Mary Lou Piatek and Robin White were the defending champions, but neither competed this year.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1986 Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania | |
| Champions |  Candy Reynolds Anne Smith |
| Runners-up | Sandy Collins Kim Sands |
| Score | 7–6, 6–1 |
Candy Reynolds and Anne Smith won the title by defeating Sandy Collins and Kim Sands 7–6, 6–1 in the final.[1]
Seeds
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Svetlana Parkhomenko / Larisa Savchenko (quarterfinals, withdrew)
Lori McNeil / 
Catherine Suire (semifinals)- Candy Reynolds / Anne Smith (champions)
- Sandy Collins / Kim Sands (final)
Draw
editKey
edit- 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
Draw
edit| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  S Parkhomenko L Savchenko
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 J Richardson J Thompson
| 6 | 4 | 1 | S Parkhomenko L Savchenko
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
L Allen I Budařová
| 6 | 6 | 0 |  A Betzner M Schropp
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Betzner M Schropp
| 4 | 7 | 6 | A Betzner M Schropp
| 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | S Collins K Sands
| 6 | 6 | 4 | S Collins K Sands
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| V Nelson-Dunbar Carol Watson
| 3 | 3 | 4 | S Collins K Sands
| 5 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Blount A Tobin-Dingwall
| 6 | 4 | 2 | A Minter E Minter
| 7 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A Minter E Minter
| 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | S Collins K Sands
| 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
H Na A Villagrán
| 7 | 7 | 3 | C Reynolds A Smith
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| H Crowe K Steinmetz
| 6 | 6 | H Na A Villagrán
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Cordwell L Field
| 6 | 2 | 3 | C Reynolds A Smith
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | C Reynolds A Smith
| 7 | 6 | 3 | C Reynolds A Smith
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C Copeland T Mochizuki
| 6 | 6 | 2 | L McNeil C Suire
| 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D Farrell J Goodling
| 4 | 1 | C Copeland T Mochizuki
| 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Amiach H Ludloff
| 6 | 4 | 2 | L McNeil C Suire
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | L McNeil C Suire
| 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Australian Janine Thompson scored her first professional victory". Hershey, Pennsylvania. United Press International. March 9, 1986. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
Candy Reynolds of Knoxville, Tenn., and Anne Smith of Dallas defeated Sandy Collins of Odessa, Texas, and Kim Sands of Miami, Fla., 7-6, 6-1, in the doubles championship.