1986 Men's Tennis Recap Page
| Finals Date | Tournament | Venue | Singles Winner |
| Jan. 12 | Benson & Hedges Open | (Auckland) | Mark Woodforde |
| Feb. 2 | Ebel U.S.Pro Indoor Championships | (Philadelphia) | Ivan Lendl |
| Feb. 9 | Volvo U.S.National Indoor Championships | (Memphis) | Brad Gilbert |
| Feb. 9 | Corel North American Indoor Championships | (Toronto) | Joakim Nystrom |
| Feb. 23 |
Lipton International Players Championships |
(Boca West) | Ivan Lendl |
| Mar. 2 | Pilot Pen Classic | (La Quinta) | Joakim Nystrom |
| Mar. 16 | Fila Trophy | (Milan) | Ivan Lendl |
| Mar. 16 | Open de Lorraine | (Metz) | Thierry Tulasne |
| Mar. 23 | Belgian Indoor Championships | (Brussels) | Mats Wilander |
| Mar. 23 | Paine Webber Classic | (Ft.Myers) | Ivan Lendl |
| Mar. 30 | ABN World Tennis Tournament | (Rotterdam) | Joakim Nystrom |
| Mar. 30 |
Volvo/Chicago |
(Chicago) | Boris Becker |
| Apr. 6 | WCT-Atlanta Championships | (Atlanta) | Kevin Curren |
| Apr. 6 | Goldstar Cologne | (Cologne) | Jonas Svensson |
| Apr. 13 | Buick WCT Finals | (Dallas) | Anders Jarryd |
| Apr. 13 | Kim Top Line Classic Puglia | (Bari) | Kent Carlsson |
| Apr. 20 | International Open Championships of Nice | (Nice) | Emilio Sanchez |
| Apr. 27 |
Volvo/Monte Carlo Open |
(Monte Carlo) | Joakim Nystrom |
| May 4 | U.S.Open Clay Court Championships | (Indianapolis) | Andres Gomez |
| May 4 | Madrid Open | (Madrid) | Joakim Nystrom |
| May 11 | Shearson Lehman Brothers Tournament of Champions | (Forest Hills) | Yannick Noah |
| May 11 | Bavarian Open | (Munich) | Emilio Sanchez |
| May 18 | Italian Open | (Rome) | Ivan Lendl |
| May 25 |
Torneo Internazionale Citta di Firenze |
(Florence) | Andres Gomez |
| June 8 | French Open | (Paris) | Ivan Lendl |
| June 15 | Stella Artois Grass Court Championships | (London) | Tim Mayotte |
| June 15 | Master Bologna | (Bologna) | Martin Jaite |
| June 21 | Bristol Trophy | (Bristol) | Vijay Amritraj |
| June 22 | Athens International | (Athens) | Henrik Sundstrom |
| July 6 | Wimbledon | (London) | Boris Becker |
| July 13 | Rado Swiss Open Gstaad | (Gstaad) | Stefan Edberg |
| July 13 |
Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot |
(Bordeaux) | Paolo Cane |
| July 13 | Volvo/Hall of Fame Championships | (Newport) | Bill Scanlon |
| July 27 | Union Warren Bank U.S. Pro Tennis Championships | (Boston) | Andres Gomez |
| July 27 | Swedish Open Bastad | (Bastad) | Emilio Sanchez |
| July 27 | Volvo/New Jersey | (Livingston) | Brad Gilbert |
| Aug. 3 |
Sovran Bank D.C.National Tennis Classic |
(Washington, D.C.) | Karel Novacek |
| Aug. 3 | International Lawn Tennis Championships of the Netherlands | (Hilversum) | Thomas Muster |
| Aug. 10 | Volvo/Stratton Mountain | (Stratton Mountain) | Ivan Lendl |
| Aug. 10 | Head Cup Kitzbühel-Austrian Open | (Kitzbühel) | Miloslav Mecir |
| Aug. 17 | Player’s International Canadian Open | (Toronto) | Boris Becker |
| Aug. 17 | Campionati Internazionali Della Valle D’Aosta | (St.Vincent) | Simone Colombo |
| Aug. 24 | ATP Championship | (Cincinnati) | Mats Wilander |
| Sept. 7 | U.S. Open | (Flushing Meadows) | Ivan Lendl |
| Sept. 14 | Martini Open | (Geneva) | Henri Leconte |
| Sept. 14 | Mercedes Cup | (Stuttgart) | Martin Jaite |
| Sept. 21 | Ebel German Open | (Hamburg) | Henri Leconte |
| Sept. 21 | Volvo/Los Angeles | (Los Angeles) | John McEnroe |
| Sept. 28 |
Transamerica Open |
(San Francisco) | John McEnroe |
| Sept. 28 | International Championships of Spain-Trofeo Conde de Godo | (Barcelona) | Kent Carlsson |
| Oct. 5 | International Championships of Sicily | (Palermo) | Ulf Stenlund |
| Oct. 12 | WCT-Scottsdale | (Scottsdale) | John McEnroe |
| Oct. 12 | Nabisco Grand Prix Olympia de Toulouse | (Toulouse) | Guy Forget |
| Oct. 12 |
Riklis Israel Tennis Center Classic |
(Tel Aviv) | Brad Gilbert |
| Oct. 19 | Swan Premium Open | (Sydney) | Boris Becker |
| Oct. 19 | Ebel Swiss Indoor Championships | (Basel) | Stefan Edberg |
| Oct. 19 | Japan & Asian Open | (Tokyo) | Ramesh Krishnan |
| Oct. 26 | Seiko Super Tennis | (Tokyo) | Boris Becker |
| Oct. 26 | CA-Tennis Trophy | (Vienna) | Brad Gilbert |
| Nov. 2 | Open de Paris | (Paris) | Boris Becker |
| Nov. 2 | Seiko Super Tennis | (Hong Kong) | Ramesh Krishnan |
| Nov. 9 | Stockholm Open | (Stockholm) | Stefan Edberg |
| Nov. 16 | Benson & Hedges Championships | (London) | Yannick Noah |
| Nov. 16 | Copa Banco Galicia | (Buenos Aires) | Jay Berger |
| Nov. 23 | Altech Open | (Johannesburg) | Amos Mansdorf |
| Nov. 23 | WCT-Houston Shootout | (Houston) | Slobodan Zivojinovic |
| Nov. 30 | Sul America Open | (Itaparica) | Andres Gomez |
| Dec. 8 | Nabisco Masters | (New York) | Ivan Lendl |