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1986
Tournament Wins: 6
Match Record: 59-7
* Virginia Slims of Florida (Key Biscayne, FL): 2R def. Petra Huber 6-2, 6-1; 3R def. Carling Bassett 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Stephanie Rehe 6-1, 6-0; SF def. Manuela Maleeva 6-1, 6-0; F def. Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-1
* Lipton International Players Championships (Boca Raton, FL):
1R def. Susan Sloane 6-4, 6-4; 2R def. Marie-Christine Calleja 6-4, 6-0; 3R
def. Catherine Suire 7-5, 6-1; 4R def. Kathy Jordan 7-5, 6-2; QF def. Terry
Phelps 6-2, 6-0; SF def. Kathy Rinaldi 7-6, 6-1; F def. Steffi Graf 6-4, 6-2
* Virginia Slims of California (Oakland, CA): 2R def. Peanut
Louie 6-1, 6-0; QF def. Wendy Turnbull 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Helena Sukova 7-5,
6-4; F def. Kathy Jordan 6-2, 6-4
Virginia Slims of Dallas (Dallas, TX): 2R def. Terry Phelps
6-2, 6-0; 3R def. Bettina Bunge 6-1, 6-4; QF def. Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-3; SF
def. Kathy Rinaldi 6-4, 6-2; F lost to Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-1
Virginia Slims Championships (New York, NY): 1R def. Barbara
Potter 6-2, 6-4; QF def. Helena Sukova 1-6, 6-1, 6-1; SF lost to Hana Mandlikova
6-3, 7-5
* Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions (Marco Island, FL):
2R def. Maria Lindstrom 6-0, 6-0; QF def. Kathy Rinaldi 6-1, 6-3; SF def. Bonnie
Gadusek 6-1, 6-1; F def. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 6-2, 6-4
Family Circle Magazine Cup (Hilton Head, SC): 2R def. Sylvia
Hanika 7-6, 6-1; 3R def. Helen Kelesi 6-4, 6-1; QF def. Helena Sukova 6-3, 6-4;
SF def. Stephanie Rehe 6-2, 6-1; F lost to Steffi Graf 6-4, 7-5
* Virginia Slims of Houston (Houston, TX): 1R def. Anne Smith
6-0, 6-2; 2R def. Ann Henricksson 6-2, 6-1; QF def. Kate Gompert 6-4, 6-1; SF
def. Laura Arraya Gildemeister 6-7, 6-0, 6-0; F def. Kathy Rinaldi 6-4, 2-6,
6-4
* French Open Championships (Paris, France): 1R def. Cecile
Calmette 6-0, 6-1; 2R def. Nathalie Herreman 6-2, 6-1; 3R def. Anne Smith 6-3,
6-1; 4R def. Gabriela Sabatini 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; QF def. Carling Bassett 5-7. 6-2,
6-1; SF def. Hana Mandlikova 6-1, 6-1; F def. Martina Navratilova 2-6, 6-3,
6-3
All-England Championships (Wimbledon, England): 1R def. Mary
Joe Fernandez 6-4, 6-1; 2R def. Pam Casale 6-0, 5-7, 6-1; 3R def. Kathleen Horvath
6-4, 6-1; 4R def. Kathy Jordan 7-5, 6-2; QF def. Helena Sukova 7-6, 4-6, 6-4;
SF lost to Hana Mandlikova 7-6, 7-5
Federation Cup (Prague, Czechoslovakia): 2R def. Maria Llorca,
Spain 6-1, 6-0; QF lost to Sandra Cecchini, Italy 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; SF def. Bettina
Bunge, West Germany 6-3, 6-4; F def. Helena Sukova 7-5, 7-6. (Evert was not
used in the United States’ first round tie against China).
Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (Manhattan Beach, CA): 2R def.
Elise Burgin 6-4, 6-2; 3R def. Bettina Bunge 7-6, 6-4; QF def. Manuela Maleeva
3-6, 6-0, 6-0; SF def. Pam Shriver 6-4, 6-4; F lost to Martina Navratilova 7-6,
6-3
United States Open Championships (Flushing, Queens, NY): 1R
def. Barbara Gerken 6-2, 6-1; 2R Regina Marsikova 6-0, 6-0; 3R def. Mary Joe
Fernandez 6-4, 6-2; 4R def. Catarina Lindqvist 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; QF def. Manuela
Maleeva 6-2, 6-2; SF lost to Helena Sukova 6-2, 6-4
Sat out rest of season with chondromalacia patella in her left knee, which had
troubled her throughout the spring and summer.
Season Highlights
--Won record 7th French Open title
--Opened the year with three straight tournament victories.
