1986 Heineken Open
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The 1986 Heineken Open
was an ATP
tennis
tournament held in Auckland
, New Zealand
. The tournament was held from January 6 to January 20.
Mark Woodforde
defeated
Bud Schultz
6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Broderick Dyke
/ Wally Masur
defeated Karl Richter / Rick Rudeen 6-3, 6-4
Heineken Open (tennis)
The Heineken Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series played in Auckland, New Zealand. It was also a combined mens and womens tournament until 1981.-History:...
was an ATP
Association of Tennis Professionals
The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
tennis
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 held in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
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. The tournament was held from January 6 to January 20.
Men's Singles
Mark WoodfordeMark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
defeated
Bud SchultzBud Schultz
Bud Schultz , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Schultz achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 40 in 1986 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- It was Woodforde's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.
Men's Doubles
Broderick DykeBroderick Dyke
Broderick Dyke , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Dyke enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 8 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
/
Wally MasurWally Masur
Wally Masur is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia....
defeated
Karl Richter / Rick Rudeen 6-3, 6-4
- It was Dyke's only title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Masur's 1st title of the year and the 6th of his career.