Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Lawrence Doherty (GB) 6–3 6–3 2–6 5–7 6–1
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) defeats Louise Martin (GB) 6–4 6–4
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé defeats Paul Lebreton: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson wins: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman defeats Dwight F. Davis 3–6 6–2 6–2 6–1
- American Women's Singles Championship – Juliette Atkinson defeats Marion Jones 6–3 5–7 6–4 2–6 7–5
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it’s hard to think of doing something else where you know you’ll never be the best. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you’re the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it’s not all there is to life and I’m ready to explore the alternatives.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
“[My one tennis book] was very, very old. It had a picture of Bill Tilden. I looked at the picture and that was how I learned to hold the racket.”
—Maria Bueno (b. 1939)