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1985 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's singles

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Women's singles
1985 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionArgentina Gabriela Sabatini
Runner-upUnited States Linda Gates
Score6–3, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (3Q)
Seeds8
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Lilian Drescher was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini.

Sabatini won the title by defeating Linda Gates 6–3, 6–4 in the final.[1]

Seeds

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  1. Argentina Gabriela Sabatini (champion)
  2. United States Beth Herr (second round)
  3. Switzerland Lilian Drescher (semifinals)
  4. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec (first round)
  5. Greece Angeliki Kanellopoulou (quarterfinals)
  6. Peru Laura Gildemeister (semifinals)
  7. Czechoslovakia Andrea Holíková (quarterfinals)
  8. West Germany Myriam Schropp (quarterfinals)

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1 6 6
3 Switzerland Lilian Drescher 6 3 3
1 Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6 6
United States Linda Gates 3 4
6 Peru Laura Gildemeister 3 6 3
United States Linda Gates 6 2 6

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1 Argentina G Sabatini 6 6
Japan E Okagawa 1 1 1 Argentina G Sabatini 6 6
Q Greece O Tsarbopoulou 2 4 United States K Kinney 0 0
United States K Kinney 6 6 1 Argentina G Sabatini 6 6
Japan M Yanagi 6 6 7 Czechoslovakia A Holíková 0 1
Peru P Vásquez 1 1 'Japan M Yanagi 6 2 1
Canada J Young 3 1 7 Czechoslovakia A Holíková 3 6 6
7 Czechoslovakia A Holíková 6 6 1 Argentina G Sabatini 1 6 6
3 Switzerland L Drescher 6 6 3 Switzerland L Drescher 6 3 3
Hungary C Bartos-Cserepy 3 2 3 Switzerland L Drescher 6 6
Japan Rie Nakazawa 4 2 Japan A Kijimuta 3 0
Japan A Kijimuta 6 6 3 Switzerland L Drescher 6 6
Brazil N Dias 1 1 5 Greece A Kanellopoulou 3 1
Argentina M Paz 6 6 Argentina M Paz 0 4
Brazil P Medrado 5 6 5 Greece A Kanellopoulou 6 6
5 Greece A Kanellopoulou 7 7

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
6 Peru L Gildemeister 6 7
Q United States D Farrell 2 6 6 Peru L Gildemeister 6 6 7
Australia J Thompson 6 6 Australia J Thompson 7 3 6
Q United Kingdom J Louis 3 4 6 Peru L Gildemeister 6 4 6
United States H Ludloff 2 3 United States A Holton 3 6 0
New Zealand B Cordwell 6 6 New Zealand B Cordwell 4 4
United States A Holton 2 7 6 United States A Holton 6 6
4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia M Jaušovec 6 5 3 6 Peru L Gildemeister 3 6 3
8 West Germany M Schropp 1 6 6 United States L Gates 6 2 6
Japan Y Koizumi 6 3 2 8 West Germany M Schropp 7 7
Japan E Inoue 6 6 Japan E Inoue 5 5
Argentina A Villagrán 1 2 8 West Germany M Schropp 4 4
United States L Gates 6 3 6 United States L Gates 6 6
Sweden M Lindström 1 6 4 United States L Gates 6 6
United States S Foltz 6 4 3 2 United States B Herr 3 1
2 United States B Herr 4 6 6

References

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  1. ^ "Top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini defeated Linda Gates 6-3, 6-4 Saturday..." Tokyo. United Press International. 19 October 1985. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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