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1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Final
ChampionsUnited Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
Runners-upUnited Kingdom Frank Riseley
United Kingdom Sydney Smith
Score6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Details
Draw31
Seeds
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1904 · Wimbledon Championships · 1906 →

Frank Riseley and Sydney Smith defeated Norman Brookes and Alfred Dunlop 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 in the All Comers' Final, but the reigning champions Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty defeated Riseley and Smith 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3 in the challenge round to win the gentlemen's doubles 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
       
United Kingdom Frank Riseley
United Kingdom Sydney Smith
2 4 8 3
United Kingdom Laurence Doherty
United Kingdom Reginald Doherty
6 6 6 6

All comers' finals

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Semifinals Final
              
Australia Norman Brookes
Australia Alfred Dunlop
6 6 2 6
United States William Clothier
United States William Larned
4 0 6 1
Australia Norman Brookes
Australia Alfred Dunlop
2 6 2 3
United Kingdom Frank Riseley
United Kingdom Sydney Smith
6 1 6 6
United States Holcombe Ward
United States Beals Wright
6 3 2 7
United Kingdom Frank Riseley
United Kingdom Sydney Smith
2 6 6 9

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
Australia Norman Brookes
Australia Alfred Dunlop
6 6 8
United Kingdom Charles Gouldesborough
United States ER Paterson
2 2 6 Australia N Brookes
Australia A Dunlop
4 6 6 4 6
United Kingdom Clement Cazalet
United Kingdom George Hillyard
1 6 6 6 United Kingdom C Cazalet
United Kingdom G Hillyard
6 2 3 6 4
United Kingdom E Morris Hall
United Kingdom TD Stoward
6 3 1 2 Australia N Brookes
Australia A Dunlop
6 6 6
United Kingdom John Flavelle
South Africa Harold Kitson
6 6 6 United Kingdom J Flavelle
South Africa H Kitson
2 2 1
United Kingdom F Leaver
Germany Ferdinand Uhl
2 4 1 United Kingdom J Flavelle
South Africa H Kitson
5 6 8 6
United Kingdom Roderick McNair
United Kingdom Alfred Sterry
United Kingdom R McNair
United Kingdom A Sterry
7 3 6 4
United Kingdom Sydney Adams
Belgium William le Maire de Warzée
w/o Australia N Brookes
Australia A Dunlop
6 6 2 6
United Kingdom George Caridia
United Kingdom Arthur Gore
3 6 7 6 United States W Clothier
United States W Larned
4 0 6 1
United Kingdom Charlie Finlason
United Kingdom CH Mounsey
6 3 5 0 United Kingdom G Caridia
United Kingdom A Gore
5 6 6 4
United Kingdom George Ball-Greene
United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves
6 6 7 United Kingdom G Ball-Greene
United Kingdom W Eaves
7 8 4 6
United Kingdom Charles Simond
United Kingdom JB Ward
2 2 5 United Kingdom G Ball-Greene
United Kingdom W Eaves
6 3 2 6 2
United States William Clothier
United States William Larned
6 6 6 United States W Clothier
United States W Larned
2 6 6 4 6
Denmark Thomas Hillerup
Denmark Erik Larsen
3 1 1 United States W Clothier
United States W Larned
6 6 6
United Kingdom ER Clarke
United Kingdom EW Timmis
6 6 4 5 9 United Kingdom ER Clarke
United Kingdom EW Timmis
2 3 3
United Kingdom Arthur Norris
United Kingdom Henry Wilson-Fox
2 2 6 7 7

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
United States Holcombe Ward
United States Beals Wright
9 6 6
United Kingdom Evan Gwynne Evans
United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato
7 3 4 United States H Ward
United States B Wright
United Kingdom Frank Pearce
United Kingdom Kenneth Powell
6 3 6 3 6 United Kingdom F Pearce
United Kingdom K Powell
w/o
United Kingdom Walter Bailey
United Kingdom WP Groser
1 6 2 6 4 United States H Ward
United States B Wright
6 3 4 6 6
United States K Doust
Australia Barney Murphy
6 6 6 United Kingdom H Baddeley
United Kingdom W Baddeley
2 6 6 1 1
United Kingdom AW Perceval
United Kingdom FW Perceval
1 2 1 United States K Doust
Australia B Murphy
7 4 7 2
United Kingdom Herbert Baddeley
United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley
3 6 6 6 United Kingdom H Baddeley
United Kingdom W Baddeley
9 6 5 6
United Kingdom Lionel Escombe
United Kingdom Robert Hough
6 2 3 4 United States H Ward
United States B Wright
6 3 2 7
United Kingdom Alfred Beamish
United Kingdom Henry Pollard
6 6 6 United Kingdom F Riseley
United Kingdom S Smith
2 6 6 9
United Kingdom HJW Fosbery
United Kingdom David Hawes
1 1 4 United Kingdom A Beamish
United Kingdom H Pollard
3 1 1
United Kingdom Frank Riseley
United Kingdom Sydney Smith
United Kingdom F Riseley
United Kingdom S Smith
6 6 6
United Kingdom Arthur Cronin
United Kingdom Thomas Haydon
w/o United Kingdom F Riseley
United Kingdom S Smith
7 6 6
New Zealand Harry Parker
New Zealand Anthony Wilding
7 3 6 6 New Zealand H Parker
New Zealand A Wilding
5 3 2
United Kingdom Major Ritchie
United Kingdom George Simond
5 6 3 4 New Zealand H Parker
New Zealand A Wilding
United Kingdom Ernest Parton
United Kingdom Frederick Plaskitt

References

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