The 1985 French Open was a tennis

Tennis

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 tournament played on outdoor clay courts

Clay court

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 in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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 the event was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix

1985 Nabisco Grand Prix

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 and 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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. The tournament was held from May 27 through June 9, 1985.

Men's singles

 Sweden Mats Wilander

Mats Wilander

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def.  Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

Ivan Lendl

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, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2.

• It was Wilander's 4th career Grand Slam title, and his 2nd French Open title.

Women's singles

 United States Chris Evert

Chris Evert

Christine Marie "Chris" Evert is a former world number 1 professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. She was the year-ending World No...

def.  United States Martina Navrátilová, 6–3, 6–7(4), 7–5.

• It was Evert's 17th career Grand Slam title, and her 6th French Open title.

Men's doubles

 Australia Mark Edmondson

Mark Edmondson

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/  Australia Kim Warwick

Kim Warwick

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def.  Israel Schlomo Glickstein /  Sweden Hans Simonsson

Hans Simonsson

Hans Simonsson is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his...

, 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3.

Women's doubles

 United States Martina Navrátilová /  United States Pam Shriver

Pam Shriver

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def.  West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch

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 /  Czechoslovakia Helena Suková

Helena Suková

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, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.

Mixed doubles

 United States Martina Navrátilová /  Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

Heinz Günthardt

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def.  United States Paula Smith

Paula Smith

Paula Smith is a former American tennis player.Smith played 100 tour singles matches and 47 doubles matches between 1976 and 1988. She reached the finals of the French Open once in 1981, partnering Candy Reynolds, and again in mixed doubles in 1985, partnering Francisco González and losing to...

 /  Paraguay Francisco González, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.