1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles

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' Doubles tennis title at the 1905 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2]

Men's Doubles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Champions Laurence Doherty
Reginald Doherty
Runners-up Frank Riseley
Sydney Smith
Final score6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Draw31
Seeds

Draw

Key

Challenge round

Challenge Round
       
Frank Riseley
Sydney Smith
2 4 8 3
Laurence Doherty
Reginald Doherty
6 6 6 6

All Comers' Finals

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

Top half

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

Bottom half

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

References

  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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