WTA Tour 1985

◄ WTA Tour 1985 ►
Period:	December 1984 - December 1985
Edition:	15th
Number of tournaments:	56
Categories:	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships WTA (51)
successes
Most tournament victories:	Martina Navrátilová (12)
Most of the finals:	Chris Evert-Lloyd (16)
Awards
Player of the year:	Martina Navrátilová
Double team of the year:	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
Newcomer of the year:	Helena Suková
Newcomer of the year:	Gabriela Sabatini

The 1985 Grand Slam winners

French Open :
Chris Evert-Lloyd

Wimbledon Championships and Australian Open :
Martina Navrátilová

US Open :
Hana Mandlíková

The 1985 WTA Tour (officially: Virginia Slims World Championships Series 1985 ) was the 15th year of the women 's tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association . It comprised 56 tournaments.

Like the Grand Slam tournaments, the Federation Cup team competition is not organized by the WTA but by the ITF . It is still listed because the top players usually play there too.

Tournament schedule

category Grand Slam Tour Championships

Others Federation Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
December 31	Ginny Championships Port St. Lucie , United States Hard Court - 14E / 5D	Catarina Lindqvist	Terry Holladay	6: 3, 6: 1
		Betsy Nagelsen Paula Smith	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	6: 3, 6: 4

January

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.01.	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Manuela Maleewa	6: 3, 6: 2
		Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
14.01.	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Peanut Louie	Zina Garrison	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 4
		Mary-Lou Piatek Robin White	Leslie Allen Sharon Walsh	1: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
01/21	Virginia Slims of Florida Key Biscayne , United States $ 150,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Martina Navrátilová	6: 2, 6: 4
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Svetlana Cherneva Laryssa Savchenko	6: 4, 7: 6
28.01.	BMW Championships Marco Island , United States $ 100,000 hard court - 56E / 32D	Bonnie Gadusek	Pam Casale	6: 3, 6: 4
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Camille Benjamin Bonnie Gadusek	6: 3, 6: 3

February

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.02.	Lipton International Players Championships Delray Beach , United States $ 750,000 Hard Court - 128E / 64Q / 64D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 4
		Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Kathy Jordan Hana Mandlíková	7: 6, 6: 2
02/18	Virginia Slims of California Oakland , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 28E / 32Q / 16D	Hana Mandlíková	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 6: 4
		Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
25.02.	Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E /? D	Robin White	Anne Minter	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Mary-Lou Piatek Robin White	Lea Antonoplis Wendy White	6: 4, 7: 6

March

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.03.	US Indoors Princeton , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Hana Mandlíková	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 3, 7: 5
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Marcella Mesker Elizabeth Smylie	7: 5, 6: 2
	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis , United States $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 63Q / 16D / 8Q	Kathleen Horvath	Elise Burgin	6: 2, 6: 4
		Elise Burgin Kathleen Horvath	Jennifer Mundel Molly Van Nostrand	6: 4, 6: 1
11.03.	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 3, 6: 4
		Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh	Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	5: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
18.03.	Brazil São Paulo , Brazil $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Mercedes Paz	Laura Arraya	5: 7, 6: 1, 6: 4
		Gabriela Sabatini Mercedes Paz	Running out of slides Csilla Bartos	7: 5, 6: 4
	WTA Championships New York City , United States Masters - $ 500,000 Carpet (Indoor) - 16E / 8D	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	6: 3, 7: 5, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 6
25.03.	WTA of PGA Palm Beach Gardens , United States $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 16D	Kathleen Horvath	Petra Delhees-Jauch	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
		JoAnne Russell Anne Smith	Laura Gildemeister Gabriela Sabatini	1: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6

April

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04/01	Ford Cup-4 Woman Special Palm Beach Gardens , United States $ 200,000 Clay - 5E	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Hana Mandlíková	6: 3, 6: 3
	Seabrook Seabrook , United States $ 75,000 Clay - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Katerina Maleewa	Virginia Ruzici	6: 3, 6: 3
		Svetlana Cherneva Laryssa Savchenko	Elise Burgin Lori McNeil	6: 1, 6: 3
	Bridgestone Doubles Tokyo , Japan $ 175,000 Carpet (Hall) - 9D	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Betsy Nagelsen Anne White	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
April 8th	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island , United States $ 200,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 4, 6: 0
		Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	Svetlana Cherneva Laryssa Savchenko	6: 4, 6: 1
April 15	Sunkist WTA Championships Amelia Island , United States $ 250,000 Clay - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Zina Garrison	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 4, 6: 3
		Rosalyn Fairbank Hana Mandlíková	Carling Bassett Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 2
04/22	Chrysler Tournament of Champions Orlando , United States $ 200,000 Clay - 26E / 6D	Martina Navrátilová	Katerina Maleewa	6: 1, 6: 0
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Elise Burgin Kathleen Horvath	6: 3, 6: 1
	Virginia Slims of San Diego San Diego , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Annabel Croft	Wendy Turnbull	6-0, 7-6
		Candy Reynolds Wendy Turnbull	Rosalyn Fairbank Susan Leo	6: 4, 6: 0
04/29	Italian Open Taranto , Italy $ 50,000 Clay Court - 16E / 32Q / 16D	Raffaella Reggi	Vicki Nelson	6: 4, 6: 4
		Sandra Cecchini Raffaella Reggi	Patrizia Murgo Barbara Romano	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston , United States $ 150,000 Clay - 28E / 28Q / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Elise Burgin	6: 4, 6: 1
		Elise Burgin Martina Navrátilová	Manuela Maleewa Helena Suková	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3

May

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
06.05.	Australian Indoors Sydney , Australia $ 200,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 28E / 16D	Pam Shriver	Dianne Balestrat	6: 3, 6: 3
		Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh-Pete	7: 5, 7: 5
	Barcelona Barcelona , Spain $ 50,000 Clay - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Sandra Cecchini	Raffaella Reggi	6: 3, 6: 4
		Petra Delhees Pat Medrado	Penny Barg Adriana Villagrán	6: 1, 6: 0
13.05.	German Open Berlin (West) , Federal Republic of Germany $ 150,000 Clay Court - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 7: 5
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Steffi Count Catherine Tanvier	6: 4, 6: 1
	Melbourne Indoors Melbourne , Australia $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 16D	Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan	6: 4, 6: 4
		Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	Anne Hobbs Kathy Jordan	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
05/20	Swiss Open Lugano , Switzerland $ 100,000 Clay Court - 48E / 24D	Bonnie Gadusek	Manuela Maleewa	6: 2, 6: 2
		Bonnie Gadusek Helena Suková	Bettina Bunge Eva Pfaff	6: 2, 6: 4
05/27	French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - $ 800,000 Clay Court	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Martina Navrátilová	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 5
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Heinz Günthardt	Paula Smith Francisco González	2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2

June

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
10.06.	Edgbaston Cup Birmingham , UK $ 125,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Pam Shriver	Betsy Nagelsen	6: 1, 6: 0
		Terry Holladay Sharon Walsh-Pete	Elise Burgin Alycia Moulton	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3
17.06.	Pilkington Glass Classic Eastbourne , UK $ 175,000 Lawn - 64E / 32Q / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	7: 5, 6: 4
June 24th	Wimbledon Championships Wimbledon , United Kingdom Grand Slam - $ 900,000 Lawn	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	4: 6, 6.3, 6: 2
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
		Martina Navrátilová Paul McNamee	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 2

July

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07/15	Elektra Cup Bregenz , Austria $ 50,000 Clay Court - 32E / 16D	Virginia Ruzici	Mima Jaušovec	6: 2, 6: 3
		Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	Andrea Holíková K. Skronská-Böhmová	6: 2, 6: 3
	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport , United States $ 150,000 Lawn - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 6: 1
		Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6: 4, 7: 6
07/22	US Clay Courts Indianapolis , United States $ 200,000 Clay Court - 56E / 44Q / 16D	Andrea Temesvári	Zina Garrison	7: 6, 6: 3
		Katerina Maleewa Manuela Maleewa	Penny Barg Paula Smith	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach , United States $ 250,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Pam Shriver	6: 2, 6: 4
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	6: 4, 6: 2

August

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
08/05	Canadian Open Toronto , Canada $ 250,000 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	6: 2, 6: 4
		Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	Marcella Mesker Pascale Paradis	6: 4, 6: 0
08/12	United Jersey Bank Classic Mahwah , United States $ 150,000 Hard Court - 56E / 31Q / 32D	Kathy Rinaldi	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	7: 6, 6: 3
08/19	Virginia Slims of Central New York Monticello , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Barbara Potter	Helen Kelesi	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
		Mercedes Paz Gabriela Sabatini	Andrea Holíková K. Skronská-Böhmová	5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
08/27	US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ 1,250,000 hard court	Hana Mandlíková	Martina Navrátilová	7: 6, 1: 6, 7: 6
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
		Martina Navrátilová Heinz Günthardt	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	6: 3, 6: 4

September

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.09.	Virginia Slims of Utah Salt Lake City , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Stephanie Deer	Camille Benjamin	6: 2, 6: 4
		Svetlana Cherneva Laryssa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mold	7: 5, 6: 2
16.09.	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 31E / 31Q / 16D	Bonnie Gadusek	Kathy Rinaldi	6: 1, 6: 3
		Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	Elise Burgin JoAnne Russell	6: 2, 6: 2
23.09.	Virginia Slims of New Orleans New Orleans , United States $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 25Q / 15D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver	6: 4, 7: 5
		Chris Evert-Lloyd Wendy Turnbull	Mary-Lou Piatek Anne White	6: 1, 6: 2
30.09.	Lynda Carter / Maybelline Classic Fort Lauderdale , United States $ 150,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16D	Martina Navrátilová	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 1
		Gigi Fernández Robin White	Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mold	6: 2, 7: 5
	Federation Cup Final Nagoya , Japan Hard Court	Czechoslovakia	United States	2: 1

October

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
07.10.	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis , United States $ 75,000 Hard Court (Indoor) - 32E / 16D	Bonnie Gadusek	Pam Casale	6: 0, 6: 3
		Bonnie Gadusek Mary-Lou Piatek	Penny Barg Sandy Collins	6: 1, 6: 0
14.10.	Japan Open Tokyo , Japan $ 50,000 hard court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Gabriela Sabatini	Linda Gates	6: 3, 6: 4
		Belinda Cordwell Julie Richardson	Laura Gildemeister Beth Lord	6: 4, 6: 4
	Porsche Classic Filderstadt , Federal Republic of Germany $ 175,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 31Q / 16D	Pam Shriver	Catarina Lindqvist	6: 1, 7: 5
		Hana Mandlíková Pam Shriver	Carina Karlsson Tine Scheuer-Larsen	6: 2, 6: 1
21.10.	Pretty Polly Classic Brighton , UK $ 175,000 Carpet (Hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Manuela Maleewa	7: 5, 6: 3
		Lori McNeil Catherine Suire	Barbara Potter Helena Suková	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
28.10.	European Indoors Zurich , Switzerland $ 150,000 Carpet (hall) - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Zina Garrison	Hana Mandlíková	6: 1, 6: 3
		Hana Mandlíková Andrea_Temesvári	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6

November

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
04.11.	Florida Federal Open Tampa , United States $ 150,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D	Stephanie Deer	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 4, 6: 7, 7: 5
		Carling Bassett Gabriela Sabatini	Lisa Bonder Laura Gildemeister	6-0, 6-0
	Hewlett-Packard Trophy Hilversum , The Netherlands $ 75,000 Carpet (hall) - 16E / 13D	Katerina Maleewa	Carina Karlsson	6: 3, 6: 2
		Marcella Mesker Catherine Tanvier	Sandra Cecchini Sabrina Goleš	6: 2, 6: 2
11.11.	National Panasonic Women's Classic Brisbane , Australia $ 150,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Pam Shriver	6: 3, 7: 5
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
11/18	Family Circle New South Wales Sydney , Australia $ 150,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 32D	Martina Navrátilová	Hana Mandlíková	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 2
		Hana Mandlíková Wendy Turnbull	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
	Lion's Cup Tokyo , Japan $ 100,000 Carpet (Hall) - 4E	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Manuela Maleewa	7: 5, 6: 0
25.11.	Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - $ 645,000 Lawn	Martina Navrátilová	Chris Evert-Lloyd	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
		Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	6: 3, 6: 4

December

Date 1	competition	Winner	Final opponent	Result
09.12.	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan $ 250,000 Carpet (Hall) - 28E / 29Q / 16D	Manuela Maleewa	Bonnie Gadusek	7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 5
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	Marcella Mesker Elizabeth Smylie	6-0, 6-4

¹ The date marks the beginning of the week

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTA Finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English).