1985 Wimbledon Championships


The 1985 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 99th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 24 June to 7 July 1985.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1985 championships was £1,934,760. The winner of the men's title earned £130,000 while the women's singles champion earned £117,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£130,000£65,000£32,500£16,500£8,680£4,864£2,865£1,750
Women's Singles£117,000£58,500£28,500£13,954£6,950£3,750£2,210£1,350
Men's Doubles *£47,500£23,750£11,880£5,450£2,810£1,490£870
Women's Doubles *£41,100£20,550£9,500£4,360£2,100£1,100£640
Mixed Doubles *£23,400£11,700£5,850£2,730£1,370£680£300

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curren, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert Lloyd, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy defeated Pat Cash / John Fitzgerald, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie defeated Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Paul McNamee / Martina Navratilova defeated John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Smylie, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2

Boys' Singles

Leonardo Lavalle defeated Eduardo Vélez, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Singles

Andrea Holíková defeated Jenny Byrne, 7–5, 6–1

Boys' Doubles

Agustín Moreno / Jaime Yzaga defeated Petr Korda / Cyril Suk, 7–6, 6–4

Girls' Doubles

Louise Field / Janine Thompson defeated Elna Reinach / Julie Richardson, 6–1, 6–2

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. John McEnroe '
  2. Ivan Lendl '
  3. Jimmy Connors '
  4. Mats Wilander '
  5. Anders Järryd '
  6. Pat Cash '
  7. Joakim Nyström '
  8. Kevin Curren '
  9. Johan Kriek '
  10. Aaron Krickstein '
  11. Yannick Noah '
  12. Miloslav Mečíř '
  13. Eliot Teltscher '
  14. Stefan Edberg '
  15. Tomáš Šmíd '
  16. Tim Mayotte '

    Women's singles

  17. Chris Evert Lloyd '
Martina Navratilova
  1. n/a
  2. Hana Mandlíková '
  3. Manuela Maleeva '
  4. Pam Shriver '
  5. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch '
  6. Helena Suková '
  7. Zina Garrison '
  8. Bonnie Gadusek '
  9. Kathy Jordan '
  10. Steffi Graf '
  11. Catarina Lindqvist '
  12. Carling Bassett '
  13. Wendy Turnbull '
  14. Gabriela Sabatini '
  15. Kathy Rinaldi