# 1986 Paris Open – Singles

Boris Becker won in the final 6–4, 6–3, 7–6 against Sergio Casal.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Boris Becker (champion)
* Yannick Noah (quarterfinals)
* Henri Leconte (semifinals)
* Miloslav Mečíř (first round)
* John McEnroe (quarterfinals)
* Mikael Pernfors (quarterfinals)
* n/a
* Tim Mayotte (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Boris Becker | 6 | 6 | 7 | | |
| Q | Sergio Casal | 4 | 3 | 6 | | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | B Becker | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Núñez | 5 | 4 | | 1 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Curren | 7 | 6 | | | K Curren | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Šmíd | 6 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | B Becker | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | J Svensson | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Šrejber | 4 | 2 | | | J Svensson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | G Forget | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Rostagno | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | B Becker | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | H Leconte | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 3 | H Leconte | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| WC | T Champion | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | H Leconte | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Canè | 7 | 3 | 6 | | P Canè | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Maciel | 6 | 6 | 0 | | | | | 3 | H Leconte | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Steyn | 7 | 6 | 0 | | | | | 6 | M Pernfors | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | P McNamee | 5 | 7 | 6 | | P McNamee | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Hlasek | 3 | 6 | | 6 | M Pernfors | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | M Pernfors | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| WC/5 | J McEnroe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Nelson | 5 | 4 | | WC/5 | J McEnroe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Agénor | 6 | 6 | | Q | R Agénor | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Jelen | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | WC/5 | J McEnroe | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Anger | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | Q | S Casal | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| Q | S Casal | 6 | 6 | | Q | S Casal | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Benhabiles | 2 | 7 | 6 | WC | T Benhabiles | 7 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | M Mečíř | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | Q | S Casal | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | T Mayotte | 6 | 6 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | T Mayotte | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| | S Živojinović | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | T Mayotte | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Sánchez | 7 | 5 | 6 | | E Sánchez | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Pimek | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | T Mayotte | 7 | 7 | | | | | |
| | T Wilkison | 1 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | Y Noah | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | K Nováček | 6 | 5 | 6 | | K Nováček | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | J Gunnarsson | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Y Noah | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Noah | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |