WTA Wimbledon 1985 Draw & Results

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Martina Navratilova won the 1985 Wimbledon, defeating Chris Evert 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final. The Grand Slam was played June 24–July 8 on grass courts in Wimbledon, United Kingdom.

Wimbledon, formally The Championships, is staged by the All England Club and is the only Grand Slam tournament played on grass.

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Champion
Martina Navratilova
def. Chris Evert , 4-6 6-3 6-2
Dates
Jun 24 — Jul 8
Location
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Grass
Prize money
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Results

Match type

127 recorded singles results

Wimbledon 1985 match log
WinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch DataDateRound
F (1)
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 4-6 6-3 6-2 Chris Evert #13× CH H2H Match data Jul 8, 1985* F
SF (2)
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-2 6-0 Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel H2H Match data Jul 7, 1985* SF
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 6-4 7-6 Zina Garrison #7 H2H Match data Jul 7, 1985* SF
QF (4)
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-1 1-6 6-1 Helena Sukova #6 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1985* QF
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-2 6-1 Barbara Potter H2H Match data Jul 5, 1985* QF
Zina Garrison #7 2-6 6-3 6-0 Molly Van Nostrand H2H Match data Jul 5, 1985* QF
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 7-6 6-3 Pam Shriver #5 H2H Match data Jul 5, 1985* QF
R16 (8)
Helena Sukova #6 6-4 7-6 Pascale Paradis Mangon H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Zina Garrison #7 6-1 6-3 Catherine Tanvier #32 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Barbara Potter 7-6 6-7 6-1 Jo Durie #56 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Molly Van Nostrand 7-5 6-2 Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #4 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16 Upset: winner had a 7 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-2 6-1 Liz Smylie #55 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-0 6-4 Anne Smith H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Pam Shriver #5 3-6 6-2 6-4 Steffi Graf #11 H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 6-2 6-2 Rene Uys H2H Match data Jul 3, 1985* R16
R32 (16)
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 7-6 6-4 Alycia Moulton H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Molly Van Nostrand 7-6 3-6 7-5 Larisa Savchenko #80 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Helena Sukova #6 6-1 6-4 Wendy White H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Zina Garrison #7 6-3 6-1 Marcella Mesker H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Liz Smylie #55 6-1 7-6 Hana Mandlikova #3 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32 Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Anne Smith 6-2 6-4 Isabelle Demongeot #130 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Jo Durie #56 7-5 7-5 Elise Burgin H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Pascale Paradis Mangon 2-6 7-5 6-1 Wendy Turnbull H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 7-6 6-3 Bettina Bunge H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Steffi Graf #11 6-3 6-2 Stephanie Rehe #59 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Barbara Potter 7-6 6-1 Patty Fendick #141 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #4 6-3 6-3 Robin White #46 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Pam Shriver #5 6-2 5-7 6-2 Virginia Wade CH H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-2 6-1 Jenny Byrne #176 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Catherine Tanvier #32 6-7 6-4 6-1 Gabriela Sabatini #14 H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
Rene Uys 6-2 4-6 6-0 Hu Na H2H Match data Jun 30, 1985* R32
R64 (32)
Hana Mandlikova #3 4-6 6-2 7-5 Dianne Fromholtz H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Barbara Potter 6-4 7-5 Sara Gomer H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Wendy Turnbull 7-5 7-5 Elizabeth Minter H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Jenny Byrne #176 6-2 6-3 Yvonne Vermaak H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Bettina Bunge 6-3 6-2 Sandra Cecchini #33 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #4 6-7 6-1 6-4 Terry Holladay H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Pascale Paradis Mangon 7-6 6-7 6-3 Sylvia Hanika H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Marcella Mesker 6-2 6-7 6-3 Andrea Holikova H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Patty Fendick #141 6-1 6-3 Kathleen Cummings H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Wendy White 6-4 2-6 6-4 Ann Henricksson H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Rene Uys 0-6 7-6 6-3 Carling Bassett Seguso H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64 Upset: winner had a 15 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Virginia Wade CH 6-3 6-7 7-5 Barbara Gerken H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Zina Garrison #7 6-3 6-1 Terry Phelps H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Pam Shriver #5 6-3 6-2 Anne Hobbs H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 6-4 6-1 Anne Minter H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Elise Burgin 6-0 6-3 Adriana Villagran Reami H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Hu Na 7-5 6-4 Lea Plchova H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Robin White #46 6-3 6-2 Eva Pfaff H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Gabriela Sabatini #14 6-3 6-4 Camille Benjamin #53 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Anne Smith 2-6 6-4 6-2 Bonnie Gadusek H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Larisa Savchenko #80 7-5 3-6 6-3 Kathy Jordan H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64 Upset: winner had a 6 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Catherine Tanvier #32 6-3 6-4 Melissa Gurney H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Helena Sukova #6 6-1 6-4 Virginia Ruzici H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-3 6-0 Susan Mascarin H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Jo Durie #56 4-6 6-1 6-2 Claudia Kohde Kilsch #8 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64 Upset: winner had a 19 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Stephanie Rehe #59 6-1 6-3 Etsuko Inoue H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 7-5 6-4 Rosalyn Fairbank #29 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Molly Van Nostrand 6-2 6-3 Mareen Louie Harper H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64 Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Steffi Graf #11 6-3 7-6 Andrea Temesvari #18 H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Alycia Moulton 6-2 6-4 Sally Reeves H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Isabelle Demongeot #130 6-4 6-3 Lilian Drescher H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
Liz Smylie #55 6-4 6-4 Joanne Russell H2H Match data Jun 28, 1985* R64
R128 (64)
Alycia Moulton 6-3 6-4 Beth Herr H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Marcella Mesker 6-3 4-6 6-4 Kate Gompert H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Larisa Savchenko #80 6-1 4-6 6-3 Sabrina Goles H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Zina Garrison #7 6-2 6-1 Elna Reinach #193 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Chris Evert #13× CH 6-1 6-0 Mary Lou Piatek H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Andrea Temesvari #18 3-6 7-6 6-4 Katerina Maleeva #27 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Martina Navratilova #2DEF · 5× 6-0 6-2 Lisa Bonder Kreiss H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Sally Reeves 6-3 5-7 6-4 Rina Einy H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Adriana Villagran Reami 6-7 6-4 6-3 Jenny Klitch H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Isabelle Demongeot #130 6-1 6-4 Barbara Jordan H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Barbara Potter 6-0 7-5 Catarina Lindqvist Ryan H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Melissa Gurney 7-5 6-4 Susan Leo H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Wendy White 6-3 2-6 6-4 Kristin Kinney H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Jenny Byrne #176 6-2 6-3 Sophie Amiach #94 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel 6-3 7-5 Andrea Betzner H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Claudia Kohde Kilsch #8 7-5 6-1 Betsy Nagelsen H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Liz Smylie #55 6-1 6-2 Andrea Leand H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Eva Pfaff 6-3 6-3 Shawn Foltz H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Patty Fendick #141 6-4 6-1 Melissa Brown H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Susan Mascarin 7-6 3-6 6-3 Tine Scheuer Larsen H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Joanne Russell 5-7 6-2 6-1 Petra Keppeler H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Yvonne Vermaak 6-3 6-4 Mima Jausovec H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Terry Phelps 6-3 6-3 Katerina Bohmova H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Stephanie Rehe #59 6-4 6-3 Christiane Jolissaint H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Gabriela Sabatini #14 3-6 6-3 6-3 Amanda Brown H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Rene Uys 7-6 4-6 6-2 Jo Louis H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Catherine Tanvier #32 6-3 6-2 Marianne Groat H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Andrea Holikova 5-7 6-1 6-3 Pam Casale H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128 Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Barbara Gerken 6-3 6-2 Corinne Vanier H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Lilian Drescher 6-1 6-2 Marcela Skuherska H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Terry Holladay 6-1 6-3 Janine Tremelling H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Mareen Louie Harper 6-2 6-4 Helen Kelesi #84 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Helena Sukova #6 6-3 6-3 Catrin Jexell H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Kathy Jordan 6-0 6-2 Joy Tacon H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Elizabeth Minter 6-3 6-3 Masako Yanagi H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Sylvia Hanika 6-4 6-2 Catherine Suire #100 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Camille Benjamin #53 6-4 6-0 Elena Eliseenko H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Ann Henricksson 6-1 7-5 Clare Wood #243 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Anne Hobbs 6-4 6-2 Grace Kim H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Sara Gomer 6-7 7-6 6-3 Beverly Mould H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Anne Minter 6-0 6-2 Pilar Vasquez H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Elise Burgin 7-6 6-2 Patricia Medrado H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #4 6-0 6-1 Michaela Washington H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Robin White #46 6-2 6-2 Sandy Collins H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Hu Na 6-3 7-5 Annabel Croft H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Virginia Wade CH 6-4 7-5 Lea Antonoplis H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Dianne Fromholtz 6-0 6-2 Neige Dias H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Steffi Graf #11 6-7 6-4 6-2 Lisa Spain Short H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Bettina Bunge 6-3 6-3 Lori Mcneil #75 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Carling Bassett Seguso 6-0 3-6 6-3 Mercedes Paz #92 H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Wendy Turnbull 7-5 6-3 Gretchen Magers H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Rosalyn Fairbank #29 7-5 6-4 Myriam Schropp H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Pam Shriver #5 6-3 6-7 6-3 Anne White H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Kathleen Cummings 6-3 6-4 Kate Brasher H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Virginia Ruzici 4-6 6-4 7-5 Amy Holton H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Etsuko Inoue 6-2 6-1 Elisabeth Ekblom H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Lea Plchova 2-6 6-4 6-3 Carina Karlsson H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Molly Van Nostrand 7-5 6-3 Sharon Walsh Pete H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Pascale Paradis Mangon 6-2 6-1 Emiko Okagawa H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Hana Mandlikova #3 6-0 6-1 Iva Budarova H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Jo Durie #56 6-3 6-2 Kim Jones H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Sandra Cecchini #33 7-6 6-1 Julie Salmon H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Anne Smith 6-0 6-2 Vicki Nelson H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128
Bonnie Gadusek 6-1 6-1 Heather Ludloff H2H Match data Jun 26, 1985* R128

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