1986 Lipton International Players Championships – Men's singles

Tim Mayotte was the defending champion but did not compete that year.

Ivan Lendl won in the final 3–6, 6–1, 7–6, 6–4 against Mats Wilander.

Seeds
• # Ivan Lendl (champion)

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander (final)

• # 🇺🇸 Jimmy Connors (semifinals, defaulted)

• # Boris Becker (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (semifinals, retired)

• # 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Anders Järryd (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Tim Mayotte (withdrew)

• # 🇺🇸 Kevin Curren (second round)

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström (quarterfinals)

• # 🇺🇸 Johan Kriek (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Paul Annacone (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Brad Gilbert (third round)

• # Tomáš Šmíd (third round)

• # 🇪🇨 Andrés Gómez (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 Scott Davis (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jimmy Arias (fourth round)

• # n/a

• # 🇫🇷 Thierry Tulasne (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 David Pate (fourth round)

• # 🇸🇪 Jan Gunnarsson (fourth round)

• # 🇺🇸 Matt Anger (third round)

• # Jakob Hlasek (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Aaron Krickstein (third round)

• # 🇸🇪 Peter Lundgren (third round)

• # Andreas Maurer (first round)

• # Heinz Günthardt (first round)

• # Slobodan Živojinović (first round)

• # 🇧🇪 Libor Pimek (second round)

• # 🇪🇸 Sergio Casal (second round)

• # 🇺🇸 Mike Leach (third round)

• # 🇺🇸 Greg Holmes (third round)