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1986 Sunkist WITA Championships

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1986 WITA Championships
DateApril 14 – 20
Edition7th
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$275,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationAmelia Island, Florida, U.S
VenueAmelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
← 1985 · Amelia Island Championships · 1987 →

The 1986 Sunkist Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from April 14 through April 20, 1986. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.[1]

Winners

Singles

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated West Germany Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Graf's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of her career.

Doubles

West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková defeated Argentina Gabriela Sabatini / France Catherine Tanvier 6–2, 5–7, 7–6

  • It was Kohde-Kilsch's 2nd title of the year and the 15th of her career. It was Suková's 3rd title of the year and the 13th of her career.

References

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 187. ISBN 9780002182522.