title: 1905 Wimbledon Championships
text: # 1905 Wimbledon Championships
  
  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
  
  Laurence Doherty defeated Norman Brookes, 8–6, 6–2, 6–4
  
  ### Women's singles
  
  May Sutton defeated Dorothea Douglass, 6–3, 6–4
  
  ### Men's doubles
  
  Laurence Doherty / Reginald Doherty defeated Frank Riseley / Sydney Smith, 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
  
  