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1985 South Australian Open

tennis tournament edition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ3965472 ↗
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The 1985 South Australian Open was a men's Grand Prix tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia, on outdoor grass courts. The tournament took place from 16 to 22 December, with unseeded qualifier Eddie Edwards claiming the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Eddie Edwards defeated Peter Doohan 6–2, 6–4

It was Edwards' only singles title of the year.

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The public source identifies “1985 South Australian Open” as tennis tournament edition. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around South, Australian and tennis.

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This entry incorporates text from “1985 South Australian Open” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.