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The 1986 Volvo International was a 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 played on outdoor hard courts at the Stratton Mountain Resort

Stratton Mountain Resort

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on Stratton Mountain, Vermont

Stratton Mountain (Vermont)

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in the United States

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and 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:...

. The tournament ran from August 4 through August 11, 1986.

Men's Singles

Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...

defeated

Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...

6–4, 7–6

It was Lendl's 8th title of the year and the 65th of his career.

Men's Doubles

Peter Fleming /

John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

defeated

Paul Annacone

Paul Annacone is a former touring professional tennis player and current well-known tennis coach.-As a college player:...

Christo van Rensburg

Christo Van Rensburg

Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...

6–3, 3–6, 6–3

It was Fleming's 2nd title of the year and the 59th of his career. It was McEnroe's 1st title of the year and the 125th of his career.

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