – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).