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1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

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Men's singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionUnited Kingdom Laurence Doherty
Runner-upAustralia Norman Brookes
Score8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw71
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1904 · Wimbledon Championships · 1906 →

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

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Key

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Challenge round

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Challenge Round
       
Australia Norman Brookes 6 2 4
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty 8 6 6

All comers' finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6 2 2
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 8 6 6
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 3 7 2
Australia Norman Brookes 6 9 6
United Kingdom Frank Riseley 3 2 4
Australia Norman Brookes 6 6 6
Australia Norman Brookes 1 6 6 1 7
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 6 4 1 6 5
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 6 6 6
United States William Larned 2 4 4
United Kingdom Sydney Smith 6 3 6 4 6
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 0 6 4 6 1
United Kingdom Arthur Cronin 0 2 0
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom F Leaver 6 6 6
Belgium Fernand Houget 4 0 2
United Kingdom F Leaver 4 0 1
New Zealand A Wilding 6 6 6
New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6 7 6
Australia Alfred Dunlop 4 5 4
New Zealand A Wilding 5 1 8 7 10
United States W Clothier 7 6 6 5 8
United States William Clothier 6 6 6
New Zealand Alan Perceval 1 2 3
United States W Clothier 6 6 6
United Kingdom R Hough 2 3 4
United Kingdom Robert Hough
United Kingdom B Nehru w/o

Section 2

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Arthur Gore 6 1 6 6
United Kingdom Sydney Adams 3 6 0 1
United Kingdom A Gore 6 6 6
United Kingdom TD Stoward 4 2 2
United Kingdom Thomas Stoward 6 6 6
United Kingdom GM Thomas 3 2 1
United Kingdom A Gore 6 7 6 6
United States B Wright 2 9 3 2
United Kingdom Ernest Parton 4 6 6 5 6
Belgium William le Maire de Warzée 6 4 4 7 1
United Kingdom E Parton 2 4 3
United States B Wright 6 6 6
United States Beals Wright 6 6 6
United Kingdom Charles Simond 2 2 1

Section 3

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom EW Timmis
Belgium Paul de Borman w/o
United Kingdom EW Timmis 2 2 1
United Kingdom F Riseley 6 6 6
United Kingdom Frank Riseley 6 6 6
United Kingdom John Flavelle 2 4 4
United Kingdom F Riseley 6 6 6
United Kingdom A Taylor 1 0 2
United Kingdom Alfred Taylor 9 6 6
United Kingdom Evan Gwynne-Evans 7 3 3
United Kingdom A Taylor
United Kingdom N Davidson w/o
United Kingdom Nigel Davidson
Denmark Thomas Hillerup w/o

Section 4

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

Bottom half

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Section 5

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

Section 6

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
New Zealand Harry Parker 6 6 7
United States K Doust 3 2 5
New Zealand H Parker 6 6 6
United Kingdom R McNair 4 4 3
United Kingdom Roderick McNair 6 6 6
United Kingdom Wallace Groser 2 2 2
New Zealand H Parker 4 6 4 7 3
United States W Larned 6 1 6 5 6
United Kingdom George Orme
United Kingdom Harold Mahony w/o
United Kingdom GL Orme 3 3 3
United States W Larned 6 6 6
United States William Larned 6 6 6
Denmark Erik Larsen 1 0 1

Section 7

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom ER Clarke
United Kingdom George Ball-Greene w/o
United Kingdom ER Clarke 6 6 6 4 1
United Kingdom E Yatman 2 3 8 6 6
United Kingdom Edward Yatman 4 6 6 7
Germany Ferdinand Uhl 6 2 4 5
United Kingdom E Yatman 7 6 2 6
United Kingdom A Cronin 9 3 6 8
United Kingdom Ernest Wills
Sweden Wollmar Boström w/o
United Kingdom E Wills 2 2 2
United Kingdom A Cronin 6 6 6
United Kingdom Arthur Cronin 6 6 6
United Kingdom Frederick Plaskitt 2 3 1

Section 8

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First round Second round Third round Fourth round
United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6 6 6
Australia Barney Murphy 2 2 1
United Kingdom M Ritchie 6 6 6
United Kingdom Cecil Hartley 3 3 2
United Kingdom Cecil Hartley 6 6 8
United Kingdom WJ Lancaster 3 3 6
United Kingdom M Ritchie 6 8 6
United Kingdom A Beamish 1 6 2
United Kingdom Henry Pollard 7 6 5 6
South Africa Harold Kitson 5 4 7 2
United Kingdom Henry Pollard 0 3 5
United Kingdom A Beamish 6 6 7
United Kingdom Alfred Beamish 6 6 6
United Kingdom David Hawes 3 3 2

References

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