Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Wilfred Baddeley (GB) defeats Wilberforce Eaves (GB) 4–6 2–6 8–6 6–2 6–3
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) defeats Helen Jackson (GB) 7–5 8–6
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – André Vacherot defeats Laurent Riboulet 9–7 6–2
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Fred Hovey defeats Robert Wrenn 6–3 6–2 6–4
- American Women's Singles Championship – Juliette Atkinson defeats Helen Hellwig 6–4 6–2 6–1
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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)
“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)
“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)
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