1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania

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1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania
DateMarch 3 – 9
Edition4th
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$75,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Hershey, PA, U.S.
VenueHershey Racquet Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Thompson
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Candy Reynolds / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith
  1985  · Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania

The 1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania, also known as the VS of Pennsylvania, was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hershey Racquet Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania in the United States that was part of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fourth and last edition of the event and was played from March 3 through March 9, 1986. Unseeded Janine Thompson won the singles title. [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Janine Thompson defeated Flag of France.svg Catherine Suire 6–1, 6–4

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Candy Reynolds / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith defeated Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Collins / Flag of the United States.svg Kim Sands 7–6, 6–1

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References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 177. ISBN   9780002182522.