Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Lawrence Doherty (GB) 6–3 6–3 2–6 5–7 6–1
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Charlotte Cooper Sterry (GB) defeats Louise Martin (GB) 6–4 6–4
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé defeats Paul Lebreton: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson wins: details unknown
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman defeats Dwight F. Davis 3–6 6–2 6–2 6–1
- American Women's Singles Championship – Juliette Atkinson defeats Marion Jones 6–3 5–7 6–4 2–6 7–5
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“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)
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“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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