1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships

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]

1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships
DateApril 27 – May 4
Edition18th
Draw56S/28D (men)
56S/32D (women)
Prize money$300,000 (men)
$275,000 (women)
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationIndianapolis, Indiana, US
Champions
Men's Singles
Andrés Gómez [1]
Women's Singles
Steffi Graf [2]
Men's Doubles
Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez [3]
Women's Doubles
Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini [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, attendances were down on those of previous years and none of the top–16 ranked male players competed.[4][5][6]

Finals

Men's Singles
Main article: 1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's Singles

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

Women's Singles
Main article: 1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Singles

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

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

Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez defeated John Fitzgerald / Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 6–3

Women's Doubles
Main article: 1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's Doubles

Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini defeated Gigi Fernández / Robin White 6–2, 6–0

References
  1. "1986 Indianapolis – Men's Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "Graf, Gomez capture U.S. clay court titles". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, OR. Associated Press. 1986-05-05.
  3. "1986 Indianapolis – Men's Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  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.
  6. John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9780002182522.
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