1986 Wimbledon Championships

1986 Wimbledon Championships
Date23 June – 6 July
Edition100th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S/64D/64XD
Prize money£2,119,780
SurfaceGrass
LocationChurch Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
VenueAll England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Champions
Men's singles
West Germany Boris Becker
Women's singles
United States Martina Navratilova
Men's doubles
Sweden Joakim Nyström / Sweden Mats Wilander
Women's doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver
Mixed doubles
United States Ken Flach / United States Kathy Jordan
Boys' singles
Mexico Eduardo Vélez
Girls' singles
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva
Boys' doubles
Spain Tomás Carbonell / Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Girls' doubles
Australia Michelle Jaggard / Australia Lisa O'Neill
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The 1986 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was the 100th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 23 June to 6 July 1986.

For the first time yellow balls were used during the tournament.[3][4] In recognition of the 100th championship, the two oldest living singles champions were invited to present the singles championship trophies: Jean Borotra presented the gentlemen's singles and Kitty Godfree presented the ladies', both alongside the President of the All England Club Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife.

  1. ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  2. ^ Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon : The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. ISBN 0007117078.
  3. ^ "Yellow Tennis Balls Coming to Wimbledon". Los Angeles Times. 28 November 1985.
  4. ^ Nagle, Dave 30 years ago this summer, Wimbledon turned yellow ESPN. 8 July 2016