Australian Open 1985

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Australian Open 1985
Date: November 28–8. December 1985
Edition: 74th  Australian Open
Place: Melbourne
Covering: race
Defending champion
Men's singles : SwedenSweden Mats Wilander
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd
Men's double : AustraliaAustralia Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
AustraliaAustralia 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
winner
Men's singles : SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg
Ladies singles : United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová
Men's double : United StatesUnited States Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg
South Africa 1961South Africa 
Ladies doubles : United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
Grand Slams 1985

The 1985 Australian Open took place in Melbourne from November 28 to December 8, 1985 . It was the 74th edition of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia .

The defending champions in the singles were Mats Wilander for the men and Chris Evert-Lloyd for the women. In the men's doubles they were Mark Edmondson and Sherwood Stewart , in the ladies doubles Martina Navrátilová and Pam Shriver .

Men's singles

Main article: Australian Open 1985 / men's singles

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States John McEnroe Quarter finals
03. SwedenSweden Mats Wilander final
04th Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Boris Becker 2nd round

05. SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg victory

06th United StatesUnited States Johan Kriek Quarter finals

07th SwedenSweden Joakim Nyström Round of 16

08th. United StatesUnited States Tim Mayotte Round of 16
No. player Round reached
09. United StatesUnited States Scott Davis 2nd round

10. United StatesUnited States Brad Gilbert 3rd round

11. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 2nd round

12. United StatesUnited States Paul Annacone 3rd round

13. FranceFrance Henri Leconte Round of 16

14th SwedenSweden Henrik Sundström 2nd round

15th United StatesUnited States David godfather 2nd round

16. United StatesUnited States Greg Holmes 2nd round

Ladies singles

Main article: Australian Open 1985 / women's singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Chris Evert-Lloyd final
02. United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová victory
03. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Semifinals
04th United StatesUnited States Pam Shriver Round of 16

05. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Semifinals

06th United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison Quarter finals

07th Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Manuela Maleewa Quarter finals

08th. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Helena Suková Quarter finals
No. Player Round reached
09. AustraliaAustralia Wendy Turnbull Round of 16

10. SwedenSweden Catarina Lindqvist Quarter finals

11. United StatesUnited States Barbara Potter 2nd round

12. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Bettina Bunge 1 round

13. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jo Durie Round of 16

14th United StatesUnited States Lisa Bonder 2nd round

15th FranceFrance Pascale Paradis 1 round

16. Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Katerina Maleewa Round of 16

Men's doubles

Main article: Australian Open 1985 / men's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. SwedenSweden Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander
SwedenSweden 
Semifinals
02. United StatesUnited States Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg
South Africa 1961South Africa 
victory
03. AustraliaAustralia John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
2nd round
04th AustraliaAustralia Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick
AustraliaAustralia 
final

05. SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg Guy Forget
FranceFrance 
2nd round

06th United StatesUnited States Scott Davis David Godfather
United StatesUnited States 
2nd round

07th United StatesUnited States Steve Denton Sherwood Stewart
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

08th. United StatesUnited States Mike DePalmer Peter Doohan
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16
No. pairing Round reached
09. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia 
Quarter finals

10. IsraelIsrael Shlomo Glickstein Shahar Perkiss
IsraelIsrael 
2nd round

11. AustraliaAustralia Broderick Dyke Michael Fancutt
AustraliaAustralia 
2nd round

12. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell John Lloyd
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Round of 16

13. United StatesUnited States Mark Dickson Tim Wilkison
United StatesUnited States 
Quarter finals

14th South Africa 1961South Africa Eddie Edwards Danie Visser
South Africa 1961South Africa 
2nd round

15th United StatesUnited States Mike Leach Nduka Odizor
NigeriaNigeria 
2nd round

16. AustraliaAustralia Brad Drewett Matt Mitchell
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

Ladies doubles

Main article: Australian Open 1985 / women's doubles

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached

01. United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
victory
02. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
final
03. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16
04th United StatesUnited States Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh-Pete
United StatesUnited States 
Semifinals
No. pairing Round reached
05. United StatesUnited States Elise Burgin Elizabeth Smylie
AustraliaAustralia 
Round of 16

06th United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Robin White
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

07th South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds
United StatesUnited States 
Round of 16

08th. Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Katerina Maleewa Manuela Maleewa
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria 
Round of 16

Mixed

No mixed competitions were held at the Australian Open between 1970 and 1986.

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