# 1985 Benson and Hedges Open – Singles

Chris Lewis defeated Wally Masur 7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4 to win the 1985 Benson and Hedges Open singles competition. Danny Saltz was the defending champion.

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
* John Fitzgerald (semifinals)
* John Lloyd (second round)
* Leif Shiras (second round)
* Dan Cassidy (first round)
* Brad Drewett (quarterfinals)
* Peter Doohan (quarterfinals)
* Chris Lewis (champion)
* Wally Masur (final)

## Draw
### Key

* Q - Qualifier
* NB: The Final was the best of 5 sets while all other rounds were the best of 3 sets.

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Wally Masur | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | Chris Lewis | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Fitzgerald | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Belcher | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | J Fitzgerald | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Wooldridge | 6 | 4 | 3 | | K Meiler | 0 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Meiler | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | J Fitzgerald | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |
| | H Sands | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | B Drewett | 6 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | J Canter | 6 | 3 | 4 | | H Sands | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Barlow | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | B Drewett | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | B Drewett | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Fitzgerald | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | L Shiras | 3 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | W Masur | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| | D Lewis | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | L Shiras | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Long | 2 | 1 | | | K Evernden | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Evernden | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | K Evernden | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | J Smith | 7 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | W Masur | 6 | 2 | 9 | | | | | |
| | B Dyke | 6 | 6 | 6 | | B Dyke | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Mustard | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | W Masur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | W Masur | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | P Doohan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Derlin | 2 | 2 | | 6 | P Doohan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Miller | 6 | 6 | | | C Miller | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Fancutt | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 6 | P Doohan | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | R Akel | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | D Saltz | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | J Turpin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | J Turpin | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Saltz | 7 | 6 | | | D Saltz | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | D Cassidy | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Saltz | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | C Lewis | 7 | 7 |
| | S Guy | 4 | 1 | | 7 | C Lewis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S McCain | 6 | 7 | | | S McCain | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | C Stansbury | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | C Lewis | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| | G Layendecker | 2 | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | G Layendecker | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | P Johnston | 6 | 1 | 7 | | G Layendecker | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Levine | 2 | 2 | | 2 | J Lloyd | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Lloyd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |