1985 US Open – Mixed Doubles
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Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Maleeva
Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...

 and Tom Gullikson
Tom Gullikson
Tom Gullikson is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:...

 were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Kathleen Horvath
Kathleen Horvath
Erica Kathleen "Kathy" Horvath is a former professional tennis player.-Career:Horvath was the youngest player to win the U.S. National 16s in 1979. She also is the only player to ever win all four age groups in the U.S...

 and Leif Shiras
Leif Shiras
George Livingston "Leif" Shiras is a former professional tennis player from the United States and now a tennis journalist....

.

Martina Navratilova and Heinz Günthardt
Heinz Günthardt
Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....

 won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie
Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....

 and John Fitzgerald.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
  1.   Martina Navratilova /   Heinz Günthardt
    Heinz Günthardt
    Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....

     (Champions)
  2.   Elizabeth Smylie
    Elizabeth Smylie
    Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993....

     /   John Fitzgerald (Final)
  3.   Wendy Turnbull
    Wendy Turnbull
    Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...

     /   John Lloyd (Semifinals)
  4.   Kathy Jordan
    Kathy Jordan
    Kathryn "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles...

     /   Steve Denton
    Steve Denton
    Steve Denton is a former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University....

     (First Round)



  1.   Paula Smith
    Paula Smith
    Paula Smith is a former American tennis player.Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 47 doubles matches between 1976 and 1988. She reached the finals of the French Open once in 1981, partnering Candy Reynolds, and again in mixed doubles in 1985, partnering Francisco González and losing to...

     /   Gary Donnelly
    Gary Donnelly
    Gary Donnelly is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Donnelly still lives in Phoenix with his five children and wife, where he is a club pro at the Scottsdale Arizona Inn....

     (Quarterfinals)
  2.   Manuela Maleeva
    Manuela Maleeva
    Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...

     /   Tom Gullikson
    Tom Gullikson
    Tom Gullikson is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:...

     (Second Round)
  3.   Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková
    Hana Mandlíková is a former Czech professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia and later Australia. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...

     /   Ilie Năstase
    Ilie Nastase
    Ilie Nastase is a Romanian former professional tennis player, one of the world's top players of the 1970s. Năstase was the World No. 1 tennis player between 1973 and 1974 . He is one of the five players in history to win more than 100 ATP professional titles . He was inducted into the...

     (Second Round)
  4.   Laura Gildemeister /   Hans Gildemeister
    Hans Gildemeister
    Hans Gildemeister Bohner , is a former Chilean tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz and Fritz Gildemeister, who are also tennis players...

     (First Round)

    Final

    Top Half

    Bottom Half

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