1986 Bristol Open
Encyclopedia
The 1986 Bristol Open was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
. It was played at Bristol
in Great Britain
from June 16 through June 23, 1986.
Vijay Amritraj
defeated
Henri Leconte
7–6, 1–6, 8–6
Christo Steyn
/ Danie Visser
defeated
Mark Edmondson
/ Wally Masur
6–7, 7–6, 12–10
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix was the only tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Key:-January:-February:-March:-April:-May:...
. It was played at Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
from June 16 through June 23, 1986.
Men's Singles
Vijay AmritrajVijay Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj is a former Indian tennis player, sports commentator and actor.Amritraj was born in Chennai, India to Maggie Dhairyam and Robert Amritraj. He and his brothers, Anand Amritraj and Ashok Amritraj, were among the first Indians to play in top-flight international tour tennis...
defeated
Henri LeconteHenri Leconte
Henri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991.-Biography and career:...
7–6, 1–6, 8–6
- It was Amritraj's 1st title of the year and the 28th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Christo SteynChristo Steyn
Christo Steyn , is a former South African tennis player. Steyn won 2 doubles titles during his professional career...
/
Danie VisserDanie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...
defeated
Mark EdmondsonMark Edmondson
Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....
/
Wally MasurWally Masur
Wally Masur is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia....
6–7, 7–6, 12–10
- It was Steyn's 2nd title of the year and the 2nd of his career. It was Visser's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.