1986 Sunkist WITA Championships

1986 WITA Championships
DateApril 14–20
Edition7th
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$275,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationAmelia Island, Florida, U.S
VenueAmelia Island Plantation
Champions
Singles
West Germany Steffi Graf
Doubles
West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
← 1985 · Amelia Island Championships · 1987 →

The 1986 Sunkist Women's International Tennis Association (WITA) Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1986 WTA Tour. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from April 14 through April 20, 1986. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $40,000 first-prize money.[1][2] The WTA had to pay the tournament organizers a $15,000 fine because both Chris Evert-Lloyd and Martina Navratilova chose not to participate in the event.[3]

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1987). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1987. London: Willow Books. p. 187. ISBN 9780002182522.
  2. ^ "Graf Victorious". The New York Times. April 21, 1986.
  3. ^ Melissa Isaacson (April 27, 1986). "Can Tennis' 2nd-best Offer Enough For Fans?". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-22.