1905 Australasian Championships

{{TennisEventInfo|1905|Australasian Championships|

| date= 21–25 November 1905

| edition=1st

| location=Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| venue=Warehouseman's Cricket Ground

| surface=Grass

| champs={{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Rodney Heath

| champd={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Randolph Lycett / {{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Tom Tachell

}}

The 1905 Australasian Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts in Melbourne, Australia, at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. The tournament took place from 21 NovemberGame, 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." to 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.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|page=355}}

Finals

=Singles=

{{main|1905 Australasian Championships – Singles}}

{{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Rodney Heath defeated {{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Albert Curtis, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 {{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nd1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MZEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7242,6122532|title=Inter-state Tennis. Australasian Championship.|newspaper=The Age|date=November 27, 1905|accessdate=February 23, 2011}}

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|UKGBI}} Randolph Lycett / {{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Tom Tachell defeated {{flagicon|AUS|1903}} E.T. Barnard / {{flagicon|AUS|1903}} Basil Spence, 11–9, 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 6–1 {{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GO9hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5413,1009832|title=Australasian Lawn Tennis Championships.|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=November 27, 1905|accessdate=February 23, 2011}}

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