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1985 Virginia Slims of Florida
Date	January 21–27
Edition	7th
Draw	56S / 32D
Prize money	$150,000
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Location	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
Champions
Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Doubles
Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie
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The 1985 Virginia Slims of Florida, also known as the VS of Florida, was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Key Biscayne, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was played from January 21 through January 27, 1985. Second-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won the singles title.

Finals

Singles

Chris Evert-Lloyd defeated Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–4

• It was Evert-Lloyd's 1st singles title of the year and the 133rd of her career.

Doubles

Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Smylie defeated Svetlana Parkhomenko / Larisa Neiland 6–4 7–6

See also

• Evert–Navratilova rivalry

Notes

1. The 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series ran from March 1984 through March 1985.

References

1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1985). The International Tennis Federation : World of Tennis 1985. London: Willow Books. pp. 225, 229. ISBN 0002181703.
2. Jim Sarni (January 4, 1985). "Women`s Tennis Takes Center Court In South Florida". SunSentinel. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017.

External links

• ITF tournament edition details
• WTA tournament draws

• Virginia Slims of Florida
• 1984 Virginia Slims World Championship Series
• 1985 in sports in Florida
• 1985 in American tennis
• January 1985 sports events in the United States