Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – Algernon Kingscote (GB) defeats Eric Pockley (Australia) 6–4 6–0 6–3
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Gerald Patterson (Australia) defeats Norman Brookes (Australia) 6–3 7–5 6–2
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Suzanne Lenglen defeats Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers 10–8 4–6 9–7
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
- French Women's Singles Championship – not contested due to World War I
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Bill Johnston (USA) defeats Bill Tilden (USA) 6–4 6–4 6–3
- American Women's Singles Championship – Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (USA) defeats Marion Zinderstein (USA) 6–1 6–2
Davis Cup
- 1919 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 4–1 Great Britain at Double Bay Grounds (grass) Sydney, Australia
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