1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
Men's singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champion	Laurence Doherty
Runner-up	Norman Brookes
Score	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	71
Seeds	–
Events

Norman Brookes defeated Sydney Smith 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 7–5 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champion Laurence Doherty defeated Brookes 8–6, 6–2, 6–4 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1905 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]^[2]

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round

Norman Brookes	6	2	4

Laurence Doherty	8	6	6

All comers' finals

Quarterfinals				Semifinals						Final

Anthony Wilding	6	2	2

Arthur Gore	8	6	6
				Arthur Gore	3	7	2

				Norman Brookes	6	9	6
Frank Riseley	3	2	4

Norman Brookes	6	6	6
										Norman Brookes	1	6	6	1	7

										Sydney Smith	6	4	1	6	5
Sydney Smith	6	6	6

William Larned	2	4	4
				Sydney Smith	6	3	6	4	6

				Major Ritchie	0	6	4	6	1
Arthur Cronin	0	2	0

Major Ritchie	6	6	6

Top half

Section 1

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	F Leaver	6	6	6
	Fernand Houget	4	0	2
					F Leaver	4	0	1
					A Wilding	6	6	6
	Anthony Wilding	6	7	6
	Alfred Dunlop	4	5	4
									A Wilding	5	1	8	7	10
									W Clothier	7	6	6	5	8
	William Clothier	6	6	6
	Alan Perceval	1	2	3
					W Clothier	6	6	6
					R Hough	2	3	4
	Robert Hough
	B Nehru	w/o

Section 2

First round	Second round						Third round				Fourth round

	Arthur Gore	6	1	6	6
	Sydney Adams	3	6	0	1
							A Gore	6	6	6
							TD Stoward	4	2	2
	Thomas Stoward	6	6	6
	GM Thomas	3	2	1
											A Gore	6	7	6	6
											B Wright	2	9	3	2
	Ernest Parton	4	6	6	5	6
	William le Maire de Warzée	6	4	4	7	1
							E Parton	2	4	3
							B Wright	6	6	6
	Beals Wright	6	6	6
	Charles Simond	2	2	1

Section 3

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	EW Timmis
	Paul de Borman	w/o
					EW Timmis	2	2	1
					F Riseley	6	6	6
	Frank Riseley	6	6	6
	John Flavelle	2	4	4
									F Riseley	6	6	6
									A Taylor	1	0	2
	Alfred Taylor	9	6	6
	Evan Gwynne-Evans	7	3	3
					A Taylor
					N Davidson	w/o
	Nigel Davidson
	Thomas Hillerup	w/o

Section 4

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

				C Cazalet	8	6	6
				JB Ward	6	3	0
									C Cazalet	10	6	0^r
									G Hillyard	8	8	0
				G Hillyard	6	9	6
				G Simond	4	7	2
													G Hillyard	3	1	3
E Morris Hall	4	3	1										N Brookes	6	6	6
Lionel Escombe	6	6	6	L Escombe	2	6	6	7
GO Thomas	1	2	0	H Wilson-Fox	6	3	2	5
Henry Wilson-Fox	6	6	6						L Escombe	3	4	4
Charlie Finlason	6	5	2						N Brookes	6	6	6
George Caridia	8	7	6	G Caridia	2	1	0
Norman Brookes	6	6	6	N Brookes	6	6	6
Ernest Salmon	0	2	3

Bottom half

Section 5

First round				Second round					Third round				Fourth round

Henry Fosbery	6	6	6
Charles Gouldesborough	2	2	4	HJW Fosbery	6	6	9
Kenneth Powell				K Powell	4	3	7
Reginald Doherty	w/o								HJW Fosbery	3	2	3
Sydney Smith	6	6	8						S Smith	6	6	6
Holcombe Ward	4	3	6	S Smith	6	6	6
				Wilberforce Eaves	2	2	3
													S Smith	6	6	6
													T Mavrogordato	2	0	2
				Penn Gaskell
				John Dufall	w/o
									P Gaskell	0	0	0
									T Mavrogordato	6	6	6
				Theodore Mavrogordato	5	6	6	6
				Frank Pearce	7	2	3	2

Section 6

First round	Second round				Third round				Fourth round

	Harry Parker	6	6	7
	K Doust	3	2	5
					H Parker	6	6	6
					R McNair	4	4	3
	Roderick McNair	6	6	6
	Wallace Groser	2	2	2
									H Parker	4	6	4	7	3
									W Larned	6	1	6	5	6
	George Orme
	Harold Mahony	w/o
					GL Orme	3	3	3
					W Larned	6	6	6
	William Larned	6	6	6
	Erik Larsen	1	0	1

Section 7

First round	Second round					Third round						Fourth round

	ER Clarke
	George Ball-Greene	w/o
						ER Clarke	6	6	6	4	1
						E Yatman	2	3	8	6	6
	Edward Yatman	4	6	6	7
	Ferdinand Uhl	6	2	4	5
												E Yatman	7	6	2	6
												A Cronin	9	3	6	8
	Ernest Wills
	Wollmar Boström	w/o
						E Wills	2	2	2
						A Cronin	6	6	6
	Arthur Cronin	6	6	6
	Frederick Plaskitt	2	3	1

Section 8

First round	Second round					Third round				Fourth round

	Major Ritchie	6	6	6
	Barney Murphy	2	2	1
						M Ritchie	6	6	6
						Cecil Hartley	3	3	2
	Cecil Hartley	6	6	8
	WJ Lancaster	3	3	6
										M Ritchie	6	8	6
										A Beamish	1	6	2
	Henry Pollard	7	6	5	6
	Harold Kitson	5	4	7	2
						Henry Pollard	0	3	5
						A Beamish	6	6	7
	Alfred Beamish	6	6	6
	David Hawes	3	3	2

References

^ Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.
^ Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

External links

Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

Preceded by 1904 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles	Grand Slam men's singles	Succeeded by 1905 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles

[Tingay-1] Tingay, Lance (1977). 100 Years of Wimbledon. Enfield [Eng.]: Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0900424710.

[Barrett-2] Barrett, John (2014). Wimbledon: The Official History (4th ed.). Vision Sports Publishing. ISBN 9-781909-534230.

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