1986 Swedish Open – Singles

The defending champion was Mats Wilander but he lost in the final to the sixth seeded, Emilio Sánchez from Spain.

Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

• # 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander (final)

• # 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (semifinal)

• # 🇸🇪 Joakim Nyström (first round)

• # 🇸🇪 Mikael Pernfors (quarterfinals)

• # Miloslav Mečíř (semifinal)

• # 🇪🇸 Emilio Sánchez (champion)

• # Eric Jelen (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Ulf Stenlund (quarterfinals)