1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships

1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships
Date April 27 – May 4
Edition 18th
Draw 56S/28D (men)
56S/32D (women)
Prize money $300,000 (men)
$275,000 (women)
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Indianapolis, Indiana
Champions
Men's Singles
Ecuador Andrés Gómez [1]
Women's Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf [2]
Men's Doubles
Chile Hans Gildemeister / Ecuador Andrés Gómez [3]
Women's Doubles
West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini [2]

The 1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships (also known as the U.S. Open Clay Courts) was a men's Grand Prix and a women's Championship Series tennis tournament held in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States. The tournament was the 18th edition as an open event and the last with a women's competition. Andrés Gómez and Steffi Graf won the singles titles and first–place prizes of $51,000 and $38,000 respectively.[2]

The tournament was held in the spring (April 27–May 4) to coincide with the European clay court season but the weather was poor, attendences were down on those of previous years and none of the top–16 ranked male players competed.[4][5]

Winners

Men's Singles

Ecuador Andrés Gómez defeated France Thierry Tulasne 6–4, 7–6(7–1)

Women's Singles

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Men's Doubles

Chile Hans Gildemeister / Ecuador Andrés Gómez defeated Australia John Fitzgerald / United States Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 6–3

Women's Doubles

West Germany Steffi Graf / Argentina Gabriela Sabatini defeated United States Gigi Fernández / United States Robin White 6–2, 6–0

References

  1. "Singles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Graf, Gomez capture U.S. clay court titles". Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, OR.). Associated Press. 1986-05-05.
  3. "Doubles Draw". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  4. "Top players avoiding U.S. Clay Court flap". Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS.). 1986-03-21.
  5. "Clay Courts officials mulling new dates, surface". The Indianapolis Star. 1986-09-06. p. 23.

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