Tennis
Australia
- Australian Men's Singles Championship – not contested
- Australian Women's Singles Championship – not contested
England
- Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – not contested
- Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – not contested
France
- French Men's Singles Championship – Bernard Destremau (France) defeats Marcel Bernard (France) — score to be ascertained
- French Women's Singles Championship – Alice Weiwers (Luxembourg) † details to be ascertained
USA
- American Men's Singles Championship – Ted Schroeder (USA) defeats Frank Parker (USA) 8–6, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
- American Women's Singles Championship – Pauline Betz Addie (USA) defeats Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Davis Cup
- 1942 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – not contested
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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)
“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)
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