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in Australia. It was the 74th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 25 November through 8 December 1985; the last to be held at this time of year. With the decision to hold the tournament in January in future, the next Australian Open would be the 1987 Open, held just over a year later.

Seniors

Men's singles

Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. 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 between 19 ...

defeated

Mats Wilander Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one major ...

, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 :• It was Edberg's 1st career Grand Slam singles title.

Women's singles

Martina Navratilova Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...

defeated

Chris Evert Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954), known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987, is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. Evert won 18 major singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles and a joint-record ...

, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 :• It was Navratilova's 13th career Grand Slam singles title and her 3rd and last title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Paul Annacone / Christo van Rensburg defeated

Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam ...

Kim Warwick Kim Warwick (born 8 April 1952) is an Australian former professional male tennis player who competed on the ATP Tour from 1970–1987, reaching the singles final of the Australian Open in 1980. He defeated over 35 players ranked in the top ten ...

, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 :• It was Annacone's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. :• It was van Rensburg's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title.

Women's doubles

Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an ...

defeated

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (''née'' Kohde; born 11 December 1963) is a former German tennis player and member of the Die Linke. During her tennis career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won eight singles titles and a total of ...

Helena Suková Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...

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.

Mixed doubles

:''The competition was not held between 1970 and 1985.''

Juniors

Boys' singles

Shane Barr Shane Barr (born 21 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career Barr was the boys' singles champion at the 1985 Australian Open, beating Steve Furlong in the final. Also that year, Barr was a member of the Aus ...

defeated

Steve Furlong Stephen Furlong (born 10 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Early life Furlong, who was born in London, grew up in Sydney and attended Narrabeen Sports High School. At the age of 16 he joined the Aust ...

7–6, 6–7, 6–3

Girls' singles

Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne (born 25 February 1967) is a former 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 (in 1989) and world No. 27 in doubles ( ...

defeated

Louise Field Louise Field (born 25 February 1967) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The ...

6–1, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Brett Custer Brett Steven Custer (born 1 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography Custer, the son of Noel and Dawn, grew up in the Sydney suburb of Normanhurst. His family are distant relatives of the famed General Custe ...

/ David Macpherson defeated

Petr Korda Petr Korda (born 23 January 1968) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He won the 1998 Australian Open and was runner-up at the 1992 French Open, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 2 in February 1998. Korda tested positive for doping ...

Cyril Suk Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his career. Ea ...

7–5, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Janine Thompson Janine G. Thompson Tremelling (née Thompson; born 12 September 1967) is a former tennis player from Australia who won the Girls' Doubles in the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, with Louise Field. she was playing on the seniors tour. As both a ...

defeated

Sally McCann Sally McCann (born 30 April 1969) is an Australian former professional tennis player. McCann, an AIS trained player from Brisbane, was a junior doubles finalist at the 1985 Australian Open. While competing on the professional tour she reached ...

Alison Scott Alison Scott (born 8 February 1968) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Biography Scott grew up in Canberra and developed her tennis at the Australian Institute of Sport on a scholarship, before going on to compete on the WTA To ...

6–0, 6–3

External links

Official website Australian Open
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