# 1985 Paine Webber Classic – Singles

Ivan Lendl won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Jimmy Connors.

## Seeds

* Jimmy Connors (final)
* Ivan Lendl (champion)
* Andrés Gómez (semifinals)
* Aaron Krickstein (second round)
* Yannick Noah (first round)
* Eliot Teltscher (quarterfinals)
* Johan Kriek (quarterfinals)
* Scott Davis (quarterfinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Jimmy Connors | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Andrés Gómez | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| 3 | Andrés Gómez | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Jimmy Connors | 3 | 2 |
| | | | | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 |
| | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 2 | 1 | | 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | J Connors | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Doohan | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | D Cassidy | 6 | 6 | | WC | D Cassidy | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lapidus | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | J Connors | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | R Krishnan | 7 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | J Kriek | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| | J Fitzgerald | 6 | 7 | 6 | | J Fitzgerald | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H Pfister | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | J Kriek | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Kriek | 4 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Connors | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | A Gómez | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | A Gómez | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| | L Shiras | 3 | 6 | | 3 | A Gómez | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tom Gullikson | 6 | 2 | 7 | | Tom Gullikson | 1 | 0 | r | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Jensen | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | A Gómez | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | K Flach | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 6 | E Teltscher | 5 | 0 | | | | | |
| Q | R Van't Hof | 4 | 2 | | Q | K Flach | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bauer | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | E Teltscher | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | E Teltscher | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | S Davis | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Davis | 4 | 6 | | 8 | S Davis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | | M Purcell | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Tim Gullikson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | S Davis | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | S Giammalva Jr. | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | S Giammalva Jr. | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Pate | 4 | 5 | | | S Giammalva Jr. | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Moor | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | A Krickstein | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Krickstein | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | S Giammalva Jr. | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Y Noah | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 |
| | B Gilbert | 6 | 7 | | | B Gilbert | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | B Testerman | 6 | 7 | 6 | | B Testerman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | F González | 7 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | B Gilbert | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| Q | M Anger | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | G Holmes | 6 | 6 | | | G Holmes | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Lloyd | 3 | 3 | | 2 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |