1905 Australasian Championships

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1905 Australasian Championships
Date21–25 November 1905 [1]
Edition1st
Surface Grass
Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Venue Warehouseman's Cricket Ground
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Rodney Heath [1]
Doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Randolph Lycett / Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Tom Tachell [2]
Australasian Championships ·  1906  

The 1905 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts in Melbourne, Australia at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. The tournament took place from 21 November [3] through 25 November 1905. It was the inaugural edition of the Australasian Championships and consisted of a men's singles and men's doubles competition. The men's singles event had a field of 17 players and was won by Australian Rodney Heath. [1] [4]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Rodney Heath defeated Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Albert Curtis, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 [1]

Doubles

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Randolph Lycett / Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Tom Tachell defeated Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg E.T. Barnard / Flag of Australia (1903-1908).svg Basil Spence, 11–9, 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 6–1 [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Inter-state Tennis. Australasian Championship". The Age . November 27, 1905. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Australasian Lawn Tennis Championships". The Sydney Morning Herald . November 27, 1905. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  3. Game, Set and Glory. A History of the Australian Tennis Championships page 4 by Bruce Matthews : " ... the Australasian tennis championships were born ... on Tuesday, 21 November 1905."
  4. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 355. ISBN   978-0942257700.
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