1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

Men's singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champion	Laurence Doherty
Runner-up	Norman Brookes
Final score	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw	71
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men
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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
										AW 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
										TD 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	0r
																			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
	HJW 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
										JB 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
										WP Groser		2	2	2
																												H Parker		4	6	4	7	3
																												W Larned		6	1	6	5	6
										GL 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
										E 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
																			C 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
																			H Pollard		0	3	5
																			A Beamish		6	6	7
										Alfred Beamish		6	6	6
										David Hawes		3	3	2

References[]

External links[]

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com