1985 U.S. Clay Court Championships – Women's singles

Top-seeded Manuela Maleeva was the defending champion but fell in the quarterfinals to Kate Gompert. Fourth-seed Andrea Temesvári claimed the title and $38,000 first prize money by defeating Zina Garrison in the final.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


 * 1) 🇧🇬 Manuela Maleeva (quarterfinals)
 * 2) 🇺🇸 Zina Garrison (final)
 * 3) 🇦🇷 Gabriela Sabatini (semifinals)
 * 4) 🇭🇺 Andrea Temesvári (champion)
 * 5) 🇺🇸 Pam Casale (second round)
 * 6) 🇺🇸 Kathy Horvath (third round)
 * 7) 🇺🇸 Michelle Torres (third round)
 * 8) 🇧🇬 Katerina Maleeva (third round)
 * 9) 🇺🇸 Lisa Bonder (first round)
 * 10) 🇺🇸 Terry Phelps (second round)
 * 11)  Sabrina Goleš (third round)
 * 12) 🇺🇸 Susan Mascarin (third round)
 * 13) 🇺🇸 Debbie Spence (quarterfinals)
 * 14) 🇮🇹 Raffaella Reggi (quarterfinals)