1986 Tel Aviv Open
Encyclopedia
The 1986 Tel Aviv Open was a tennis
tournament played on hard courts that was part of the 1986 Nabisco Grand Prix
. It was played at the Israel Tennis Centers
at Ramat HaSharon
near Tel Aviv
in Israel
from October 6 through October 13, 1986.
Brad Gilbert
defeated Aaron Krickstein
7–5, 6–2
John Letts
/
Peter Lundgren
defeated
Christo Steyn
/ Danie Visser
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
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 hard courts 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 the Israel Tennis Centers
Israel Tennis Centers
Israel Tennis Centers is the largest tennis program for children in the world, reaching more than 350,000 families—5% of the Israeli population...
at Ramat HaSharon
Ramat Hasharon
Ramat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Kibbutz Glil Yam to the north. It is part of the Tel Aviv District, within Gush Dan metropolitan area...
near Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
from October 6 through October 13, 1986.
Men's Singles
Brad GilbertBrad Gilbert
Brad Gilbert , is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, an author and former professional tennis player. He was born in Oakland, California and graduated from Piedmont High School ....
defeated
Aaron KricksteinAaron Krickstein
Aaron Krickstein , nicknamed "Marathon Man", is a former American professional tennis player, who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour.Krickstein reached his career high ATP ranking of World No....
7–5, 6–2
- It was Gilbert's 4th title of the year and the 11th of his career.
Men's Doubles
John LettsJohn Letts (tennis)
John Letts , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven ATP tour doubles titles and reached four ATP tour doubles finals...
/
Peter LundgrenPeter Lundgren
Peter Lundgren in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay.-Playing career:...
defeated
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...
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
- It was Letts' only title of the year and the 1st of his career. It was Lundgren's only title of the year and the 2nd of his career.