# 1986 Taipei Women's Championships – Singles

In the first edition of the tournament, Patricia Hy won the title by defeating Adriana Villagrán 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–2, 6–3 in the final.

## Seeds

* Helen Kelesi (quarterfinals)
* Mercedes Paz (second round)
* Barbara Gerken (semifinals)
* Etsuko Inoue (first round)
* Carina Karlsson (first round)
* Niege Dias (first round)
* Vicki Nelson-Dunbar (first round)
* Helena Dahlström (second round)

## 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 |
| | Patricia Hy | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Barbara Gerken | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Barbara Gerken | 7 | 2 | 3 | Patricia Hy | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Adriana Villagrán | 7$^8$ | 2 | 3 |
| Q | Wiltrud Probst | 6 | 0 | | Adriana Villagrán | 7$^8$ | 2 | 3 |
| | Adriana Villagrán | 7 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | H Kelesi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Fulco | 3 | 3 | | 1 | H Kelesi | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Lundqvist | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Lundqvist | 2 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Sánchez Vicario | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | H Kelesi | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | P Hy | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | P Hy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | L Antonoplis | 6 | 2 | 1 | | P Hy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Provis | 4 | 7 | 6 | | N Provis | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Dias | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | P Hy | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | B Gerken | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Gerken | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| | C Fernandez | 1 | 4 | | 3 | B Gerken | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Tobin-Dingwall | w/o | | | | A Tobin-Dingwall | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kijimuta | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Gerken | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Fernández | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Q | L Bernstein | 4 | 4 | | | G Fernández | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field | 6 | 3 | 6 | | L Field | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Cueto | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | V Nelson-Dunbar | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | H Dahlström | 6 | 6 | | 8 | H Dahlström | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Na | 6 | 6 | | | H Na | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Lin Shi-min | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | H Na | 5 | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| | AM Fernandez | 3 | 1 | | | | | | Q | W Probst | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | W Probst | 6 | 6 | | Q | W Probst | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Yanagi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | M Yanagi | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | E Inoue | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | Q | W Probst | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | C Karlsson | 2 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | A Villagrán | 7 | 6 |
| | E Okagawa | 6 | 1 | 6 | | E Okagawa | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Villagrán | 6 | 6 | | | A Villagrán | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Richardson | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | A Villagrán | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | R Bryant | 4 | 5 | | | | | | Q | S Leo | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | S Leo | 6 | 7 | | Q | S Leo | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström | 1 | 1 | | 2 | M Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Paz | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |