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1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March) – Singles

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Singles
1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March)
Final
ChampionUnited States Martina Navratilova
Runner-upCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Score6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Details
Draw16
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Three-time defending champion Martina Navratilova successfully defended her title, defeating Hana Mandlíková in the final, 6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 to win the singles tennis title at the March edition of the 1986 Virginia Slims Championships. It was her seventh Tour Finals singles title.

Seeds

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  1. United States Martina Navratilova (champion)
  2. United States Chris Evert (semifinals)
  3. West Germany Steffi Graf (semifinals)
  4. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (quarterfinals)
  5. Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková (final)
  6. United States Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)
  7. Czechoslovakia Helena Suková (quarterfinals)
  8. Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva (first round)

Draw

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Key

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6
United States Terry Phelps 1 1 1 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6
  United States Bonnie Gadusek 1 6 6 United States Bonnie Gadusek 3 4
8 Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva 6 4 3 1 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6
3 West Germany Steffi Graf 6 65 6 3 West Germany Steffi Graf 2 2
Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 0 77 2 3 West Germany Steffi Graf 4 77 6
  Canada Carling Bassett 3 0 6 United States Pam Shriver 6 65 3
6 United States Pam Shriver 6 6 1 United States Martina Navratilova 6 6 3 6
5 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 2 6 6 5 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 2 0 6 2
United States Zina Garrison 6 3 2 5 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 4 6 7
Australia Wendy Turnbull 63 2 4 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6 4 5
4 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 77 6 5 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6 7
7 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 66 6 77 2 United States Chris Evert 3 5
United States Kathy Rinaldi 78 3 65 7 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková 6 1 1
United States Barbara Potter 2 4 2 United States Chris Evert 1 6 6
2 United States Chris Evert 6 6

See also

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