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Women's doubles
1985 Australian Open
Final
Champions	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
Runners-up	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
Score	6–3, 6–4
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Three-time defending champions Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver successfully defended their title, defeating Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the women's doubles tennis title at the 1985 Australian Open.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

1. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (champions)
2. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková (final)
3. Hana Mandlíková / Wendy Turnbull (second round)
4. Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh-Pete (semifinals)
5. Elise Burgin / Elizabeth Smylie (second round)
6. Gigi Fernández / Robin White (second round)
7. Rosalyn Fairbank / Candy Reynolds (second round)
8. Katerina Maleeva / Manuela Maleeva (second round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

Final

	Final
	1	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	6	6
	2	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	3	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		L Field M Turk	2	1				1	M Navratilova P Shriver	7	4	6
		C Karlsson M Lindström	4	4					J Byrne J Tremelling	6	6	3
		J Byrne J Tremelling	6	6											1	M Navratilova P Shriver	6	6
		M Mesker P Paradis	7	6												M Mesker P Paradis	4	2
	Q	A Betzner M Schropp	6	1					M Mesker P Paradis	2	6	6
		S Amiach B Gerken	1	6	3			5	E Burgin E Smylie	6	4	3
	5	E Burgin E Smylie	6	3	6																	1	M Navratilova P Shriver	7	6
	3	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	6	7																			J Durie A Hobbs	6	2
		L McNeil C Suire	2	6				3	H Mandlíková W Turnbull	3	6
		B Cordwell J Richardson	2	6	3				C Evert-Lloyd C Lindqvist	6	7
		C Evert-Lloyd C Lindqvist	6	1	6											C Evert-Lloyd C Lindqvist	4	1
		J Durie A Hobbs	7	6												J Durie A Hobbs	6	6
		A Brown S Gomer	6	2					J Durie A Hobbs	6	6
		B Nagelsen P Smith	6	3				7	R Fairbank C Reynolds	1	3
	7	R Fairbank C Reynolds	7	6

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	G Fernández R White	6	7
		A Minter E Minter	1	6				6	G Fernández R White	6	6	5
		Z Garrison V Wade	6	6	6				Z Garrison V Wade	7	4	7
	Q	A Gulley A Tobin-Dingwall	7	3	3											Z Garrison V Wade	3	6	3
		L Bonder A Croft	7	7											4	B Potter S Walsh-Pete	6	3	6
		L Antonoplis A M Fernandez	5	6					L Bonder A Croft	3	4
		S Leo P Whytcross	6	2	1			4	B Potter S Walsh-Pete	6	6
	4	B Potter S Walsh-Pete	3	6	6																	4	B Potter S Walsh-Pete	6	4	1
	8	K Maleeva M Maleeva	6	6																		2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	3	6	6
		A Holíková K Skronská	3	4				8	K Maleeva M Maleeva	6	2	11
		L Gates A Moulton	6	4	6				L Gates A Moulton	4	6	13
		A Henricksson C Jolissaint	4	6	3											L Gates A Moulton	4	4	r
		T Holladay H Ludloff	6	5	6										2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	5
		C Benjamin M Van Nostrand	4	7	3				T Holladay H Ludloff	7	2	3
		H Crowe K Steinmetz	2	1				2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6	6
	2	C Kohde-Kilsch H Suková	6	6

External links

• 1985 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation

• 1985 Australian Open
• Australian Open (tennis) by year – Women's doubles