Tennis
- June 6 – death of Rafael Osuna, Mexican tennis player, in an air crash
- June 21 – death of Maureen Connolly (34), first winner of the women's Grand Slam
- Australian Rod Laver, one of only two men to ever win the Grand Slam in tennis wins it for the second time
- Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
- Australian Open - Rod Laver (Australia)
- French Open - Rod Laver
- Wimbledon championships - Rod Laver
- US Open - Rod Laver
- Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
- Australian Open - Margaret Court
- French Open - Margaret Court
- Wimbledon championships - Ann Haydon Jones
- US Open - Margaret Court
- Davis Cup – United States wins 5-0 over Romania in world tennis.
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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)
“The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.”
—Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)
“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)