1985 Edgbaston Cup

The 1985 Edgbaston Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts that was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the 4th edition of the event and took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom from 10 June until 16 June 1985. Pam Shiver won the singles title.

1985 Edgbaston Cup
Date	10–16 June
Edition	4th
Category	2
Draw	56S / 32D
Surface	Grass / outdoor
Location	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Edgbaston Priory Club
Champions
Singles
Pam Shriver
Doubles
Terry Holladay / Sharon Walsh-Pete

Entrants

Seeds

Athlete	Nationality	Seeding
Pam Shriver	United States	1
Pam Casale	United States	2
Alycia Moulton	United States	3
Virginia Ruzici	Romania	4
Elise Burgin	United States	5
Dianne Balestrat	Australia	6
Rosalyn Fairbank	South Africa	7
Annabel Croft	Great Britain	8
Camille Benjamin	United States	9
Anne Minter	Australia	10
Sharon Walsh-Pete	United States	11
Robin White	United States	12
Jo Durie	Great Britain	13
Elizabeth Smylie	Australia	14

Other entrants

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Marie-Christine Calleja
• Svetlana Cherneva
• Kris Kinney
• Heather Ludloff
• Tina Mochizuki
• Jennifer Mundel
• Kim Sands
• Masako Yanagi

Finals

Singles

Main article: 1985 Edgbaston Cup – Singles

Pam Shriver defeated Betsy Nagelsen 6–1, 6–0

• It was Shriver's third title of the year and the 10th of her career.

Doubles

Terry Holladay / Sharon Walsh-Pete defeated Elise Burgin / Alycia Moulton 6–4, 5–7, 6–3

• It was Holladay's first doubles title of the year and of her career. It was Walsh-Pete's second doubles title of the year and the 22nd of her career.

External links

• 1985 Edgbaston Cup draws
• ITF tournament edition details Archived 21 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine