Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Lawrence Doherty (GB) defeats Frank Riseley (GB) 6–1 7–5 8–6
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6–0 6–3
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats André Vacherot 6–1 9–7 6–8 6–1
- French Women's Singles Championship – Kate Gillou defeats Françoise Masson: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Holcombe Ward defeats William Clothier 10–8 6–4 9–7
- American Women's Singles Championship – May Sutton defeats Elisabeth Moore 6–1 6–2
Davis Cup
- 1904 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – British Isles 5–0 Belgium at Warple Road (grass) London, United Kingdom
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“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)
“[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)
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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