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(1986) US Open - Tennis Program: (w/Full-Ticket / Draw Sheet & More!) - $8 (Long Valley)
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1) ... official (1986) US Open Tennis tournament program ... spanning the dates (8/26 - 9/7) ... held at the USTA National Tennis Center (Flushing Meadow Park - Queens, NY) ... new condition! ... (200) pages
2) ... original "11th Day" draw sheet (9-5-86) ... featuring the entire schedule for that day & up to date tournament result/seedings! ... draw sheet unfolds to (8) total pages ... some staining on front page & some curling along the outer edges.
**Featured matches on this date included ... Women's Singles Semifinals - (Sukova vs. Evert) & (Navratilova vs. Graf), also ... Women's Doubles Semifinal - (Mandlikova/Turnbull vs. Burgin/Fairbank), and ... Men's Doubles Final - (Gomez/Zivojinovic vs. Nystrom/Wilander).
3) ... "Tennis Magazine's - 1986: US Open Guide" (NY Times supplement) ... new condition! ... (40+) pages
4) ... (1) full ticket - "Session 12" (8-31-86)
5) ... (1) ticket stub - "Session 21" (9-5-86) ... Semi-Final Round - Women's Singles & Doubles!
**Noted Tournament History**... this was the year of the all-Czech singles finals - Lendl defeated Mecir for the men's title & Navratilova defeated Sukova for the women's title - all four players in the singles finals were born in Czechoslovakia ... McEnroe suffered his earliest exit from the US Open (1st round) ... Connors' streak of 12 straight semifinal berths ended in the 3rd round.