See main article: article and 1985 US Open (tennis).
Manuela Maleeva and Tom Gullikson were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Kathleen Horvath and Leif Shiras.
Martina Navratilova and Heinz Günthardt won in the final 6 - 3, 6 - 4 against Elizabeth Smylie and John Fitzgerald.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.