1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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The 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 13th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced in March 1985, and concluded in March 1986 after 52 events.

1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the record-breaking sixth time in her career. She won 13 singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Wimbledon Championships and the Australian Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships. She also finished runner-up at the other two majors, the French Open and the US Open.
Details
DurationMarch 25, 1985 – March 23, 1986
Edition13th
Tournaments53
CategoriesGrand Slam (4)
WTA Championships
Tour Events (48)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesUnited States Martina Navratilova (13)
Most tournament finalsUnited States Martina Navratilova (15)
Prize money leaderUnited States Martina Navratilova $1,328,829
Points leaderUnited States Martina Navratilova 191.32
Awards
Player of the yearUnited States Martina Navratilova
Doubles team of the yearUnited States Martina Navratilova
United States Pam Shriver
Most improved
player of the year
Czechoslovakia Helena Suková
Newcomer of the yearArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
1984
1986

The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1983 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events.[1] ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.

The season was dominated by Martina Navratilova, who won 13 tournaments and reached the finals of the four Grand Slam events. She defeated Chris Evert at Wimbledon and the Australian Open. Navratilova also won the Virginia Slims Championships in March and ended the year at world Number 1. Evert, the winner of ten titles in 1985, emerged victorious at Roland-Garros, while Hana Mandlíková won the U.S. Open. Newcomer of the Year Gabriela Sabatini won the first title of her career in Tokyo. In doubles, the pairing of Navratilova and Pam Shriver won the title at Roland-Garros and the Australian Open, Jordan and Smylie won the Wimbledon title and Kohde-KilschSuková were victorious at the US Open.

Schedule

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The table below shows the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.

March

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
25 Mar WTA of PGA
Palm Beach Gardens, United States
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Kathleen Horvath
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
  Petra Delhees   Raffaella Reggi
  Terry Phelps
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Beth Herr
  Shawn Foltz
  Anne Smith
  JoAnne Russell
1–6, 6–1, 7–6
  Laura Gildemeister
  Gabriela Sabatini

April

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Apr Wild Dunes
Seabrook Island, United States
Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Katerina Maleeva
6–3, 6–3
  Virginia Ruzici   Sabrina Goleš
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  Shawn Foltz
  Susan Mascarin
  Debbie Spence
  Neige Dias
  Svetlana Cherneva
  Larisa Savchenko
6–1, 6–3
  Elise Burgin
  Lori McNeil
Bridgestone Doubles Championships
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 9D
Doubles
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Anne White
  Kiyomura /   Reynolds
  Turnbull /   Walsh
  Moulton /   Smith
  Jolissaint /   Mesker
  Piatek /   White
  Bunge /   Jaeger
8 Apr Family Circle Cup
Hilton Head Island, United States
Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–4, 6–0
  Gabriela Sabatini   Steffi Graf
  Manuela Maleeva
  Virginia Ruzici
  Petra Huber
  Pam Shriver
  Barbara Potter
  Rosalyn Fairbank
  Pam Shriver
6–4, 6–1
  Svetlana Cherneva
  Larisa Savchenko
15 Apr Sunkist WTA Championships
Amelia Island, United States
Clay – $250,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Zina Garrison
6–4, 6–3
  Chris Evert-Lloyd   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Hana Mandlíková
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Kathleen Horvath
  Steffi Graf
  Virginia Ruzici
  Rosalyn Fairbank
  Hana Mandlíková
6–1, 2–6, 6–2
  Carling Bassett
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
22 Apr Chrysler Tournament of Champions
Orlando, United States
Clay – $200,000 – 24S/5D
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–1, 6–0
  Katerina Maleeva   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Debbie Spence
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Sandra Cecchini
  Manuela Maleeva
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–1
  Elise Burgin
  Kathleen Horvath
Virginia Slims of San Diego
San Diego, United States
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Annabel Croft
6–0, 7–6
  Wendy Turnbull   Mary Lou Piatek
  Melissa Gurney
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Hu Na
  Beth Herr
  Rosalyn Fairbank
  Candy Reynolds
  Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–0
  Rosalyn Fairbank
  Susan Leo
29 Apr Virginia Slims of Houston
Houston, United States
Clay – $150,000 – 28S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–1
  Elise Burgin   Helena Suková
  Manuela Maleeva
  Regina Maršíková
  Mary Lou Piatek
  Zina Garrison
  Sabrina Goleš
  Elise Burgin
  Martina Navratilova
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
  Manuela Maleeva
  Helena Suková
Italian Open
Taranto, Italy
Clay – $50,000 – 28S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Raffaella Reggi
6–3, 6–4
  Vicki Nelson-Dunbar   Laura Garrone
  Caterina Nozzoli
  Myriam Schropp
  Isabel Cueto
  Iva Budařová
  Kateřina Böhmová
  Sandra Cecchini
  Raffaella Reggi
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
  Patrizia Murgo
  Barbara Romanò
Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 May Barcelona Open
Barcelona, Spain
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Sandra Cecchini
6–3, 6–4
  Raffaella Reggi   Andrea Holíková
  Regina Maršíková
  Virginia Ruzici
  Ginny Purdy
  Kateřina Skronská
  Lea Plchová
  Petra Jauch-Delhees
  Pat Medrado
6–1, 6–0
  Penny Barg
  Adriana Villagrán
Australian Indoors
Sydney, Australia
Hard (i) – $200,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–3
  Dianne Balestrat   Alycia Moulton
  Gigi Fernández
  Rosalyn Nideffer
  Annabel Croft
  Barbara Potter
  Kathy Jordan
  Pam Shriver
  Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 7–5
  Barbara Potter
  Sharon Walsh
13 May Fila German Open
West Berlin, West Germany
Clay – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–4, 7–5
  Steffi Graf   Kathy Rinaldi
  Bettina Bunge
  Lisa Bonder
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Kathleen Horvath
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–4, 6–1
  Steffi Graf
  Catherine Tanvier
Melbourne Indoors
Melbourne, Australia
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Pam Shriver
6–4, 6–4
  Kathy Jordan   Annabel Croft
  Barbara Potter
  Ann Henricksson
  Amanda Brown
  Rosalyn Nideffer
  Sharon Walsh
  Pam Shriver
  Elizabeth Smylie
6–2, 5–7, 6–1
  Anne Hobbs
  Kathy Jordan
20 May Swiss Open
Lugano, Switzerland
Clay – $100,000 – 56S/28D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Bonnie Gadusek
6–2, 6–2
  Manuela Maleeva   Sylvia Hanika
  Helena Suková
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Kathy Rinaldi
  Katerina Maleeva
  Kathleen Horvath
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Helena Suková
6–2, 6–4
  Bettina Bunge
  Eva Pfaff
27 May French Open
Paris, France
Grand Slam
Clay – $975,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/48X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
  Martina Navratilova   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Sandra Cecchini
  Hana Mandlíková
  Manuela Maleeva
  Terry Phelps
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Martina Navratilova
  Heinz Günthardt
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
  Paula Smith
  Francisco González

June

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 Jun Edgbaston Cup
Birmingham, Great Britain
Grass – $125,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Pam Shriver
6–1, 6–0
  Betsy Nagelsen   Elise Burgin
  Susan Mascarin
  Anne Hobbs
  Robin White
  Alycia Moulton
  Ann Henricksson
  Terry Holladay
  Sharon Walsh
, 6–2, 6–4
  Elise Burgin
  Alycia Moulton
17 Jun Pilkington Glass Championships
Eastbourne, Great Britain
Grass – $175,000 – 64S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–3
  Helena Suková   Manuela Maleeva
  Wendy Turnbull
  Bettina Bunge
  Kathy Rinaldi
  Barbara Potter
  Pascale Paradis
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
7–5, 6–4
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
24 Jun Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Grand Slam
Grass – $900,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/64X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
  Martina Navratilova
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
  Chris Evert-Lloyd   Kathy Rinaldi
  Zina Garrison
  Barbara Potter
  Helena Suková
  Molly Van Nostrand
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Martina Navratilova
  Paul McNamee
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
  Elizabeth Smylie
  John Fitzgerald

July

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
15 Jul Virginia Slims of Newport
Newport, United States
Grass – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–4, 6–1
  Pam Shriver   Eva Pfaff
  Wendy Turnbull
  Gigi Fernández
  Belinda Cordwell
  Elizabeth Smylie
  Lea Antonoplis

6–4, 7–6
Elektra Cup
Bregenz, Austria
Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Virginia Ruzici
6–2, 6–3
  Mima Jaušovec   Petra Keppeler
  Angelikí Kanellopoúlou
  Regina Maršíková
  Andrea Betzner
  Isabel Cueto
  Petra Huber

6–2, 6–3
22 Jul U.S. Clay Court Championships
Indianapolis, United States
Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Andrea Temesvári
7–6, 6–3
  Zina Garrison   Kate Gompert
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Manuela Maleeva
  Raffaella Reggi
  Debbie Spence
  Anna Ivan
  Steffi Graf
  Gabriela Sabatini
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
  Katerina Maleeva
  Manuela Maleeva
29 Jul Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
Manhattan Beach, United States
Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
6–2, 6–4
  Pam Shriver   Carling Bassett
  Zina Garrison
  Hana Mandlíková
  Eva Pfaff
  Bettina Bunge
  Beth Herr
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–4, 6–2
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull

August

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
5 Aug Canadian Open
Toronto, Canada
Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–2, 6–4
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Hana Mandlíková
  Helena Suková
  Molly Van Nostrand
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Carling Bassett
  Martina Navratilova
  Gigi Fernández
  Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–0
  Marcella Mesker
  Pascale Paradis
12 Aug United Jersey Bank Classic
Mahwa, United States
Hard – $150,000 – 56S/32D
SinglesDoubles
  Kathy Rinaldi
6–4, 3–6. 6–4
  Steffi Graf   Gabriela Sabatini
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Pam Shriver
  Kathy Jordan
  Helena Suková
  Kathy Rinaldi
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
7–6, 6–3
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
19 Aug Virginia Slims of New York
Monticello, United States
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Barbara Potter
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
  Helen Kelesi   Helena Suková
  Sylvia Hanika
  Debbie Spence
  Virginia Ruzici
  Jo Durie
  Sandra Cecchini
  Mercedes Paz
  Gabriela Sabatini
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
  Andrea Holíková
  Kateřina Skronská
26 Aug US Open
New York City, United States
Grand Slam
Hard – $1,250,000 – 128S/64D/32X
SinglesDoublesMixed doubles
  Hana Mandlíková
7–6(7–3), 1–6, 7–6(7–2)
  Martina Navratilova   Chris Evert-Lloyd
  Steffi Graf
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Pam Shriver
  Zina Garrison
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
  Martina Navratilova
  Heinz Günthardt
6–3, 6–4
  Elizabeth Smylie
  John Fitzgerald

September

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Sep Virginia Slims of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D/31Q
SinglesDoubles
  Stephanie Rehe
6–2, 6–4
  Camille Benjamin   Laura Arraya
  Caroline Kuhlman
  Rosalyn Nideffer
  Patty Fendick
  Janine Thompson
  Emilse Raponi-Longo
  Svetlana Cherneva
  Larisa Savchenko
7–5, 6–2
  Rosalyn Nideffer
  Beverly Mould
16 Sep Virginia Slims of Chicago
Chicago, United States
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 31S/16D/31Q
SinglesDoubles
  Bonnie Gadusek
6–1, 6–3
  Kathy Rinaldi   Kathy Jordan
  Wendy Turnbull
  Pam Shriver
  Susan Mascarin
  Barbara Potter
  Elise Burgin
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
6–2, 6–2
  Elise Burgin
  JoAnne Russell
23 Sep Virginia Slims of New Orleans
New Orleans, United States
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–4, 7–5
  Pam Shriver   Lisa Bonder
  Anne White
  Kim Shaefer
  Candy Reynolds
  Peanut Louie
  Wendy Turnbull
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
  Wendy Turnbull
6–1, 6–2
  Mary Lou Piatek
  Anne White
30 Sep Lynda Carter/Maybelline Classic
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–3, 6–1
  Steffi Graf   Peanut Louie
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Terry Phelps
  Michelle Torres
  Dianne Balestrat
  Stephanie Rehe
  Gigi Fernández
  Robin White
6–2, 7–5
  Rosalyn Nideffer
  Beverly Mould

October

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 Oct Federation Cup
Nagoya, Japan
Team event
Hard
  Czechoslovakia
2–1
  United States
  Bulgaria
  Australia
  Hungary
  Great Britain
  Argentina
  Italy
Virginia Slims of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, United States
Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Bonnie Gadusek
6–0, 6–3
  Pam Casale   Kathy Rinaldi
  Iva Budařová
  Melissa Gurney
  Candy Reynolds
  Helen Kelesi
  Mary Lou Piatek

6–1, 6–0
  Penny Barg
  Sandy Collins
14 Oct Porsche Classic
Stuttgart, West Germany
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Pam Shriver
6–1, 7–6
  Catarina Lindqvist   Steffi Graf
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Iva Budařová
  Lisa Bonder
  Raffaella Reggi
  Barbara Gerken
  Hana Mandlíková
  Pam Shriver
6–2, 6–1
  Carina Karlsson
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
Suntory Japan Open
Tokyo, Japan
Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Gabriela Sabatini
6–3, 6–4
  Linda Gates   Lilian Drescher
  Laura Arraya
  Andrea Holíková
  Angeliki Kanellopoulou
  Amy Holton
  Myriam Schropp
  Belinda Cordwell
  Julie Richardson
6–4, 6–4
  Laura Arraya
  Beth Herr
21 Oct Pretty Polly Classic
Brighton, Great Britain
Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
7–5, 6–3
  Manuela Maleeva   Annabel Croft
  Jo Durie
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Terry Phelps
  Barbara Potter
  Christiane Jolissaint
  Lori McNeil
  Catherine Suire
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
  Barbara Potter
  Helena Suková
28 Oct European Indoors
Zürich, Switzerland
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Zina Garrison
6–1, 6–3
  Hana Mandlíková   Hana Mandlíková
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Catherine Tanvier
  Christiane Jolissaint
  Sandra Cecchini
  Manuela Maleeva
  Hana Mandlíková
  Andrea Temesvári
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková

November

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
4 Nov Florida Federal Open
Tampa, United States
Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Stephanie Rehe
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
  Gabriela Sabatini   Anne White
  Carling Bassett
  Lisa Bonder
  Pam Casale
  Grace Kim
  Michelle Torres
  Carling Bassett
  Gabriela Sabatini
6–0, 6–0
  Lisa Bonder
  Laura Gildemeister
Hewlett-Packard Trophy
Hilversum, Netherlands
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Katerina Maleeva
6–3, 6–2
  Carina Karlsson   Zina Garrison
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  Nathalie Herreman
  Virginia Ruzici
  Petra Huber
  Catherine Tanvier
  Marcella Mesker
  Catherine Tanvier
6–2, 6–2
  Sandra Cecchini
  Sabrina Goleš
11 Nov National Panasonic Women's Classic
Brisbane, Australia
Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–3, 7–5
  Pam Shriver   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Sara Gomer
  Wendy Turnbull
  Elise Burgin
  Larisa Savchenko
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
Lion's Cup
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet – $100,000 – 4S
Singles
  Chris Evert
7–5, 6–0
  Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere   Lisa Bonder-Kreiss
  Carling Bassett-Seguso
18 Nov Family Circle NSW Open
Sydney, Australia
Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
  Hana Mandlíková   Helena Suková
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Wendy Turnbull
  Dianne Balestrat
  Christiane Jolissaint
  Svetlana Cherneva
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
  Rosalyn Fairbank
  Candy Reynolds
25 Nov Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam
$645,225 -Grass – 64S/32Q/32D
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
  Chris Evert-Lloyd   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Hana Mandlíková
  Manuela Maleeva
  Catarina Lindqvist
  Zina Garrison
  Helena Suková
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–4
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková

December

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
9 Dec Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 28S/16D/29Q
SinglesDoubles
  Manuela Maleeva
7–6, 3–6, 7–5
  Bonnie Gadusek   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Grace Kim
  Carling Bassett
  Annabel Croft
  Stephanie Rehe
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
6–0, 6–4
  Marcella Mesker
  Elizabeth Smylie
Nutri-Metics Open
Auckland, New Zealand
$50,000 – grass −16S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Anne Hobbs
6–3, 6–1
  Louise Field   Beth Norton
  Anna-Maria Fernandez
  Stephanie Faulkner
  Lea Antonoplis
  Julie Richardson
  Candy Reynolds
  Anne Hobbs
  Candy Reynolds
6–1, 6–3
  Lea Antonoplis
  Adriana Villagrán

January 1986

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
6 Jan Virginia Slims of Washington
Washington, United States
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Pam Shriver
  Kathy Rinaldi
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Helena Suková
  Jo Durie
  Helen Kelesi
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
7–5, 6–3
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
13 Jan Virginia Slims of New England
Worcester, United States
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 56S/16D/32Q
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–1, 6–4
  Pam Shriver   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Manuela Maleeva
  Zina Garrison
  Bettina Bunge
  Helena Suková
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6–3, 6–4
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
20 Jan Virginia Slims of Kansas
Kansas City, United States
Carpet – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Wendy White
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
  Betsy Nagelsen   Ann Henricksson
  Marcella Mesker
  Akiko Kijimuta
  Kate Gompert
  Camille Benjamin
  Anne Smith
  Kathy Jordan
  Candy Reynolds
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
  JoAnne Russell
  Anne Smith
27 Jan Virginia Slims of Florida
Key Biscayne, United States
Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–3, 6–1
  Steffi Graf   Manuela Maleeva
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Stephanie Rehe
  Gabriela Sabatini
  Kathleen Horvath
  Wendy Turnbull
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
7–6, 2–6, 6–2
  Betsy Nagelsen
  Barbara Potter

February 1986

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
10 Feb Lipton International Players Championships
Boca West, United States
Hard – $750,000 – 128S/64D
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–4, 6–2
  Steffi Graf   Kathy Rinaldi
  Helena Suková
  Terry Phelps
  Carling Bassett
  Barbara Potter
  Zina Garrison
  Pam Shriver
  Helena Suková
6–2, 6–3
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
  Wendy Turnbull
24 Feb Virginia Slims of California
Oakland, United States
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 28S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
6–2, 6–4
  Kathy Jordan   Martina Navratilova
  Helena Suková
  Zina Garrison
  Wendy White
  Alycia Moulton
  Wendy Turnbull
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull
7–6(7–5), 6–1
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Helena Suková
Virginia Slims of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, United States
Carpet (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Marcella Mesker
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
  Lori McNeil   Beth Herr
  Candy Reynolds
  Kathleen Horvath
  Laura Gildemeister
  Nathalie Herreman
  Hu Na
  Marcella Mesker
  Pascale Paradis
2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–1
  Lori McNeil
  Catherine Suire

March 1986

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Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
3 Mar US Indoors
Princeton, United States
Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
3–6, 6–0, 7–6
  Helena Suková   Pam Shriver
  Hana Mandlíková
  Alycia Moulton
  Dianne Balestrat
  Terry Phelps
  Kathy Jordan
  Kathy Jordan
  Elizabeth Smylie
7–5, 6–2
  Hana Mandlíková
  Helena Suková
Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania
Hershey, United States
Hard (i) – $75,000 – 32S/16D
SinglesDoubles
  Janine Thompson
6–1, 6–4
  Catherine Suire   Larisa Savchenko
  Anne Smith
  Andrea Betzner
  Anne Minter
  Svetlana Cherneva
  Lori McNeil
  Candy Reynolds
  Anne Smith
7–6, 6–1
  Sandy Collins
  Kim Sands
10 Mar Virginia Slims of Dallas
Dallas, United States
Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 56S/28D
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–1
  Chris Evert-Lloyd   Hana Mandlíková
  Kathy Rinaldi
  Helena Suková
  Robin White
  Stephanie Rehe
  Zina Garrison
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull
17 Mar Virginia Slims Championships
New York City, United States
Carpet (i) – $500,000 – 16S/8D
SinglesDoubles
  Martina Navratilova
6–2, 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
  Hana Mandlíková   Steffi Graf
  Chris Evert-Lloyd
  Bonnie Gadusek
  Pam Shriver
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková
  Hana Mandlíková
  Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–3
  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
  Helena Suková

Statistical information

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Titles won by player

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These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:

  1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
  2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
  3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
  4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Total titles Player Grand Slam
tournaments
Year-end
championships
Regular
tournaments
All titles
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Mixed

Titles won by nation

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Total titles Country Grand Slam
tournaments
Year-end
championships
Regular
tournaments
All titles
Singles Doubles Mixed Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Singles Doubles Mixed

Rankings

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Singles

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As of December 1984[2]
Rk Name Nation Points
1 Martina Navratilova   USA 192.72
2 Chris Evert   USA 151.14
3 Hana Mandlíková   TCH 68.40
4 Pam Shriver   USA 64.84
5 Wendy Turnbull   AUS 62.73
6 Manuela Maleeva   BUL 58.03
7 Helena Suková   TCH 56.11
8 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   FRG 55.17
9 Zina Garrison   USA 49.46
10 Kathy Jordan   USA 45.22
Final rankings as of (December 1985)[2]
Rk Name Nation Points High Low Change
1 Martina Navratilova   USA 191.32 1 1 NC
2 Chris Evert   USA 175.03 NC
3 Hana Mandlíková   TCH 103.19 NC
4 Pam Shriver   USA 89.77 NC
5 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   FRG 87.52 +3
6 Steffi Graf   FRG 77.73 NR
7 Manuela Maleeva   BUL 70.83 -1
8 Zina Garrison   USA 69.60 +1
9 Helena Suková   TCH 65.62 -2
10 Bonnie Gadusek   USA 61.05 NR

Awards

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The winners of the 1985 WTA Awards were announced in 1986.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1985 WTA Tournament Guide". Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 1985 – via University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
  2. ^ a b 2010 Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Official Guide (PDF), Women's Tennis Association, p. 151, retrieved 21 November 2010[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "WTA Awards". sonyericssonwtatour.com. Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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