1905 Australasian Championships (tennis)
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The 1905 Australasian Championships
was a tennis
tournament played on Grass court
s in Melbourne
, Australia
at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground
. The tournament took place in November 1905.
Rodney Heath
def. Arthur Curtis
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.
Randolph Lycett
/ Tom Tachell def. E.T. Barnard / B. Spence, 11–9, 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 6–1.
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
was a tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on Grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s in Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground
Albert Cricket Ground
Albert Cricket Ground, also known as the Albert Reserveand Warehouseman's Cricket Ground , is the home of the Victoria cricket team, in St Kilda, in Melbourne, Victoria.-Tennis:...
. The tournament took place in November 1905.
Singles
Rodney HeathRodney Heath
----Rodney Heath was an Australian male tennis player.Heath was the men's singles champion at the inaugural Australasian Championships in 1905...
def.
Arthur CurtisArthur Curtis (tennis)
Arthur Curtis was an Australian tennis player. He finished runner-up to Rodney Heath in the singles final of the inaugural Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1905.-Runner-up :-References:...
, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.
Doubles
Randolph LycettRandolph Lycett
Randolph Lycett was a famous men's doubles tennis player.Lycett was the recognized as one of the dominant players in men's doubles...
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Tom Tachell def. E.T. Barnard / B. Spence, 11–9, 8–6, 1–6, 4–6, 6–1.