1905 in Sports - Tennis

Tennis

Events

  • Inaugural Australian Championship is held, but for men only

Australia

  • Australian Men's Singles Championship – Rodney Heath defeats Arthur Curtis 4–6 6–3 6–4 6–4

England

  • Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Lawrence Doherty (GB) defeats Norman Brookes (Australia) 8–6 6–2 6–4
  • Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton Bundy defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 6–3 6–4

France

  • French Men's Singles Championship – Maurice Germot defeats André Vacherot: details unknown
  • French Women's Singles Championship – Kate Gillou defeats Y de Pfooffel 6–0 11–9

USA

  • American Men's Singles Championship – Beals Wright defeats Holcombe Ward 6–2 6–1 11–9
  • American Women's Singles Championship – Elisabeth Moore defeats Helen Homans 6–4 5–7 6–1

Davis Cup

  • 1905 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – British Isles 5–0 United States at Queen's Club (grass) London, United Kingdom

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