1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the record-extending seventh time in her career. She won nine tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, as well as the March and the November editions of the Virginia Slims Championships. She also finished runner-up at the third major, the French Open (the Australian Open was not held in 1986).
Details
Duration	March 24 – November 24, 1986
Edition	14th
Tournaments	41
Categories	Grand Slam (3) WTA Championships Tour Events (37)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Martina Navratilova (9)
Most tournament finals	Martina Navratilova (11)
Prize money leader	Martina Navratilova $1,905,841
Points leader	Martina Navratilova 280.4807
Awards
Player of the year	Martina Navratilova
Doubles team of the year	Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver
Most improved player of the year	Steffi Graf
Newcomer of the year	Stephanie Rehe
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series^[1] was the 14th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on March 24, 1986, and concluded in December, 1986 after 41 events. The season was abbreviated in order to return the tour to a calendar year basis.

The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking. No Australian Open was held during 1986 due to the tournament start date being moved from November to January.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1986 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
24 Mar	Virginia Slims of Arizona Phoenix, United States Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Beth Herr 6–0, 3–6, 7–5	Ann Henricksson	Claudia Porwik Peanut Louie	Camille Benjamin  Hu Na Jennifer Mundel  Tina Mochizuki
		Susan Mascarin  Betsy Nagelsen 6–4, 5–7, 6–4	Alycia Moulton Linda Gates
	Bridgestone Doubles Championships Nashville, United States Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 8D Doubles	Barbara Potter Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–3	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Mandlíková / Turnbull Parkhomenko / Savchenko	Fairbank / Reynolds Piatek / White Burgin / Walsh Fernández / White
31 Mar	Tournament of Champions Marco Island, United States Clay – $150,000 – 24S/16D Singles – Doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–2, 6–4	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Janine Tremelling Bonnie Gadusek	Gabriela Sabatini Pat Medrado Andrea Temesvári Kathy Rinaldi
		Martina Navratilova  Andrea Temesvári 7–5, 6–2	Elise Burgin Kathy Jordan

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Apr	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island, United States Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 6–4, 7–5	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Stephanie Rehe Hana Mandlíková	Helena Suková Sabrina Goleš Manuela Maleeva Gabriela Sabatini
		Chris Evert-Lloyd Anne White 6–3, 6–3	Steffi Graf Catherine Tanvier
14 Apr	Sunkist WITA Championships Amelia Island, United States Clay – $275,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Kathy Rinaldi Gabriela Sabatini	Laura Gildemeister Helena Suková Manuela Maleeva Angelikí Kanellopoúlou
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(9–7)	Gabriela Sabatini Catherine Tanvier
21 Apr	Wild Dunes Charleston, United States Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Elise Burgin 6–1, 6–3	Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Laura Gildemeister Catherine Tanvier	Neige Dias Susan Mascarin Debbie Spence Lilian Drescher
		Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš 4–6, 6–0, 6–3	Laura Gildemeister Marcela Skuherská
27 Apr	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Clay – $275,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Gabriela Sabatini	Mercedes Paz Manuela Maleeva	Terry Phelps Melissa Gurney Robin White Regina Maršíková
		Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini 6–2, 6–0	Gigi Fernández Robin White

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 May	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Clay (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	Kathy Rinaldi	Pam Casale  Laura Gildemeister	Kate Gompert  Wendy White Zina Garrison Wendy Turnbull
		Chris Evert-Lloyd  Wendy Turnbull 6–2, 6–4	Elise Burgin  JoAnne Russell
	Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Petra Huber 7–6(7–4), 6–0	Laura Garrone	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  Pat Medrado	Nathalie Herreman| Mercedes Paz Carina Karlsson Isabelle Demongeot
		Iva Budařová  Catherine Tanvier 6–2, 6–1	Nathalie Herreman  Corrinne Vanier
12 May	German Open West Berlin, West Germany Clay – $150,000 – 56S/29D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 6–2, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Hana Mandlíková	Jo Durie  Petra Huber  Bettina Bunge  Andrea Temesvári
		Steffi Graf  Helena Suková 7–5, 6–2	Martina Navratilova  Andrea Temesvári
19 May	European Open Lugano, Switzerland Clay – $100,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Raffaella Reggi 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)	Manuela Maleeva	Sabrina Goleš  Bettina Bunge	Angelikí Kanellopoúlou  Helen Kelesi  Terry Phelps  Mary Joe Fernández
		Elise Burgin  Betsy Nagelsen 6–2, 6–3	Jenny Byrne  Janine Thompson
26 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – $1,150,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 2–6, 6–3, 6–3	Martina Navratilova	Hana Mandlíková  Helena Suková	Kathy Rinaldi Mary Joe Fernández Steffi Graf Carling Bassett
		Martina Navratilova  Andrea Temesvári 6–1, 6–2	Steffi Graf  Gabriela Sabatini
		Kathy Jordan  Ken Flach 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3	Rosalyn Fairbank Mark Edmondson

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Jun	Edgbaston Cup Birmingham, Great Britain Grass – $125,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Pam Shriver 6–2, 7–6(7–0)	Manuela Maleeva	Larisa Savchenko| Kathy Rinaldi	Etsuko Inoue  Ann Henricksson  Alycia Moulton  Molly Van Nostrand
		Elise Burgin  Rosalyn Fairbank 6–2, 6–4	Elizabeth Smylie  Wendy Turnbull
16 Jun	Pilkington Glass Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Grass – $200,000 – 64S/32D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Helena Suková	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Robin White	Etsuko Inoue  Zina Garrison  Larisa Savchenko  Gabriela Sabatini
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–4	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková
23 Jun	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $1,306,690 – 128S/64Q/64D/64X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–1), 6–3	Hana Mandlíková	Gabriela Sabatini Chris Evert-Lloyd	Bettina Bunge Catarina Lindqvist Lori McNeil Helena Suková
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 6–1, 6–3	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull
		Kathy Jordan  Ken Flach 6–3, 7–6(9–7)	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Jul	Ellesse Grand Prix Perugia, Italy Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Nathalie Herreman 6–2, 6–4	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy	Sabrina Goleš Laura Garrone	Isabel Cueto Ivanna Madruga-Osses Lorenza Jachia Bettina Fulco
		Carin Bakkum Nicole Muns-Jagerman 6–4, 6–4	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Amy Holton
14 Jul	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Grass – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–2	Lori McNeil	Cammy Macgregor Anne White	Cláudia Monteiro Wendy White Adriana Villagrán Terry Holladay
		Terry Holladay  Heather Ludloff 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3	Cammy MacGregor  Gretchen Magers
	Elektra Cup Bregenz, Austria Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q Singles – Doubles	Sandra Cecchini 6–4, 6–0	Mariana Pérez Roldán	Patricia Tarabini Tine Scheuer-Larsen	Isabel Cueto Barbara Paulus Olga Votavová Gabriela Dinu
		Petra Huber  Petra Keppeler 6–2, 6–4	Sabrina Goleš  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
21 Jul	Federation Cup Prague, Czechoslovakia Team event Clay	United States 2–1	Czechoslovakia	Argentina  West Germany	Australia  Austria  Bulgaria  Italy
	North Face Open Berkeley Berkeley, United States Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Melissa Gurney 6–1, 6–3	Barbara Gerken	Beverly Bowes-Hackney Elly Hakami	Monica Reinach Monique Javer Kris Kinney Camille Benjamin
		Beth Herr  Alycia Moulton 6–1, 6–2	Amy Holton  Elna Reinach
28 Jul	Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego, United States Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Melissa Gurney 6–2, 6–4	Stephanie Rehe	Kate Gompert Caroline Kuhlman	Kathy Jordan Betsy Nagelsen Dinky Van Rensburg Debbie Spence
		Beth Herr  Alycia Moulton 5–7, 6–2, 6–4	Elise Burgin  Rosalyn Fairbank

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Aug	Player's Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Helena Suková 6–2, 7–5	Pam Shriver	Rosalyn Fairbank  Zina Garrison	Raffaella Reggi  Marianne Werdel  Catarina Lindqvist  Kathy Jordan
		Zina Garrison  Gabriela Sabatini 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–4	Pam Shriver  Helena Suková
11 Aug	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach, United States Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Helena Suková  Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Gabriela Sabatini  Manuela Maleeva
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–3	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková
18 Aug	United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah, United States Hard – $150,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 7–5, 6–1	Molly Van Nostrand	Jo Durie  Monica Reinach	Isabelle Demongeot  Sara Gomer  Regina Maršíková  Helena Suková
		Betsy Nagelsen  Elizabeth Smylie 7–6(7–4), 6–3	Steffi Graf  Helena Suková
25 Aug	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $1,400,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Helena Suková	Steffi Graf Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver Bonnie Gadusek Wendy Turnbull  Manuela Maleeva
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull
		Raffaella Reggi  Sergio Casal 6–4, 6–4	Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
8 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 28S/16D Singles	Steffi Graf 6–4, 6–2	Manuela Maleeva	Catherine Tanvier  Bettina Bunge	Wendy White  Katerina Maleeva Robin White Melissa Gurney
		Bettina Bunge  Steffi Graf 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2	Katerina Maleeva  Manuela Maleeva
15 Sep	Eckerd Open Tampa United States Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lori McNeil 2–6, 7–5, 6–2	Zina Garrison	Terry Phelps Michelle Torres	Elise Burgin Mary Joe Fernández Marianne Werdel Kate Gompert
		Elise Burgin  Rosalyn Fairbank 7–5, 6–2	Gigi Fernández  Kim Sands
	Athens Trophy Athens, Greece Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Sylvia Hanika 7–5, 6–1	Angelikí Kanellopoúlou	Laura Garrone Mariana Pérez Roldán	Isabel Cueto Judith Polz Lilian Drescher Federica Bonsignori
		Isabel Cueto  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Silke Meier  Wiltrud Probst
22 Sep	Virginia Slims of Tulsa Tulsa, United States Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Lori McNeil 6–0, 6–1	Beth Herr	Dinky Van Rensburg Mary Lou Piatek	Tina Mochizuki  Peanut Louie-Harper Wendy White Janine Tremelling
		Camille Benjamin Dinky Van Rensburg 7–6(7–4), 7–5	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko
29 Sep	Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans, United States Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 4–6, 6–2	Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Gabriela Sabatini	Terry Phelps Wendy Turnbull Laura Gildemeister Kate Gompert
		Candy Reynolds  Anne Smith 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko
	Hewlett-Packard Trophy Hilversum, Netherlands Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Helena Suková 6–2, 7–5	Catherine Tanvier	Raffaella Reggi Sylvia Hanika	Nathalie Herreman Christiane Jolissaint Nicole Muns-Jagerman Nathalie Tauziat
		Kathy Jordan  Helena Suková 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Tine Scheuer-Larsen  Catherine Tanvier

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Oct	European Indoors Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Helena Suková	Eva Pfaff Lori McNeil	Stephanie Rehe Grace Kim  Laura Gildemeister Zina Garrison
		Steffi Graf  Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 6–4, 6–4	Lori McNeil  Alycia Moulton
	Taipei Women's Championships Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Patricia Hy 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–3	Adriana Villagrán	Barbara Gerken Wiltrud Probst	Helen Kelesi Gigi Fernández  Hu Na Susan Leo
		Lea Antonoplis  Barbara Gerken 6–1, 6–2	Gigi Fernández  Susan Leo
13 Oct	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Filderstadt, West Germany Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–3	Hana Mandlíková	Pam Shriver Gabriela Sabatini	Catarina Lindqvist Ann Henricksson Robin White Zina Garrison
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Zina Garrison  Gabriela Sabatini
	Suntory Japan Open Tokyo, Japan Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Helen Kelesi 6–2, 6–2	Bettina Fulco	Masako Yanagi Beth Herr	Gigi Fernández Etsuko Inoue Kumiko Okamoto Neige Dias
		Susan Mascarin  Betsy Nagelsen 7–5, 5–7, 6–3	Lea Antonoplis  Barbara Gerken
20 Oct	Pretty Polly Classic Brighton, Great Britain Carpet (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–3	Catarina Lindqvist	Rosalyn Fairbank Bettina Bunge	Robin White Jo Durie Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
		Steffi Graf  Helena Suková 6–4, 6–4	Tine Scheuer-Larsen  Catherine Tanvier
	Singapore Women's Open Singapore Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Gigi Fernández 6–4, 2–6, 6–4	Mercedes Paz	Patricia Hy  Nicole Bradtke	Helen Kelesi  Maria Lindström  Akiko Kijimuta  Manon Bollegraf
		Anna-Maria Fernandez  Julie Richardson 6–3, 6–2	Sandy Collins  Sharon Walsh
27 Oct	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Zina Garrison 6–3, 6–3	Melissa Gurney	Barbara Potter  Dianne Balestrat	Wendy Prausa  Susan Sloane-Lundy  Ginny Purdy  Kim Shaefer
		Zina Garrison  Lori McNeil 4–5, ret.	Candy Reynolds  Anne Smith

November

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Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Nov	Virginia Slims of New England Worcester, United States $250,000 – hard (i) – 32S/28D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–2	Hana Mandlíková	Pam Shriver Bettina Bunge	Gabriela Sabatini Alycia Moulton Helena Suková  Lori McNeil
		Martina Navratilova  Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–1	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch  Helena Suková
	Virginia Slims of Arkansas Little Rock, United States Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kathy Rinaldi 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–0	Natasha Zvereva	Silke Meier Neige Dias	Marianne Werdel Elizabeth Minter Beth Herr Ann Henricksson