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The 1986 World Badminton Grand Prix was the fourth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix

World Badminton Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was an annual badminton tournament organized by the International Badminton Federation to crown the best badminton player of the year. The tournament only invited the top eight players in the year-end world rankings. The tournament started in 1983, with the last...

finals. It was held in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

, Malaysia, from December 16 to December 21, 1986.

Final results

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Yang Yang Yang Yang (badminton) Yang Yang is a former Chinese badminton player.He is one of the two badminton players in the world to have won two World Badminton Championships men's singles titles consecutively , the other being Lin Dan. He also won the men's singles gold medal when badminton was a demonstration sport at the...	Morten Frost Morten Frost Morten Frost or Morten Frost Hansen, aka "Mr Badminton", is a former badminton player and later coach, who represented Denmark...	18–13, 15–8
Women's singles	Li Lingwei Li Lingwei Li Lingwei is a Chinese badminton player of the 1980s who ranks among the greatest in the history of the women's game. A brilliant all-around player whose court coverage and net play were particularly impressive, she maintained an overall edge on her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner...	Han Aiping Han Aiping Han Aiping is a former Chinese badminton player in the 1980s who ranks among the greats of the woman's game. Noted for her superb overhead strokes, she and her teammate, rival, and sometimes doubles partner Li Lingwei dominated international singles play for most of the decade, each winning the...	11–5, 11–3
Men's doubles	Jalani Sidek Jalani Sidek Mohamed Jalani Mohamad Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia.... & Razif Sidek Razif Sidek Mohamad Razif Mohd Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....	Hadibowo Hadibowo -Career:A men's doubles specialist, Hadibowo teamed with veteran doubles maestro Christian Hadinata to win the Indonesia and Thailand Opens in 1984. In the 1984 Thomas Cup series, Hadibowo and Christian defeated their final round Chinese opponents, contributing to Indonesia's three matches to two... & Eddy Hartono Eddy Hartono Eddy Hartono Arbie is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who excelled in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After a brief stint competing in singles, he soon became a doubles specialist noted for his deft racket control and fluent strokes.-Career:...	10–15, 15–5, 18–13
Women's doubles	Hwang Hye-young Hwang Hye-young Hwang Hye-young is a former female badminton player from South Korea.She won the gold medal in the women's doubles together with Chung So-young.-External links:*... & Chung Myung-hee Chung Myung-hee Chung Myung-hee is a former female badminton player from South Korea.Chung was a nine-time All England Open champion , and won the gold medals at the 1989 and 1991 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles, with Park Joo-bong...	Verawaty Wiharjo Verawaty Wiharjo Verawaty Wiharjo Fadjrin , is a former badminton player who won international titles spanning from the late 1970s to the end of the 1980s... & Ivana Lie Ivana Lie Ivana Lie is a former female Chinese Indonesian badminton player who played at the world level from the late 1970s to the late 1980s.-Career:...	15–10, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Nigel Tier Nigel Tier -Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Gowers, and a silver in the mens' doubles with Andy Goode at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.-References:**... & Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers Gillian Gowers is a retired female badminton player from England.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1985 IBF World Championships in mixed doubles with Nigel Tier....	Thomas Kihlström Thomas Kihlström Thomas Kihlström is a former badminton player from Sweden known for his agility, tactical astuteness, and coolness under pressure. Though an impressive singles player early in his career, his greatest successes came in doubles.... & Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson Christine Magnusson is a retired female Swedish badminton player.-Career:She won the bronze medal at the 1989 IBF World Championships and a silver medal at the 1991 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Maria Bengtsson. She also represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996...	15–8, 18–15

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