The 1986 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1986 WTA Tour.

It was the 14th edition of the tournament and ran from April 7 through April 13, 1986.

Third-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, the first WTA singles title of her career.

[1] Steffi Graf defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 7–5 Chris Evert-Lloyd / Anne White defeated Steffi Graf / Catherine Tanvier 6–3, 6–3