1986 Pilkington Glass Championships

1986 Pilkington Glass Championships
Date 16–21 June
Edition 12th
Draw 64S / 32D
Prize money $200,000
Surface Grass / outdoor
Location Eastbourne, England
Venue Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver

The 1986 Pilkington Glass Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, England and was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and ran from 16 June until 21 June 1986. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her fifth consecutive at the event and sixth in total.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

  • It was Navratilova's 6th singles title of the year and the 117th of her career.

Doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6–2, 6–4

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. pp. 192–193. ISBN 9780002182522.
  2. ↑ Gossett, Peggy, ed. (1987). 1987 Women's International Tennis Association Media Guide. Miami: WITA. p. 303.

Coordinates: 50°45′51″N 0°17′0″E / 50.76417°N 0.28333°E / 50.76417; 0.28333

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