1985 Australian Open
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The 1985 Australian Open was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s at the Kooyong Stadium
in Melbourne
in Victoria
in Australia
. It was the 74th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 28 November through 8 December 1985.
Stefan Edberg
defeated Mats Wilander
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Paul Annacone
/
Christo van Rensburg
defeated
Mark Edmondson
/ Kim Warwick
3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
defeated
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
/
Helena Suková
6–3, 6–4
Shane Barr defeated Stephen Furlong 7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Jenny Byrne
defeated Louise Field 6–1, 6–3
Brett Custer / David Macpherson
defeated Petr Korda
/ Cyril Suk
7–5, 6–2
Jenny Byrne
/ Janine Thompson defeated Sally McCann / Alison Scott 6–0, 6–3
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Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s at the Kooyong Stadium
Kooyong Stadium
Kooyong Stadium, at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club, is a tennis venue, located in Melbourne, Australia. The stadium was built in 1927 and has a capacity of 8,500....
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It was the 74th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 28 November through 8 December 1985.
Men's Singles
Stefan EdbergStefan Edberg
Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...
defeated
Mats WilanderMats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
- It was Edberg's 1st career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title.
Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-LloydChris Evert
Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
- It was Navratilova's 36th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd and last Australian Open title.
Men's Doubles
Paul AnnaconePaul Annacone
Paul Annacone is a former touring professional tennis player and current well-known tennis coach.-As a college player:...
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Christo van RensburgChristo Van Rensburg
Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...
defeated
Mark EdmondsonMark Edmondson
Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....
/
Kim WarwickKim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...
3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
- It was Annacone's only career Grand Slam title. It was van Rensburg's only career Grand Slam title.
Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam ShriverPam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
defeated
Claudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-Kilsch
Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...
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Helena SukováHelena Suková
Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
6–3, 6–4
- It was Navratilova's 37th career Grand Slam title and her 8th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 12th career Grand Slam title and her 4th Australian Open title.
Boys' Singles
Shane Barr defeated Stephen Furlong 7–6, 6–7, 6–3Girls' Singles
Jenny ByrneJenny Byrne
Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...
defeated
Louise Field 6–1, 6–3Boys' Doubles
Brett Custer / David MacphersonDavid Macpherson (tennis)
----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching...
defeated
Petr KordaPetr Korda
Petr Korda is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for testing positive for the banned substance, nandrolone, following a match at Wimbledon that same year.-Career:Korda was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.He first...
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Cyril SukCyril Suk
Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career....
7–5, 6–2
Girls' Doubles
Jenny ByrneJenny Byrne
Jenny Byrne is a former professional tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 45 in singles and World No. 27 in doubles...
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Janine Thompson defeated Sally McCann / Alison Scott 6–0, 6–31986 Australian Open
The Australian Open was not held in 1986 due to the Open changing dates from December to January. This allowed it to count as a Grand Prix event after the movement of the Grand Prix Masters from March to early December. As such, the next Australian Open was the 1987 Australian Open1987 Australian Open
The 1987 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 75th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 12 through 25 January 1987.-Men's Singles:...
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