1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March) – Doubles

Doubles
1986 Virginia Slims Championships (March)
Final
ChampionsCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
Runners-upWest Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Score6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
Details
Draw8
Seeds4
Events
Singles Doubles
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Hana Mandlíková and Wendy Turnbull defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final, 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the March edition of the 1986 Virginia Slims Championships.

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the five-time defending champions, but were defeated in the semifinals by Mandlíková and Turnbull.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 6
Bulgaria Katerina Maleeva
Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva
1 0 1 United States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
6 3 4
3 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6 6 3 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
4 6 6
United States Gigi Fernández
United States Robin White
4 3 3 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6 64 6
Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
7 2 6 2 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
4 77 3
4 United States Kathy Jordan
Australia Elizabeth Smylie
5 6 2 Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko
Soviet Union Larisa Savchenko
5 1
West Germany Bettina Bunge
West Germany Eva Pfaff
2 3 2 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
7 6
2 West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
6 6