1985 Australian Open


The 1985 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in 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

defeated Mats Wilander, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3

Women's Singles

defeated Chris Evert, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

/ Christo van Rensburg defeated Mark Edmondson / Kim Warwick, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

/ Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková 6–3, 6–4

Juniors

Boys' Singles

defeated Steve Furlong 7–6, 6–7, 6–3

Girls' Singles

defeated Louise Field 6–1, 6–3

Boys' Doubles

/ David Macpherson defeated Petr Korda / Cyril Suk 7–5, 6–2

Girls' Doubles

/ Janine Thompson defeated Sally McCann / Alison Scott 6–0, 6–3

1986 Australian Open

The Australian Open was not held in 1986 due to the Open changing dates from December to January. This allowed it to count as a Grand Prix event after the movement of the Grand Prix Masters from March to early December. As such, the next Australian Open was the 1987 Australian Open.