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

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
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Draw

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Challenge round

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

All comers' finals

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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

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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

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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

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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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