Tennis
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Lawrence Doherty (GB) defeats Frank Riseley (GB) 7–5 6–3 6–0
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Ethel Thomson Larcombe 4–6 6–4 6–2
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats André Vacherot: details unknown
- French Women's Singles Championship – Françoise Masson defeats Kate Gillou 6–0 6–8 6–0
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Lawrence Doherty (GB) defeats William Larned 6–0 6–3 10–8
- American Women's Singles Championship – Elisabeth Moore defeats Marion Jones 7–5 8–6
Davis Cup
- 1903 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – British Isles 4–1 United States at Longwood Cricket Club (grass) Boston, United States
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“[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)
“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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