# 1986 European Open – Doubles

Bonnie Gadusek and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but none competed this year.
Elise Burgin and Betsy Nagelsen won the title by defeating Jenny Byrne and Janine Thompson 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Elise Burgin / Betsy Nagelsen (champions)
* Bettina Bunge / Eva Pfaff (semifinals)
* Svetlana Parkhomenko / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
* Marcella Mesker / Pascale Paradis (semifinals)
* Terry Phelps / Raffaella Reggi (first round)
* Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (second round)
* Catherine Suire / Adriana Villagrán (first round)
* Penny Barg / Beth Herr (quarterfinals)

## 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

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| 4 | Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 4 | Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis | 2 | 5 | | 1 | Elise Burgin Betsy Nagelsen | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson | 2 | 3 |
| | Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson | 2 | 7 | 6 | | Jenny Byrne Janine Thompson | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | E Burgin B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Okagawa N Sato | 4 | 4 | | 1 | E Burgin B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dias P Medrado | 5 | 1 | | | L Field A Minter | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field A Minter | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | E Burgin B Nagelsen | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | M Lindström P Smith | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Provis A Tobin-Dingwall | 3 | 3 | | | M Lindström P Smith | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 7 | 4 | 7 | | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | E Burgin B Nagelsen | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | M Mesker P Paradis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | M Mesker P Paradis | 2 | 5 |
| | L Drescher A Kanellopoulou | 4 | 1 | | 4 | M Mesker P Paradis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Nelson-Dunbar P Vásquez | 4 | 4 | | | L Bonder L Gildemeister | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Bonder L Gildemeister | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | M Mesker P Paradis | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Benjamin A Moulton | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | P Barg B Herr | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | I Cueto S Schmid | 1 | 2 | | | C Benjamin A Moulton | 6 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Inoue A Kijimuta | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | P Barg B Herr | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | P Barg B Herr | 2 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Mochizuki M Yanagi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Byrne J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | J Byrne J Thompson | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | J Byrne J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Betzner C Singer | 5 | 7 | 2 | | | | | 3 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | MJ Fernández S Mascarin | 7 | 5 | 6 | | MJ Fernández S Mascarin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Budařová C Lindqvist | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | J Byrne J Thompson | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | C Suire A Villagrán | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 7 | 7 | | | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Horvath R Maršíková | 6 | 6 | | | K Horvath R Maršíková | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Krapl K Skronská | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | M Paz V Wade | 7 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Gerken M Torres | 5 | 3 | | | M Paz V Wade | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Mundel Y Vermaak | 1 | 6 | | 2 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |