1985 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

Men's doubles
Men's doubles
1985 Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champions	Scott Davis; David Pate
Runners-up	Sammy Giammalva Jr.; Greg Holmes
Score	7–6(7–3), 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Details
Draw	32
Seeds	8
Events

David Dowlen and Nduka Odizor were the defending champions, but both players chose to compete at Sydney during the same week.

Scott Davis and David Pate won the title by defeating Sammy Giammalva Jr. and Greg Holmes 7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(6–8), 6–3 in the final.^[1]^[2]

Seeds[edit]

Semifinals					Final

1	Scott Davis David Pate	6	6

3	Andy Kohlberg Robert Van't Hof	4	3
					1	Scott Davis David Pate	7⁷	6⁶	6

					6	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes	6³	7⁸	3
	Matt Anger Jimmy Arias	6	6	6

6	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes	7	4	7

First round				Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

1	S Davis D Pate	6	6
	Noriyuki Washida Nobuo Yoshida	3	0	1	S Davis D Pate	6	6	6
	S Menon C Strode	7	6		S Menon C Strode	7	3	4
	S Nishio Kenzo Ukon	6	2						1	S Davis D Pate	6	6
	T Fukui Nobuya Tamura	3	4						7	R Simpson E Van't Hof	4	2
	S Guy S Vasudevan	6	6		S Guy S Vasudevan	4	2
	Lee Brandenburg B Dickinson	4	3	7	R Simpson E Van't Hof	6	6
7	R Simpson E Van't Hof	6	6										1	S Davis D Pate	6	6
3	A Kohlberg R Van't Hof	6	7										3	A Kohlberg R Van't Hof	4	3
	T Erck D Utzinger	3	6	3	A Kohlberg R Van't Hof	6	6
	A El-Mehelmy M Wooldridge	6	3		J Bailey T Yonezawa	2	2
	J Bailey T Yonezawa	7	6						3	A Kohlberg R Van't Hof	6	6
	G Lemon H Rittersbacher	2	4							R Brown J Carlsson	3	4
	R Brown J Carlsson	6	6		R Brown J Carlsson	6	7
	C Campbell H McDadi	2	4	5	V Gerulaitis V Van Patten	2	6
5	V Gerulaitis V Van Patten	6	6

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals				Semifinals

8	M Oosting H van Boeckel	6	4	3
	M Anger J Arias	3	6	6		M Anger J Arias	6	6
	K Richter R Rudeen	6	6			K Richter R Rudeen	4	4
	H Shirato E Takeuchi	4	4								M Anger J Arias	7	6
	S McCain R Nixon	6	6								S McCain R Nixon	6	3
	Ryō Kubodera Atsushi Noguchi	0	4			S McCain R Nixon	3	7	7
	S Matsuoka R Tsujino	3	4		4	C Dunk G Michibata	6	6	6
4	C Dunk G Michibata	6	6												M Anger J Arias	6	6	6
6	S Giammalva Jr. G Holmes	6	6											6	S Giammalva Jr. G Holmes	7	4	7
	C Stansbury P Wright	3	2		6	S Giammalva Jr. G Holmes	6	6
	Henry Somerville Jim Somerville	6	6			Henry Somerville Jim Somerville	2	4
	Takayoshi Shibuya Minoru Ueda	4	3							6	S Giammalva Jr. G Holmes	6	7
	H Nakano Kiyotaka Tachibana	4	4							2	S Denton G Donnelly	4	5
	J Canter D Saltz	6	6			J Canter D Saltz	0	0
	Shōichi Horiuchi Masayoshi Takeyari	2	0		2	S Denton G Donnelly	6	6
2	S Denton G Donnelly	6	6

^ "Scott Davis defeated fellow American Jimmy Arias, 6-1, 7-6..." Tokyo. United Press International. 20 October 1985. Retrieved 4 December 2023. The men's doubles final, pitting Americans Sammy Giammalva and Greg Holmes against countrymen Scott Davis and David Pate, was halted at 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (8-6), 3-3, because of darkness. It will be resumed Monday.
^ "About: Past Champions". Kinoshita Group Japan Open. Retrieved 4 December 2023. 1985: Scott Davis / David Pate