The 1985 Hofmeister World Doubles was the fourth staging of the doubles snooker tournament. It was played at the Derngate in Northampton and held between 4 and 15 December 1985 with the tournament televised on ITV.

Defending champions Alex Higgins and Jimmy White's hopes ended at the qualifying stages. Steve Davis and Tony Meo went on to regain the title beating Ray Reardon and Tony Jones who beat Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths in the semi-final in by now a three session final as it was with the other ITV snooker tournaments but all sessions of the final were never televised due to a strike by electricians. Davis and Meo also got the highest combined break of 174 in their semi-final match against Cliff Thorburn and Willie Thorne.

Results

Results from the last 16 onwards are shown below. Winning players are denoted in bold.

Last 16 Best of 9 framesQuarter-finals Best of 9 framesSemi-finals Best of 17 framesFinal Best of 23 frames
England England Fowler/West4
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans5
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans4
Wales England Reardon/Jones5
Wales England Reardon/Jones5
England England Taylor/Hallett0
Wales England Reardon/Jones9
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths6
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths5
England Wales Spencer/Newbury0
Northern Ireland Wales Taylor/Griffiths5
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones2
England England Knowles/Johnson4
Wales Wales Mountjoy/Jones5
Wales England Reardon/Jones5
England England Davis/Meo12
England England Davis/Meo5
Republic of Ireland England E. Hughes/M. Smith4
England England Davis/Meo5
England England Parrott/Foulds3
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton4
England England Parrott/Foulds5
England England Davis/Meo9
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne6
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne5
Wales Australia Wilson/King2
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne5
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco2
Canada England Stevens/Virgo3
South Africa South Africa S Francisco/P Francisco5

Selected earlier results

Played in Birmingham 6–7 November 1985

First Round

England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson5–2England England Houlihan/Bennett

Sccond Round

Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin5–0England England G. Foulds/Scott
England England Fowler/West5– 4Canada Canada Chaperon/Gauvreau
England England Williamson/Duggan5– 1England England Gilbert/Harris

Last 32

England England Fowler/West5– 4Northern Ireland England Higgins/White
Australia South Africa Campbell/Mans5– 3England Scotland Martin/MacLeod
Wales England Reardon/Jones5–3England Australia Cripsey/Wilkinson
England England Hallett/David Taylor5– 4England Republic of Ireland Medati/Browne
Wales Northern Ireland Griffiths/Dennis Taylor5– 4England England Wildman/Edmonds
England Wales Spencer/Newbury5– 4England Northern Ireland Bales/McLaughlin
England England Knowles/Johnson5–2Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Murphy/Fagan
Wales Wales Mountjoy/W.Jones5– 2England England Bradley/Chalmers
England England S. Davis/Meo5– 2England England Williams/Miles
Republic of Ireland England Hughes/Smith5–4Scotland Scotland Rea/McLaughlin
Canada Australia Werbeniuk/Charlton5– 4England Canada Dodd/Bear
England England N. Foulds/Parrott5–1Scotland Wales Donnelly/Roscoe
Canada England Thorburn/Thorne5– 1Wales Canada Chappel/Jonik
Wales Australia Wilson/King5– 3England England Williamson/Duggan
South Africa South Africa S. Francisco/P. Francisco5–0England England F. Davis/Watterson
Canada England Stevens/Virgo5– 0England England Reynolds/Longworth