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Men's doubles
1905 Wimbledon Championships
Final
Champions	Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty
Runners-up	Frank Riseley Sydney Smith
Score	6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Details
Draw	31
Seeds	–
Events
Singles men women Doubles men women
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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.

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special exempt
• PR = Protected ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted
• SR = Special ranking

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.

External links

• Source for the draw at Wimbledon.com

• 1905 Wimbledon Championships
• Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles