1986 Wimbledon Championships | |
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Date | 23 June – 6 July |
Edition | 100th |
Category | Grand Slam |
Draw | 128S/64D/64XD |
Prize money | £2,119,780 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom |
Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Boris Becker | |
Women's singles | |
Martina Navratilova | |
Men's doubles | |
Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander | |
Women's doubles | |
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver | |
Mixed doubles | |
Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan | |
Boys' singles | |
Eduardo Vélez | |
Girls' singles | |
Natasha Zvereva | |
Boys' doubles | |
Tomás Carbonell / Petr Korda | |
Girls' doubles | |
Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O'Neill |
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. [1] [2] 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. [3] [4] 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.
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. [5] [6]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round 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
Boris Becker defeated Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 [7]
Martina Navratilova defeated Hana Mandlíková, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 [8]
Joakim Nyström / Mats Wilander defeated Gary Donnelly / Peter Fleming, 7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–3 [9]
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull, 6–1, 6–3 [10]
Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan defeated Heinz Günthardt / Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 7–6(9–7) [11]
Eduardo Vélez defeated Javier Sánchez, 6–3, 7–5 [12]
Natasha Zvereva defeated Leila Meskhi, 2–6, 6–2, 9–7 [13]
Tomás Carbonell / Petr Korda defeated Shane Barr / Hubert Karrasch, 6–1, 6–1 [14]
Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O'Neill defeated Leila Meskhi / Natasha Zvereva, 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4 [15]
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