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1905 Wimbledon Championships

Field	Value
date	26 June – 8 July
edition	29th
location	Worple Road
SW19, Wimbledon,
London, United Kingdom
venue	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
surface	Grass
category	Grand Slam
champms	UKGBI Laurence Doherty
champws	USA May Sutton
champmd	UKGBI Laurence Doherty / UKGBI Reginald Doherty

SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

The 1905 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 26 June until 8 July. It was the 29th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1905. May Sutton was the first overseas winner of a Wimbledon championship. There were 71 entries into the men's singles draw setting a new participation record for the event.

Finals

Men's singles

Main article: 1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles

UKGBI Laurence Doherty defeated AUS Norman Brookes, 8–6, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 1905 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

USA May Sutton defeated UKGBI Dorothea Douglass, 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 1905 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

UKGBI Laurence Doherty / UKGBI Reginald Doherty defeated UKGBI Frank Riseley / UKGBI Sydney Smith, 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3

References

2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little (The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, 2010)
100 Years of Wimbledon, by Lance Tingay (Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977)
"Gentlemen's Singles Finals 1877-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
"Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.
"Gentlemen's Doubles Finals 1884-2016". [[The Championships, Wimbledon.

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