1985 Davis Cup World Group#Italy vs. Chile

{{Infobox tennis tournament year|1985|Davis Cup World Group

| date=8 March – 22 December

| edition=5th

| champ={{davis-big|SWE}}

| main_name=Davis Cup

}}

{{main|1985 Davis Cup}}

The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/historic-format/world-group.aspx#/1985|title=World Group 1985|publisher=DavisCup.com|access-date=24 November 2019}}

Sweden were the defending champions and won the title, defeating West Germany in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, West Germany, from 20 to 22 December. It was the Swedish team's second consecutive title and their 3rd Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams

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colspan=4| Participating teams
width=25%|{{davis-big|ARG}}

!width=25%|{{davis-big|AUS}}

!width=25%|{{davis-big|CHI}}

!width=25%|{{davis-big|TCH}}

{{davis-big|ECU|1900}}

!{{davis-big|FRA}}

!{{davis-big|IND}}

!{{davis-big|ITA}}

{{davis-big|JPN|1947}}

!{{davis-big|PAR|1954}}

!{{davis-big|URS}}

!{{davis-big|ESP}}

{{davis-big|SWE}}

!{{davis-big|USA}}

!{{davis-big|FRG}}

!{{davis-big|YUG}}

=Draw=

{{DCWorld

| RD1-date=8–10 March

| RD2-date=2–4 August

| RD3-date=4–6 October

| RD4-date=20–22 December

| RD1T1-loc=Kyoto, Japan (indoor carpet)

| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD1-score1=5

| RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2={{davis|JPN|1947}} | RD1-score2=0

| RD1T2-loc=Sindelfingen, West Germany (indoor carpet)

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3={{davis|ESP}} | RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4={{davis|FRG}} | RD1-score4=3

| RD1T3-loc=Tbilisi, Soviet Union (indoor carpet)

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5={{davis|TCH}} | RD1-score5=3

| RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6={{davis|URS}} | RD1-score6=2

| RD1T4-loc=Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7={{davis|ARG}} | RD1-score7=1

| RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8={{davis|ECU}} | RD1-score8=4

| RD1T5-loc=Asunción, Paraguay (indoor carpet)

| RD1-seed9= | RD1-team9={{davis|PAR|1954}} | RD1-score9=3

| RD1-seed10= | RD1-team10={{davis|FRA}} | RD1-score10=2

| RD1T6-loc=Split, Yugoslavia (indoor clay)

| RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11={{davis|YUG}} | RD1-score11=2

| RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12={{davis|AUS}} | RD1-score12=3

| RD1T7-loc=Calcutta, India (grass)

| RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13={{davis|IND}} | RD1-score13=3

| RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14={{davis|ITA}} | RD1-score14=2

| RD1T8-loc=Santiago, Chile (clay) [19–21 April]

| RD1-seed15= | RD1-team15={{davis|CHI}} | RD1-score15=1

| RD1-seed16= | RD1-team16={{davis|SWE}} | RD1-score16=4

| RD2T1-loc=Hamburg, West Germany (clay)

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1={{davis|USA}} | RD2-score1=2

| RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2={{davis|FRG}} | RD2-score2=3

| RD2T2-loc=Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3={{davis|TCH}} | RD2-score3=5

| RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4={{davis|ECU|1900}} | RD2-score4=0

| RD2T3-loc=Sydney, Australia (grass)

| RD2-seed5= | RD2-team5={{davis|PAR|1954}} | RD2-score5=2

| RD2-seed6= | RD2-team6={{davis|AUS}} | RD2-score6=3

| RD2T4-loc=Bangalore, India (grass)

| RD2-seed7= | RD2-team7={{davis|IND}} | RD2-score7=1

| RD2-seed8= | RD2-team8={{davis|SWE}} | RD2-score8=4

| RD3T1-loc=Frankfurt, West Germany (indoor carpet)

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1={{davis|FRG}} | RD3-score1=5

| RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2={{davis|TCH}} | RD3-score2=0

| RD3T2-loc=Malmö, Sweden (indoor clay)

| RD3-seed3= | RD3-team3={{davis|AUS}} | RD3-score3=0

| RD3-seed4= | RD3-team4={{davis|SWE}} | RD3-score4=5

| RD4T1-loc=Munich, West Germany (indoor carpet)

| RD4-seed1= | RD4-team1={{davis|FRG}} | RD4-score1=2

| RD4-seed2= | RD4-team2={{davis|SWE}} | RD4-score2=3

}}

First round

=Japan vs. United States=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947

|team2=United States

|venue=Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-USA-JPN-01|title=Japan v United States|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=0

|score2=5

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kaoru Maruyama |1 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=Eliot Teltscher |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Shozo Shiraishi |4 |1 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Aaron Krickstein |6 |6 |3 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Shigeyuki Nishio |T1P2=Shinichi Sakamoto |2 |3 |1 | | |T2P1=Ken Flach |T2P2=Robert Seguso |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Kaoru Maruyama |1 |1 | | | |T2P1=Aaron Krickstein |6 |6 | | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Shozo Shiraishi |3 |2 | | | |T2P1=Eliot Teltscher |6 |6 | | | }}

}}

=West Germany vs. Spain=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=West Germany

|team2=Spain

|venue=Sindelfingen, West Germany{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-ESP-FRG-01|title=West Germany v Spain|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |10 |6 |2 |2 |6 |T2P1=Sergio Casal |8 |3 |6 |6 |4 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Juan Aguilera |3 |4 |4 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |T1P2=Andreas Maurer |4 |6 |1 |6 |6 |T2P1=Sergio Casal |T2P2=Emilio Sánchez |6 |3 |6 |3 |4 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |4 |6 |5 | | |T2P1=Sergio Casal |6 |1 |7 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |4 |6 |3 | | |T2P1=Juan Aguilera |6 |3 |6 | | }}

}}

=Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Soviet Union

|team2=Czechoslovakia

|venue=Tbilisi, Soviet Union{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-TCH-URS-01|title=Soviet Union v Czechoslovakia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Konstantin Pugaev |4 |3 |7 | | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |6 |6 |9 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexander Zverev |3 |4 |3 | | |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Sergey Leonyuk |T1P2=Alexander Zverev |3 |4 |11 |8 |7 |T2P1=Libor Pimek |T2P2=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |6 |9 |6 |5 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Alexander Zverev |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |6 |8 |0 |8 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Konstantin Pugaev |8 |6 | | | |T2P1=Libor Pimek |6 |2 | | | }}

}}

=Argentina vs. Ecuador=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Argentina

|team2=Ecuador |team2-var=1900

|venue=Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-ARG-ECU-01|title=Argentina v Ecuador|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=1

|score2=4

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |6 |4 |11 |3 | |T2P1=Andrés Gómez |4 |6 |13 |6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Jaite |6 |5 |5 |6 |6 |T2P1=Raúl Viver |4 |7 |7 |2 |3 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |T1P2=Martín Jaite |11 |3 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Andrés Gómez |T2P2=Ricardo Ycaza |13 |6 |3 |6 | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Jaite |1 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Andrés Gómez |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Roberto Argüello |1 |6 |3 | | |T2P1=Raúl Viver |6 |4 |6 | | }}

}}

=Paraguay vs. France=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Paraguay |team1-var=1954

|team2=France

|venue=Estadio Hugo Stroessner, Asunción, Paraguay{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-PAR-FRA-01|title=Paraguay v France|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Víctor Pecci |6 |15 |2 |8 |10 |T2P1=Yannick Noah |8 |13 |6 |6 |8 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Francisco González |4 |6 |3 |6 |6 |T2P1=Henri Leconte |6 |3 |6 |3 |4 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Francisco González |T1P2=Víctor Pecci |2 |6 |8 |5 |3 |T2P1=Henri Leconte |T2P2=Yannick Noah |6 |3 |6 |7 |6 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Francisco González |6 |3 |15 |4 | |T2P1=Yannick Noah |3 |6 |17 |6 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Víctor Pecci |6 |6 |3 |7 | |T2P1=Henri Leconte |3 |4 |6 |5 | }}

}}

=Yugoslavia vs. Australia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Yugoslavia

|team2=Australia

|venue=Split, Yugoslavia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-YUG-AUS-01|title=Yugoslavia v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Clay (indoors)

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marko Ostoja |6 |6 |8 |0 |4 |T2P1=Paul McNamee |3 |3 |10 |6 |6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Slobodan Živojinović |7 |5 |10 |6 | |T2P1=Pat Cash |5 |7 |8 |4 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Goran Prpić |T1P2=Slobodan Živojinović |5 |12 |8 |4 |4 |T2P1=Pat Cash |T2P2=John Fitzgerald |7 |10 |6 |6 |6 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Marko Ostoja |2 |0 |2 | | |T2P1=Pat Cash |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Slobodan Živojinović |3 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Paul McNamee |6 |3 |3 | | }}

}}

=India vs. Italy=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=India

|team2=Italy

|venue=Calcutta, India{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-IND-ITA-01|title=India v Italy|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=8–10 March 1985

|surface=Grass

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramesh Krishnan |6 |11 |4 |3 |6 |T2P1=Francesco Cancellotti |3 |9 |6 |6 |4 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |6 |6 |5 |3 |6|T2P1=Claudio Panatta |1 |4 |7 |6 |3 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |T1P2=Sashi Menon |3 |3 |7 | | |T2P1=Gianni Ocleppo |T2P2=Claudio Panatta |6 |6 |9 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |5 |6 |6 |8 | |T2P1=Francesco Cancellotti |7 |4 |3 |6 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramesh Krishnan |8 |4 |1 | | |T2P1=Claudio Panatta |6 |6 |6 | | }}

}}

=Chile vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Chile

|team2=Sweden

|venue=Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-CHI-SWE-01|title=Chile v Sweden|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=19–21 April 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=1

|score2=4

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Gildemeister |6 |2 |6 |7 | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |3 |6 |4 |5 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Pedro Rebolledo |9 |2 |0 |7 | |T2P1=Henrik Sundström |7 |6 |6 |9 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Acuña |T1P2=Hans Gildemeister |1 |6 |3 |3 | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |T2P2=Jan Gunnarsson |6 |1 |6 |6 | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Gildemeister |1 |6 |5 |2 | |T2P1=Henrik Sundström |6 |3 |7 |6 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Pedro Rebolledo |4 |6 |2 | | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |6 |4 |6 | | }}

}}

Quarterfinals

=West Germany vs. United States=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=West Germany

|team2=United States

|venue=Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, West Germany{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-USA-FRG-01|title=West Germany v United States|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=2–4 August 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Eliot Teltscher |2 |2 |3 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Schwaier |2 |6 |2 |6 |8 |T2P1=Aaron Krickstein |6 |1 |6 |1 |6 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |T1P2=Andreas Maurer |2 |8 |1 |6 |5 |T2P1=Ken Flach |T2P2=Robert Seguso |6 |6 |6 |4 |7 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Hans Schwaier |4 |6 |7 |4 |2 |T2P1=Eliot Teltscher |6 |2 |5 |6 |6 }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Aaron Krickstein |2 |2 |1 | | }}

}}

=Ecuador vs. Czechoslovakia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Ecuador |team1-var=1900

|team2=Czechoslovakia

|venue=Guayaquil Tenis Club, Guayaquil, Ecuador{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-TCH-ECU-01|title=Ecuador v Czechoslovakia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=2–4 August 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=0

|score2=5

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Andrés Gómez |3 | | | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |5 | | | | re1=1 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Raúl Viver |0 |1 |3 | | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Aguirre |T1P2=Ricardo Ycaza |5 |4 |4 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |T2P2=Tomáš Šmíd |7 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ricardo Ycaza |4 |3 | | | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |6 |6 | | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Aguirre |0 |1 | | | |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |6 |6 | | | }}

}}

=Australia vs. Paraguay=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Australia

|team2=Paraguay |team2-var=1954

|venue=White City Stadium, Sydney, Australia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-PAR-AUS-01|title=Australia v Paraguay|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=2–4 August 1985

|surface=Grass

|score1=3

|score2=2

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Paul McNamee |3 |6 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Francisco González |6 |0 |3 |1 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Fitzgerald |2 |3 |6 |4 | |T2P1=Víctor Pecci |6 |6 |1 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mark Edmondson |T1P2=Paul McNamee |3 |10 |3 |6 |3 |T2P1=Francisco González |T2P2=Víctor Pecci |6 |8 |6 |1 |6 }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Paul McNamee |6 |7 |6 |9 | |T2P1=Víctor Pecci |8 |5 |2 |7 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=John Fitzgerald |6 |9 |7 | | |T2P1=Francisco González |3 |7 |5 | | }}

}}

=India vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=India

|team2=Sweden

|venue=Cubbon Park, Bangalore, India{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-IND-SWE-01|title=India v Sweden|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=2–4 August 1985

|surface=Grass

|score1=1

|score2=4

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |6 |5 |6 |3 |4 |T2P1=Anders Järryd |3 |7 |2 |6 |6 }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramesh Krishnan |3 |3 |2 | | |T2P1=Mats Wilander |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anand Amritraj |T1P2=Vijay Amritraj |19 |6 |3 |4 | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |T2P2=Anders Järryd |21 |2 |6 |6 | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Vijay Amritraj |8 |9 | | | |T2P1=Mats Wilander |6 |7 | | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Ramesh Krishnan |3 |6 |1 | | |T2P1=Anders Järryd |6 |4 |6 | | }}

}}

Semifinals

=West Germany vs. Czechoslovakia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=West Germany

|team2=Czechoslovakia

|venue=Frankfurt, West Germany{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-FRG-TCH-01|title=West Germany v Czechoslovakia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |3 |5 |4 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |6 |1 |7 |11 |17 |T2P1=Tomáš Šmíd |8 |6 |5 |9 |15 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |T1P2=Andreas Maurer |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=Ivan Lendl |T2P2=Tomáš Šmíd |1 |5 |4 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Libor Pimek |1 |4 | | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Miloslav Mečíř |3 |4 | | | }}

}}

=Sweden vs. Australia=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Sweden

|team2=Australia

|venue=Baltiska Hallen, Malmö, Sweden{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-AUS-SWE-01|title=Sweden v Australia|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Clay (indoors)

|score1=5

|score2=0

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anders Järryd |6 |6 |13 | | |T2P1=Peter McNamara |4 |4 |11 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mats Wilander |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Wally Masur |1 |1 |0 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Stefan Edberg |T1P2=Anders Järryd |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Mark Edmondson |T2P2=John Fitzgerald |4 |3 |4 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Mats Wilander |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Peter McNamara |4 |3 | | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Anders Järryd |6 |6 | | | |T2P1=Wally Masur |1 |2 | | | }}

}}

Final

=West Germany vs. Sweden=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=West Germany

|team2=Sweden

|venue=Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-M-FRG-SWE-01|title=West Germany v Sweden|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=20–22 December 1985

|surface=Carpet (indoors)

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |3 |4 |8 | | |T2P1=Mats Wilander |6 |6 |10 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |3 |7 |8 | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |3 |6 |5 |6 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |T1P2=Andreas Maurer |4 |2 |1 | | |T2P1=Joakim Nyström |T2P2=Mats Wilander |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Boris Becker |6 |2 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Mats Wilander |3 |6 |3 |3 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Michael Westphal |6 |5 |4 |3 | |T2P1=Stefan Edberg |3 |7 |6 |6 | }}

}}

Relegation play-offs

The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1986 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

=Results summary=

Date: 4–6 October

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{{davis|JPN|1947}}style="text-align:center;"|0–3{{davis|ESP}}TokyoOutdoorClay
{{davis|ARG}}style="text-align:center;"|2–3{{davis|URS}}Buenos AiresOutdoorClay
{{davis|YUG}}style="text-align:center;"|4–1{{davis|FRA}}BelgradeIndoorHard
{{davis|ITA}}style="text-align:center;"|3–1{{davis|CHI}}CagliariOutdoorClay

  • {{davis|ITA}}, {{davis|URS}}, {{davis|ESP}} and {{davis|YUG}} remain in the World Group in 1986.
  • {{davis|ARG}}, {{davis|CHI}}, {{davis|FRA}} and {{davis|JPN|1947}} are relegated to Zonal competition in 1986.

=Japan vs. Spain=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Japan |team1-var=1947

|team2=Spain

|venue=Den-En Colisseum, Tokyo, Japan{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-JPN-ESP-01|title=Japan v Spain|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=0

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Shozo Shiraishi |6 |5 |3 |3 | |T2P1=Sergio Casal |4 |7 |6 |6 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tsuyoshi Fukui |5 |1 |1 | | |T2P1=Emilio Sánchez |7 |6 |6 | | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Eiji Takeuchi |T1P2=Toru Yonezawa |3 |3 |4 | | |T2P1=Sergio Casal |T2P2=Emilio Sánchez |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Tsuyoshi Fukui | | | | | |T2P1=Sergio Casal | | | | | |np= }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Shozo Shiraishi | | | | | |T2P1=Emilio Sánchez | | | | | |np= }}

|}}

=Argentina vs. Soviet Union=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Argentina

|team2=Soviet Union

|venue=Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-URS-ARG-01|title=Argentina v Soviet Union|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=2

|score2=3

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Jaite |0 |4 |2 | | |T2P1=Andrei Chesnokov |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |6 |2 |6 |3 |7 |T2P1=Alexander Zverev |4 |6 |3 |6 |5 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |T1P2=Martín Jaite |4 |6 |7 |3 | |T2P1=Sergey Leonyuk |T2P2=Alexander Zverev |6 |1 |9 |6 | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Martín Jaite |6 |3 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Alexander Zverev |4 |6 |2 |2 | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=José Luis Clerc |6 |6 |2 |4 |2 |T2P1=Andrei Chesnokov |2 |1 |6 |6 |6 }}

|}}

=Yugoslavia vs. France=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Yugoslavia

|team2=France

|venue=Pionir Hall, Belgrade, Yugoslavia{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-FRA-YUG-01|title=Yugoslavia v France|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Hard (indoors)

|score1=4

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Goran Prpić |6 |4 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Yannick Noah |3 |6 |1 |4 | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Slobodan Živojinović |4 |7 |6 |6 | |T2P1=Henri Leconte |6 |5 |1 |2 | }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Goran Prpić |T1P2=Slobodan Živojinović |4 |4 |1 | | |T2P1=Henri Leconte |T2P2=Yannick Noah |6 |6 |6 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Slobodan Živojinović |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Yannick Noah |4 |4 |4 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Goran Prpić |8 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Henri Leconte |6 |8 |3 | | }}

|}}

=Italy vs. Chile=

{{DavisCupbox

|team1=Italy

|team2=Chile

|venue=Tennis Club Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy{{cite news|url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1985-WG-REL-ITA-CHI-01|title=Italy v Chile|publisher=daviscup.com}}

|date=4–6 October 1985

|surface=Clay

|score1=3

|score2=1

|R1={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Claudio Panatta |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=José Antonio Fernández |2 |5 |1 | | }}

|R2={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Francesco Cancellotti |3 |2 |6 |6 |5 |T2P1=Ricardo Acuña |6 |6 |4 |2 |7 }}

|R3={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Gianni Ocleppo |T1P2=Claudio Panatta |6 |6 |6 | | |T2P1=Ricardo Acuña |T2P2=Juan Pablo Queirolo |4 |2 |4 | | }}

|R4={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Francesco Cancellotti |6 |7 |6 | | |T2P1=José Antonio Fernández |1 |5 |2 | | }}

|R5={{ TennisMatch |T1P1=Claudio Panatta | | | | | |T2P1=Ricardo Acuña | | | | | |np= }}

|}}

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