1986 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Men's singles

Second-seeded Andrés Gómez defeated Thierry Tulasne in the final to claim his second U.S. Clay Courts title and $51,000 prize money.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇫🇷 Thierry Tulasne (final)
 * 2) 🇪🇨 Andrés Gómez (champion)
 * 3) 🇺🇸 Jimmy Arias (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇦🇷 Martín Jaite (semifinals)
 * 5) 🇸🇪 Henrik Sundström (third round)
 * 6) 🇦🇺 Paul McNamee (third round)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Tim Wilkison (third round)
 * 8) 🇸🇪 Mikael Pernfors (quarterfinals)
 * 9)  Milan Šrejber (first round)
 * 10) 🇦🇷 Guillermo Vilas (third round)
 * 11)  Jakob Hlasek (quarterfinals)
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Aaron Krickstein (quarterfinals)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Robert Seguso (first round)
 * 14) 🇺🇸 Jonathan Canter (first round)
 * 15) 🇺🇸 Brian Teacher (third round)
 * 16) 🇨🇦 Glenn Michibata (first round)