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Martina Navratilova #1 def. Chris Evert #2

6-2 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 9, 1985*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	6-2 4-6 6-2
Loser	Chris Evert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Chris Evert
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Dec 21, 1954
Age	29	30
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,573	2,427
Career W-L	1,427–227	1,222–157
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$8,896,195

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 35 – 32 Chris Evert

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1985	SF	Hana Mandlikova	6-7(5) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1985	QF	Helena Sukova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1985	R16	Anne Hobbs	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1985	R32	Nicole Bradtke	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 29, 1985	R64	Dee Ann Hansel	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Chris Evert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1985	SF	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-1 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1985	QF	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1985	R16	Dianne Fromholtz	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1985	R32	Betsy Nagelsen	4-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 29, 1985	R64	Rosalyn Fairbank	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data