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Tennis tournament
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 SukovΓ‘
← 1985 Β· Amelia Island Championships Β· 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 theβ€”β€”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. The WTA hadβ€”β€”to pay the tournament organizers a $15,000 fine because both Chris Evert-Lloyd and Martina Navratilova chose notβ€”β€”to participate in the event.

Finalsβ€»

Singlesβ€»

West Germany Steffi Graf defeated West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6–4, 5–7, 7–6

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

Doublesβ€»

West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena SukovΓ‘ 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 SukovΓ‘'s 3rd title of the year and the 13th of her career.

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 187. ISBN 9780002182522.
  2. ^ "Graf Victorious". The New York Times. April 21, "1986."
  3. ^ Melissa Isaacson (April 27, 1986). "Can Tennis' 2nd-best Offer Enough For Fans?". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

External linksβ€»

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