# 1985 WCT Tournament of Champions

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1985 WCT Tournament of Champions Date May 6–12 Edition 9th Category Grand Prix (Super Series) / WCT Draw 64S / 32D Prize money $500,000 Surface Clay / outdoor Location Forest Hills, Queens, New York, U.S. Venue West Side Tennis Club Champions Singles Ivan Lendl[1] Doubles Ken Flach / Robert Seguso[2] ← 1984 · WCT Tournament of Champions · 1986 →

The **1985 WCT Tournament of Champions** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on outdoor [clay courts](/source/Clay_court) in [Forest Hills](/source/Forest_Hills%2C_Queens), [Queens](/source/Queens), [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in the United States. The event was part of the Super Series of the [1985 Grand Prix circuit](/source/1985_Grand_Prix_(tennis)) and was organized by [World Championship Tennis](/source/World_Championship_Tennis) (WCT). It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from May 6 through May 12, 1985. No.2 seeded [Ivan Lendl](/source/Ivan_Lendl) won the singles title, his second at the event after 1982.[3][4]

## Finals

### Singles

[Ivan Lendl](/source/Ivan_Lendl) defeated [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe) 6–3, 6–3

- It was Lendl's 4th singles title of the year and the 46th of his [career](/source/Ivan_Lendl_career_statistics).

### Doubles

[Ken Flach](/source/Ken_Flach) / [Robert Seguso](/source/Robert_Seguso) defeated [Givaldo Barbosa](/source/Givaldo_Barbosa) / [Ivan Kley](/source/Ivan_Kley) 7–5, 6–2

## See also

- [Lendl–McEnroe rivalry](/source/Lendl%E2%80%93McEnroe_rivalry)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ms_1-0)** ["1985 Forest Hills WCT – Singles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/forest-hills/415/1985/draws?matchtype=singles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-md_2-0)** ["1985 Forest Hills WCT – Doubles draw"](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/forest-hills/415/1985/draws?matchType=doubles). Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wot1986_3-0)** John Barrett, ed. (1986). *World of Tennis 1986*. London: Willow Books. pp. 150, 190. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780002182096](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780002182096).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lendl knocks off McEnroe to win Champions tourney"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Izc0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=gfUIAAAAIBAJ&dq=lendl%20mcenroe%20champions&pg=1518%2C1776917). *Ottawa Citizen*. May 13, 1985.

## External links

- [International Tennis Federation – tournament edition details](http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010002382)

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