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    • Source: 1985 Grand Prix (tennis)

      • The 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix was a professional men's tennis circuit held that year. It consisted of 71 tournaments held in 19 different countries. The tour incorporated the four ITF grand slam tournaments, three World Championship Tennis tournaments and the Grand Prix tournaments. Total prize money for the circuit was $23 million. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC). In November 1985 the MIPTC sued player–management agencies ProServ and IMG alleging that these firms were holding the tennis game hostage and were 'exerting extensive power over players'.
      The 1985 circuit marked the last time the Australian Open was held in November before moving to its current slot in January. In January 1986 at an awards ceremony in New York the ATP players elected Ivan Lendl as the 1985 ATP Player of the Year. Lendl won the most tournament titles, played the most finals, was the points leader of the Grand Prix circuit and finished the year as no.1 in the ATP ranking. The Grand Slam tournaments were won by four different players (Wilander, Edberg, Becker, Lendl) and for the first time since 1934 all winners were European.


      Schedule


      The table below shows the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).

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      Standings


      The 1985 Grand Prix tournaments were divided in 18 separate point categories, ranging from the Grand Slam tournaments (700 points for the Singles winner and 120 points for Doubles winner) to the smallest Regular Series tournaments (80 points for the Singles winner and 15 points for Doubles winner). At the end of the year the top 64 Singles players and top 24 Doubles players received bonuses from a $4,000,000 bonus pool. To qualify for a bonus a player must have participated in at least 14 tournaments. The best 16 players in the points standing at the end of the season qualified for the Nabisco Masters which was played in January 1986.


      ATP rankings




      List of tournament winners


      The list of winners and number of Grand Prix singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:

      Matt Anger (1) Johannesburg
      Paul Annacone (1) Brisbane
      Boris Becker (3) Queen's Club, Cincinnati, Wimbledon
      Jonathan Canter (1) Melbourne
      Sergio Casal (1) Florence
      Kevin Curren (1) Toronto Indoor
      Marty Davis (2) Bristol, Melbourne Indoor
      Scott Davis (1) Tokyo Outdoor
      Stefan Edberg (4) Memphis, San Francisco, Basel, Australian Open
      Eddie Edwards (1) Adelaide
      Brad Gilbert (3) Livingston, Cleveland, Tel Aviv
      Andrés Gómez (1) Hong Kong
      Tom Gullikson (1) Newport
      Jan Gunnarsson (1) Vienna
      Martín Jaite (1) Buenos Aires
      Anders Järryd (1) Brussels
      Johan Kriek (1) Las Vegas
      Henri Leconte (2) Nice, Sydney Outdoor
      Ivan Lendl (11) Fort Myers, Monte Carlo, Dallas, Forest Hills, Indianapolis, US Open, Stuttgart Outdoor, Sydney Indoor, Tokyo Indoor, Wembley, Masters
      Peter Lundgren (1) Cologne
      Chris Lewis (1) Auckland
      Andreas Maurer (1) Madrid
      Tim Mayotte (1) Delray Beach
      John McEnroe (9) Masters, Philadelphia, Houston, Milan, Chicago, Atlanta, Stratton Mountain, Montreal, Stockholm
      Miloslav Mečíř (2) Rotterdam, Hamburg
      Yannick Noah (3) Rome, Washington, D.C., Toulouse
      Joakim Nyström (2) Munich, Gstaad
      Ricki Osterthun (1) Hilversum
      Claudio Panatta (1) Bari
      Horacio de la Peña (1) Marbella
      Diego Pérez (1) Bordeaux
      Pavel Složil (1) Kitzbühel
      Tomáš Šmíd (1) Geneva
      Larry Stefanki (1) La Quinta
      Thierry Tulasne (2) Bologna, Palermo
      Mats Wilander (3) Boston, French Open, Båstad
      Tim Wilkison (1) Nancy
      The following players won their first title in 1985:

      Matt Anger Johannesburg
      Paul Annacone Brisbane
      Boris Becker Queen's Club
      Jonathan Canter Melbourne
      Sergio Casal Florence
      Eddie Edwards Adelaide
      Tom Gullikson Newport
      Jan Gunnarsson Vienna
      Martín Jaite Buenos Aires
      Chris Lewis Auckland
      Peter Lundgren Cologne
      Andreas Maurer Madrid
      Tim Mayotte Delray Beach
      Miloslav Mečíř Rotterdam
      Ricki Osterthun Hilversum
      Claudio Panatta Bari
      Horacio de la Peña Marbella
      Diego Pérez Bordeaux
      Larry Stefanki La Quinta
      Thierry Tulasne Bologna


      See also


      1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series


      References




      External links


      ATP 1985 results archive
      ATP History – How It All Began


      Further reading


      Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.

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