Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Horace Rice (Australia) 6–1 6–2 6–3
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) defeats Herbert Barrett (GB) 6–4 4–6 2–6 6–2 retired
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Dora Boothby 6–0 6–0
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – André Gobert defeats Maurice Germot: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Jeanne Matthey defeats Marguerite Broquedis: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – William Larned defeats Maurice McLoughlin 6–4 6–4 6–2
- American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman defeats Florence Sutton 8–10 6–1 9–7
Davis Cup
- 1911 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 4–0 United States at Hagley Park (grass) Christchurch, New Zealand
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“[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)
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—Joseph Heller (b. 1923)
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