# 1985 Benson & Hedges Championships – Singles

Ivan Lendl successfully defended his title, by defeating Boris Becker 6–7, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Ivan Lendl (champion)
* Boris Becker (final)
* Stefan Edberg (second round)
* Yannick Noah (first round, retired)
* Anders Järryd (semifinals)
* Johan Kriek (quarterfinals)
* Scott Davis (first round)
* Joakim Nyström (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 | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | David Pate | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | David Pate | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 2 | Boris Becker | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Anders Järryd | 6 | 6 | | 2 | Boris Becker | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Boris Becker | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | I Lendl | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Stefanki | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Smid | 7 | 7 | | | T Smid | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | M Davis | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | A Gómez | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | 6 | J Kriek | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Q | T Nelson | 6 | 6 | | Q | T Nelson | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Pimek | 4 | 2$^r$ | | 6 | J Kriek | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | J Kriek | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | I Lendl | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | S Edberg | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | D Pate | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| | T Tulasne | 3 | 6 | | 3 | S Edberg | 7 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Maurer | 6 | 4 | | | D Pate | 6 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Pate | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Pate | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | S Živojinović | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 8 | J Nyström | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| | G Forget | 6 | 6 | | | G Forget | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Casal | 1 | 0 | | 8 | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | J Nyström | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom 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 |
| 5 | A Järryd | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Gunthardt | 3 | 3 | | 5 | A Järryd | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | B Taroczy | 6 | 6 | | Q | B Taroczy | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Jaite | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 5 | A Järryd | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Krishnan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | R Krishnan | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | T Wilkison | 6 | 4 | 4 | | R Krishnan | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sadri | 4 | | | | J Sadri | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Y Noah | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | A Järryd | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | S Davis | 0 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | B Becker | 7 | 7 |
| | M Leach | 6 | 5 | 6 | | M Leach | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Lloyd | 3 | 3 | | | J Gunnarsson | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Gunnarsson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Leach | 4 | 3$^r$ | | | | |
| | B Testerman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | B Becker | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| WC | J Bates | 6 | 6 | | WC | J Bates | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Glickstein | 2 | 5 | | 2 | B Becker | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Becker | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |