1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships
Champions Chile Hans Gildemeister
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Runners-up Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Sherwood Stewart
Final score 6–4, 6–3

Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Eliot Teltscher and Christo van Rensburg. Second-seeded pair Hans Gildemeister and Andrés Gómez claimed the title by defeating John Alexander and Sherwood Stewart in the final.[1]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

  1. United States Ken Flach / United States Robert Seguso (Second Round)
  2. Chile Hans Gildemeister / Ecuador Andrés Gómez (Champions)
  3. Australia John Fitzgerald / United States Sherwood Stewart (Final)
  4. Australia Peter Doohan / Australia Paul McNamee (Quarterfinals)
  1. United States Brad Gilbert / United States Tim Wilkison (Semifinals)
  2. Switzerland Jakob Hlasek / Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil (First Round)
  3. Withdrew
  4. United States Sammy Giammalva, Jr. / United States Matt Mitchell (First Round)

Draw

Key

Finals

  Semifinals Final
                         
     United States Brett Dickinson
 United States Glenn Layendecker
4 3    
3  Australia John Fitzgerald
 United States Sherwood Stewart
6 6    
  3  Australia John Fitzgerald
 United States Sherwood Stewart
4 3  
  2  Chile Hans Gildemeister
 Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6 6  
5  United States Brad Gilbert
 United States Tim Wilkison
4 5  
  2  Chile Hans Gildemeister
 Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6 7    

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
 
    1  United States K Flach
 United States R Seguso
6 4    
   United States E Teltscher
 South Africa C van Rensburg
6 6 6        United States E Teltscher
 South Africa C van Rensburg
7 6    
   United States T Delatte
 United States M Freeman
7 4 4          United States E Teltscher
 South Africa C van Rensburg
3 6    
   United States B Dickinson
 United States G Layendecker
7 6            United States B Dickinson
 United States G Layendecker
6 7    
   United States M Bauer
 France T Tulasne
6 3          United States B Dickinson
 United States G Layendecker
6 6 7
   Australia C Fancutt
 United States D Tarr
6 3 7        Australia C Fancutt
 United States D Tarr
4 7 5  
8  United States S Giammalva Jr.
 United States M Mitchell
2 6 5          United States B Dickinson
 United States G Layendecker
4 3  
      3  Australia J Fitzgerald
 United States S Stewart
6 6  
    3  Australia J Fitzgerald
 United States S Stewart
6 7    
   Chile R Acuña
 Canada G Michibata
1 6 6        Chile R Acuña
 Canada G Michibata
2 6    
   Mexico J Lozano
 United States T Witsken
6 4 1       3  Australia J Fitzgerald
 United States S Stewart
6 6 6
   United States T Moor
 United States E Van't Hof
3 3            Sweden S Eriksson
 Sweden M Pernfors
7 2 2  
   Sweden Stefan Eriksson
 Sweden M Pernfors
6 6          Sweden S Eriksson
 Sweden M Pernfors
7 6  
   United States D Cassidy
 United States M Purcell
6 4 6        United States D Cassidy
 United States M Purcell
6 1    
6  Switzerland J Hlasek
 Czechoslovakia P Složil
1 6 2  

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
5  United States B Gilbert
 United States T Wilkison
7 6    
   Argentina A Ganzábal
 Italy C Panatta
5 1       5  United States B Gilbert
 United States T Wilkison
6 6    
   United States S Meister
 United States C Wittus
6 6 8        United States D Dowlen
 Nigeria N Odizor
2 3    
   United States D Dowlen
 Nigeria N Odizor
2 7 10       5  United States B Gilbert
 United States T Wilkison
6 7    
   South Africa C Steyn
 South Africa D Visser
2 4         4  Australia P Doohan
 Australia P McNamee
4 6    
   United States J Arias
 United States A Krickstein
6 6          United States J Arias
 United States A Krickstein
3 0  
    4  Australia P Doohan
 Australia P McNamee
6 6    
      5  United States B Gilbert
 United States T Wilkison
4 5  
LL  India A Amritraj
 United States B Teacher
7 1 5       2  Chile H Gildemeister
 Ecuador A Gómez
6 7  
   South Africa E Edwards
 Paraguay F González
6 6 7        South Africa E Edwards
 Paraguay F González
6 6    
   South Africa M Robertson
 United States T Warneke
6 7 10        South Africa M Robertson
 United States T Warneke
2 3    
   New Zealand K Evernden
 Australia D Graham
7 6 8          South Africa E Edwards
 Paraguay F González
4 4  
   United States S Denton
 Mexico L Lavalle
7 6 4       2  Chile H Gildemeister
 Ecuador A Gómez
6 6    
   United States M Davis
 United States B Schultz
6 7 6        United States M Davis
 United States B Schultz
5 6 4
    2  Chile H Gildemeister
 Ecuador A Gómez
7 3 6  
 

References

  1. "Graf, Gomez capture U.S. clay court titles". Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, OR.). Associated Press. 1986-05-05.

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