1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles

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]

Men's Singles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champion Laurence Doherty
Runner-up Norman Brookes
Final score8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Draw71
Seeds–
Main article: 1905 Wimbledon Championships

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
  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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