1985 French Open

1985 French Open
Date May 27 – June 9[1]
Edition 84th
Category Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw 128S/64D/48X
Surface Clay / Outdoor
Location Paris (XVIe), France[1]
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Mats Wilander [2][3]
Women's Singles
United States Chris Evert [4][5]
Men's Doubles
Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick [6]
Women's Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver [5]
Mixed Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / Switzerland Heinz Günthardt [5]

The 1985 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 84th staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1985.[7][8]

The event was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix and 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series.[1]

Champions

Men's singles

Sweden Mats Wilander defeated Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 [3]

Women's singles

United States Chris Evert defeated United States Martina Navratilova, 6–3, 6–7(4-7), 7–5 [4]

Men's doubles

Australia Mark Edmondson / Australia Kim Warwick defeated Israel Schlomo Glickstein / Sweden Hans Simonsson, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 [6]

Women's doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Pam Shriver defeated West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Czechoslovakia Helena Suková, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 [5]

Mixed doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / Switzerland Heinz Günthardt defeated United States Paula Smith / Paraguay Francisco González, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 [5]

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [9] Men FF1,338,200 FF669,060 FF334,580 FF169,530 FF98,140 FF53,530 FF31,230 FF15,060
Women FF1,262,700 FF640,500 FF315,675 FF160,125 FF78,690 FF41,175 FF21,046 FF11,437

Total prize money for the event was FF19,895,600.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "French Open 1985 – Overview". ITFTennis.com.
  2. Abt, Samuel (1985-06-10). "Wilander Topples Lendl in 4-Set Final". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  3. 1 2 "ATP – 1985 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw". ATP.
  4. 1 2 Trengove, Alan (1985-06-10). "Gutsy Lloyd Outlasts Off-form Navratilova". Paris, France: Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "WTA Tournament Archive – 1985 Roland Garros" (PDF). WTA.
  6. 1 2 "ATP – 1985 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw". ATP.
  7. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 390, 397, 400, 402–3. ISBN 978-0942257700.
  8. Gilles Delamarre (1991). Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire. Paris: Fédération Française de Tennis. pp. 240–245. ISBN 2906450510.
  9. John Barrett, ed. (1987). World of Tennis 1986. London: Willow Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-0002182096.

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Preceded by
1985 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1985 Wimbledon Championships
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