1985 Bristol Open
Encyclopedia
The 1985 Bristol Open was a tennis
tournament played on grass court
s that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
. It was played at Bristol
in Great Britain
from June 17 through June 24, 1985.
Martin Davis
defeated Glenn Layendecker
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Eddie Edwards
/ Danie Visser
defeated
John Alexander / 
Russell Simpson 6–4, 7–6
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
1985 Nabisco Grand Prix
The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:...
. It was played at Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
from June 17 through June 24, 1985.
Men's Singles
Martin DavisMartin Davis (tennis)
Martin Davis , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During his career Davis won 4 singles titles and 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 47 in 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
defeated
Glenn LayendeckerGlenn Layendecker
Glenn Layendecker is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His highest singles ranking was World No. 48 in 1990. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 32....
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
- It was Davis' 1st title of the year and the 4th of his career.
Men's Doubles
Eddie EdwardsEddie Edwards (tennis)
Eddie Edwards is a retired professional tour tennis player.The right-handed Edwards was a tour regular from the mid 1970s to the end of 1987. He played in singles a total of 112 grand prix and 24 grand slam tournaments...
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Danie VisserDanie Visser
Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol...
defeated
John Alexander / Russell Simpson 6–4, 7–6
- It was Edwards' 2nd title of the year and the 4th of his career. It was Visser's only title of the year and the 1st of his career.