# 1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's doubles

Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Eliot Teltscher and Christo van Rensburg. Second-seeded pair Hans Gildemeister and Andrés Gómez claimed the title by defeating John Alexander and Sherwood Stewart in the final.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* Ken Flach / Robert Seguso (second round)
* Hans Gildemeister / Andrés Gómez (champions)
* John Fitzgerald / Sherwood Stewart (final)
* Peter Doohan / Paul McNamee (quarterfinals)
* Brad Gilbert / Tim Wilkison (semifinals)
* Jakob Hlasek / Pavel Složil (first round)
* Withdrew
* Sammy Giammalva Jr. / Matt Mitchell (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Brett Dickinson Glenn Layendecker | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart | 6 | 6 | 3 | John Fitzgerald Sherwood Stewart | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | 2 | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Brad Gilbert Tim Wilkison | 4 | 5 | 2 | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez | 6 | 7 | | | | |

### 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 | K Flach R Seguso | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Teltscher C van Rensburg | 6 | 6 | 6 | | E Teltscher C van Rensburg | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Delatte M Freeman | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | E Teltscher C van Rensburg | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | B Dickinson G Layendecker | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | B Dickinson G Layendecker | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | M Bauer T Tulasne | 6 | 3 | | | B Dickinson G Layendecker | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Fancutt D Tarr | 6 | 3 | 7 | | C Fancutt D Tarr | 4 | 7 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Giammalva Jr. M Mitchell | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | B Dickinson G Layendecker | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Fitzgerald S Stewart | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | J Fitzgerald S Stewart | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Acuña G Michibata | 1 | 6 | 6 | | R Acuña G Michibata | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lozano T Witsken | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | J Fitzgerald S Stewart | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | T Moor E Van't Hof | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | S Eriksson M Pernfors | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Eriksson M Pernfors | 6 | 6 | | | S Eriksson M Pernfors | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Cassidy M Purcell | 6 | 4 | 6 | | D Cassidy M Purcell | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Hlasek P Složil | 1 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | B Gilbert T Wilkison | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Ganzábal C Panatta | 5 | 1 | | 5 | B Gilbert T Wilkison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Meister C Wittus | 6 | 6 | 8 | | D Dowlen N Odizor | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Dowlen N Odizor | 2 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | 5 | B Gilbert T Wilkison | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | C Steyn D Visser | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | P Doohan P McNamee | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Arias A Krickstein | 6 | 6 | | | J Arias A Krickstein | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | P Doohan P McNamee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | B Gilbert T Wilkison | 4 | 5 |
| LL | A Amritraj B Teacher | 7 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Gildemeister A Gómez | 6 | 7 |
| | E Edwards F González | 6 | 6 | 7 | | E Edwards F González | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Robertson T Warneke | 6 | 7 | 10 | | M Robertson T Warneke | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Evernden D Graham | 7 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | E Edwards F González | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | S Denton L Lavalle | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | H Gildemeister A Gómez | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | M Davis B Schultz | 6 | 7 | 6 | | M Davis B Schultz | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | H Gildemeister A Gómez | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |