1985 Stella Artois Championships
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The 1985 Stella Artois Championships was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s at the Queen's Club
in London
in the United Kingdom
that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
. The tournament ran from June 10 through June 17, 1985.
Boris Becker
defeated
Johan Kriek
6–2, 6–3
Ken Flach
/ Robert Seguso
defeated
Pat Cash
/ John Fitzgerald 3–6, 6–3, 16–14
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 Queen's Club
Queen's Club
The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex and named after Queen Victoria, its first patron...
in London
London
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
. The tournament ran from June 10 through June 17, 1985.
Men's Singles
Boris BeckerBoris Becker
Boris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17...
defeated
Johan KriekJohan Kriek
Johan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...
6–2, 6–3
- It was Becker's 1st title of the year and the 2nd of his career.
Men's Doubles
Ken FlachKen 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 SegusoRobert 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...
defeated
Pat CashPat Cash
Patrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987.-Early career:...
/
John Fitzgerald 3–6, 6–3, 16–14
- It was Flach's 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career. It was Seguso's 4th title of the year and the 10th of his career.