1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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
Duration	March 25, 1985 – March 23, 1986
Edition	13th
Tournaments	53
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships Tour Events (48)
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Martina Navratilova (13)
Most finals	Martina Navratilova (15)
Prize money leader	Martina Navratilova $1,328,829
Points leader	Martina Navratilova 191.32
Awards
Player of the year	Martina Navratilova
Doubles team of the year	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Most improved player of the year	Helena Suková
Newcomer of the year	Gabriela Sabatini
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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-Kilsch–Suková were victorious at the US Open.

Schedule

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

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
25 Mar	WTA of PGA Palm Beach Gardens, United States Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Apr	Wild Dunes Seabrook Island, United States Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D/32Q	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 Singles – Doubles	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

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 May	Barcelona Open Barcelona, Spain Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	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	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	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 Singles	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	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 Singles – Doubles – Mixed 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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Jun	Edgbaston Cup Birmingham, Great Britain Grass – $125,000 – 56S/32D/32Q Singles	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	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 Singles – Doubles – Mixed 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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
15 Jul	Virginia Slims of Newport Newport, United States Grass – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 6–1	Pam Shriver	Eva Pfaff Wendy Turnbull	Gigi Fernández Belinda Cordwell Elizabeth Smylie Lea Antonoplis
		Chris Evert-Lloyd  Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 7–6	Pam Shriver  Elizabeth Smylie
	Elektra Cup Bregenz, Austria Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Virginia Ruzici 6–2, 6–3	Mima Jaušovec	Petra Keppeler Angelikí Kanellopoúlou	Regina Maršíková Andrea Betzner Isabel Cueto Petra Huber
		Mima Jaušovec  Virginia Ruzici 6–2, 6–3	Andrea Holíková  Kateřina Skronská
22 Jul	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D	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	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
5 Aug	Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Hard – $250,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	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 Mahwah, United States Hard – $150,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	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	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 Singles – Doubles – Mixed 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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Sep	Virginia Slims of Utah Salt Lake City, United States Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D/31Q	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 Singles – Doubles	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	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	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

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	Bonnie Gadusek 6–0, 6–3	Pam Casale	Kathy Rinaldi Iva Budařová	Melissa Gurney Candy Reynolds Helen Kelesi Mary Lou Piatek
		Bonnie Gadusek  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	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 Singles – Doubles	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	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	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Nov	Florida Federal Open Tampa, United States Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	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	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	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	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 Singles – Doubles	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
9 Dec	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 28S/16D/29Q	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 Singles – Doubles	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jan	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–4	Pam Shriver	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 (Jan) Worcester, United States Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 56S/16D/32Q	Martina Navratilova 4–6, 6–1, 6–4	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	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	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 Singles – Doubles	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
10 Feb	Lipton International Players Championships Boca West, United States Hard – $750,000 – 128S/64D Singles – Doubles	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	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	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

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Mar	US Indoors Princeton, United States Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 3–6, 6–0, 7–6(7–5)	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 Singles – Doubles	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	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 Singles – Doubles	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

Titles won by player

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

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

Rankings

Singles

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

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

See also

• 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix – men's circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation