The 1985 Italian Open was a tennis

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 outdoor clay courts

Clay court

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 at the Foro Italico

Foro Italico

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 in Rome in Italy that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix

1985 Nabisco Grand Prix

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 and of 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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. The men's tournament was held from May 13 through May 18, 1985 while the women's tournament was held from May 4 through May 10, 1985.

Men's Singles

  Yannick Noah

Yannick Noah

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defeated   Miloslav Mečíř

Miloslav Mecír

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 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6

Women's Singles

  Raffaella Reggi

Raffaella Reggi

Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....

defeated   Vicki Nelson-Dunbar

Vicki Nelson-Dunbar

Vicki Nelson-Dunbar is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title , and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982....

 6–3, 6–4

Men's Doubles

  Anders Jarryd

Anders Järryd

Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

/   Mats Wilander

Mats Wilander

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defeated   Ken Flach

Ken Flach

Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles...

 /   Robert Seguso

Robert Seguso

Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No...

 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's Doubles

  Sandra Cecchini

Sandra Cecchini

Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter...

/   Raffaella Reggi

Raffaella Reggi

Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....

defeated   Patrizia Murgo /   Barbara Romanò 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

External links

• ATP Archive 1985:Grand Prix Tour: Accessed 17/05/2011.
• Mens Draw Singles:Accessed 17/05/2011.
• Mens Draw Doubles : Accessed 17/05/2011.
• WTA Archive 1985: Virginia Slims Tour: Accessed 17/05/2011.