# 1986 French Open – Women's doubles

Defending champion Martina Navratilova and her partner Andrea Temesvári defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1986 French Open.
Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the two-time reigning champions, but Shriver did not participate this year.

## Seeds

* Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (semifinals)
* Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (semifinals)
* Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári (champions)
* Chris Evert-Lloyd / Anne White (third round)
* Elise Burgin / Rosalyn Fairbank (second round)
* Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini (final)
* Bettina Bunge / Eva Pfaff (third round)
* Betsy Nagelsen / Candy Reynolds (second round)
* Kathy Jordan / Alycia Moulton (quarterfinals)
* Svetlana Parkhomenko / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals)
* Anne Smith / Sharon Walsh-Pete (quarterfinals)
* Lori McNeil / Catherine Suire (first round)
* Zina Garrison / Kathy Rinaldi (first round)
* Marcella Mesker / Pascale Paradis (third round)
* Jo Durie / Anne Hobbs (second round)
* Jill Hetherington / Terry Holladay (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

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Katerina Maleeva Manuela Maleeva | 3 | 3 | | 6 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 6 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 1 | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Kathy Jordan Alycia Moulton | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári | 7 | 7 | | 3 | Martina Navratilova Andrea Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 11 | Anne Smith Sharon Walsh-Pete | 2 | 1 | | 2 | Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 2 | Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Krapl C Porwik | 3 | 3 | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Bakkum J Golder | 4 | 6 | 6 | | A Holíková K Skronská | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Holíková K Skronská | 6 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | C Calmette E Derly | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
| | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | I Demongeot N Tauziat | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Madruga-Osses C Tanvier | 6 | 3 | 7 | | I Madruga-Osses C Tanvier | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Z Garrison K Rinaldi | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| | C Lindqvist J Russell | 4 | 2 | | 10 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dias P Medrado | 6 | 6 | | | N Dias P Medrado | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Goodling V Nelson-Dunbar | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 10 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | H Crowe K Steinmetz | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 7 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 7 | 2 | 4 | | | | | |
| | L Drescher E Inoue | 3 | 5 | | | H Crowe K Steinmetz | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaggard C Vanier | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | B Bunge E Pfaff | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | C Evert-Lloyd A White | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Benjamin N Hu | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | C Evert-Lloyd A White | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Schutte M van der Torre | 1 | 4 | | | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Cecchini S Goleš | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 4 | C Evert-Lloyd A White | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| | D Farrell K Kinney | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 6 | 6 | | | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaušovec I Kuczyńska | 4 | 7 | 6 | | M Jaušovec I Kuczyńska | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | L McNeil C Suire | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Maleeva M Maleeva | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | J Durie A Hobbs | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 |
| | S Amiach S Rimes | 5 | 3 | | 15 | J Durie A Hobbs | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Lindström P Smith | 3 | 5 | | | J Byrne J Tremelling | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | J Byrne J Tremelling | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | L Allen G Rush | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 6 | S Graf G Sabatini | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | H Fukárková J Novotná | 4 | 6 | 6 | | H Fukárková J Novotná | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Cordwell A Villagrán | 0 | 1 | | 6 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Graf G Sabatini | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Dechaume S Niox-Château | 5 | 2 | | 5 | E Burgin R Fairbank | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Casale B Gerken | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | M Paz V Wade | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Paz V Wade | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | M Paz V Wade | 0 | 4 | | | | | |
| | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 9 | K Jordan A Moulton | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J Kaplan T Mochizuki | 3 | 6 | 1 | | T Phelps R Reggi | 6 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Etchemendy N Herreman | 6$^1$ | 1 | | 9 | K Jordan A Moulton | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | K Jordan A Moulton | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | K Jordan A Moulton | 6$^4$ | 6$^3$ |
| 14 | M Mesker P Paradis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | M Navratilova A Temesvári | 7 | 7 |
| | P Barg B Herr | 3 | 2 | | 14 | M Mesker P Paradis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Gurney N Sodupe | 6 | 2 | 2 | | E Reinach M Reinach | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Reinach M Reinach | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 14 | M Mesker P Paradis | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | C Bassett S Mascarin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 3 | M Navratilova A Temesvári | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Bryant C Monteiro | 2 | 4 | | | C Bassett S Mascarin | 6$^1$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Betzner M Schropp | 1 | 1 | | 3 | M Navratilova A Temesvári | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | M Navratilova A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| 8 | B Nagelsen C Reynolds | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Field E Minter | 3 | 2 | | 8 | B Nagelsen C Reynolds | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | AM Fernandez J Richardson | 2 | 6 | 5 | | K Horvath R Maršíková | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Horvath R Maršíková | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | K Horvath R Maršíková | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Bonder L Gildemeister | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 11 | A Smith S Walsh-Pete | 7 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | A Croft S Gomer | 3 | 4 | | | L Bonder L Gildemeister | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Sato M Yanagi | 0 | 3 | | 11 | A Smith S Walsh-Pete | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | A Smith S Walsh-Pete | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | A Smith S Walsh-Pete | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | J Hetherington T Holladay | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 6 | 6 |
| | I Budařová M Skuherská | 7 | 6 | | | I Budařová M Skuherská | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 7 | 1 | 6 | | A Henricksson C Jolissaint | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Mundel M Torres | 6$^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | I Budařová M Skuherská | 1 | 3 | | | | | |
| | C Karlsson T Scheuer-Larsen | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 2 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | A Holton Y Vermaak | 5 | 6 | 6 | | A Holton Y Vermaak | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Huber P Keppeler | 2 | 1 | | 2 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | H Mandlíková W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |