1985 Australian Open
The 1985 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne in Victoria (state), Victoria 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 defeated Mats Wilander, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 :• It was Edberg's 1st career Grand Slam singles title. Women's singles Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert, 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 / Kim Warwick, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 :• It was Annacone's 1st and only career Grand Slam doubles title. :• It was van Re ...
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Grand Slam (tennis)
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year, also referred to as the "Calendar-year Grand Slam" or "Calendar Slam". In doubles, a team may accomplish the Grand Slam playing together or a player may achieve it with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam", while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam". The Grand Slam tournaments, also referred to as majors, are the world's four most important annual professional tennis tournaments. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and the longest matches for men (best of five sets, best of three for the women). The tournaments are overseen by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), rather than the separate ...
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