1985 Stockholm Open – Doubles

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Doubles
1985 Stockholm Open
Champions Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrés Gómez
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Mike De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg Gary Donnelly
Final score 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1984  · Stockholm Open ·  1986  

Henri Leconte and Tomáš Šmíd were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.

Henri Leconte French tennis player

Henri Leconte is a former French professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte's career-high singles ranking was world No. 5.

Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was World No. 1 in doubles from December 17, 1984 to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 11 in July 1984. Šmíd participated in 31 Davis Cup ties for Czechoslovakia from 1977–1989, posting a 20-10 record in doubles and a 22-15 record in singles.

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Guy Forget and Andrés Gómez won the title, defeating Mike De Palmer and Gary Donnelly 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

Guy Forget French tennis player

Guy Forget is a French tennis administrator and retired professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.

Andrés Gómez Ecuadorian tennis player

Andrés Gómez Santos is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He won the Men's Singles title at the French Open in 1990.

Mike De Palmer, is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Nyström / Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Wilander (Quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Edberg / Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd (Semifinals)
  3. Flag of Switzerland.svg Heinz Günthardt / Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Taróczy (First Round)
  4. N/A

Draw

Key

Draw

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Sweden.svg J Nyström
Flag of Sweden.svg M Wilander
66 
  Flag of Sweden.svg P Hjertquist
Flag of Sweden.svg P Svensson
3 2  1 Flag of Sweden.svg J Nyström
Flag of Sweden.svg M Wilander
76 2
  Flag of Sweden.svg J Svensson
Flag of Sweden.svg M Tideman
5 6    Flag of France.svg G Forget
Flag of Ecuador.svg A Gómez
6 76
  Flag of France.svg G Forget
Flag of Ecuador.svg A Gómez
77   Flag of France.svg G Forget
Flag of Ecuador.svg A Gómez
76 
LL Flag of the United States.svg M Davis
Flag of the United States.svg L Stefanki
     Flag of Spain.svg S Casal
Flag of Spain.svg E Sánchez
6 3  
  Flag of Spain.svg S Casal
Flag of Spain.svg E Sánchez
w/o    Flag of Spain.svg S Casal
Flag of Spain.svg E Sánchez
67 
  Flag of Sweden.svg H Simonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg S Simonsson
63 6  Flag of Sweden.svg H Simonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg S Simonsson
4 6  
  Flag of the United States.svg S Denton
Flag of the United States.svg S Stewart
4 64   Flag of France.svg G Forget
Flag of Ecuador.svg A Gómez
66 
  Flag of Sweden.svg J Gunnarsson
Flag of Denmark.svg M Mortensen
5 6    Flag of the United States.svg M De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg G Donnelly
3 4  
  Flag of the United States.svg M De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg G Donnelly
77   Flag of the United States.svg M De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg G Donnelly
66 6
  Flag of the United States.svg S Davis
Flag of the United States.svg D Pate
64 6  Flag of the United States.svg S Davis
Flag of the United States.svg D Pate
3 72
3 Flag of Switzerland.svg H Günthardt
Flag of Hungary.svg B Taróczy
4 63   Flag of the United States.svg M De Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg G Donnelly
63 7
  Flag of the United States.svg M Dickson
Flag of the United States.svg T Wilkinson
76 2 Flag of Sweden.svg S Edberg
Flag of Sweden.svg A Järryd
4 66
  Flag of Switzerland.svg J Hlasek
Flag of the United States.svg A Kohlberg
6 1    Flag of the United States.svg M Dickson
Flag of the United States.svg T Wilkinson
6 3  
  Flag of the United States.svg M Leach
Flag of the United States.svg M Mitchell
3 2  2 Flag of Sweden.svg S Edberg
Flag of Sweden.svg A Järryd
76 
2 Flag of Sweden.svg S Edberg
Flag of Sweden.svg A Järryd
66 

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