Events in Sport
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Jul 1 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 2 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg beats American Jimmy Connors 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 for the second of 5 consecutive Wimbledon singles titles
British Golf Open
Jul 9 British Open Men's Golf, Turnberry: Tom Watson wins second of 5 Open titles by a stroke from Jack Nicklaus; pair play together in final 2 rounds; separate themselves from field under rare clear skies, remembered as the "Duel in the Sun"
- Jul 19 48th MLB All Star Game, Yankee Stadium, NYC, NY: NL wins, 7-5; MVP: Don Sutton, LA Dodgers, P
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez
- Jul 24 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France
Sports History
Jul 28 Legendary England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham on debut takes 5 for 74 in the Australian 1st innings in a 7 wicket 3rd Test win at Trent Bridge
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 1 Jerome Iginla, Canadian NHL right wing (Olympic gold 2002, 10), born in Edmonton, Canada
- Jul 5 Nicolas Kiefer, German tennis player, born in Holzminden, West Germany
- Jul 5 Javier López, Puerto Rican MLB baseball pitcher, 2003-16 (Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and 3 other teams), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Jul 6 Con Blatsis, Australian footballer, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Jul 6 Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer, born in Mdingi, Cape Province, South Africa
- Jul 8 Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player
- Jul 9 Ben McAdoo, American football coach (New York Giants, 2016-7), born in Homer City, Pennsylvania
- Jul 11 Brandon Short, American football player (NY Giants, Carolina Panthers), born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
- Jul 12 Francesca Lubiani, Italian tennis star (Futures-Amadora-POR), born in Bologna, Italy
- Jul 12 Neil Harris, English footballer
- Jul 15 André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler (36 Tests, 123 wickets, BB 6/32; Highveld Lions, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Germiston, South Africa
- Jul 17 Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player, born in Ottawa, Canada
- Jul 19 Haitham Mustafa, Sudanese footballer
- Jul 19 Ed Smith, English cricketer
- Jul 19 Jean-Sébastien Aubin, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Jul 20 Kiki Musampa, Congolese footballer
- Jul 20 Alessandro dos Santos, Brazilian-born Japanese footballer
- Jul 21 Allison Wagner, American swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Gainesville, Florida
- Jul 21 Paul Casey, English golfer (Ryder Cup wins 2004, 06, 18; 3 PGA Tour titles, 13 European Tour titles; PGA C'ship 2020 runner-up), born in Cheltenham, England
- Jul 22 Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
- Jul 23 Néicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer, born in San Lorenzo, Ecuador
- Jul 23 Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player, born in Des Moines, Iowa
- Jul 24 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player (FC Twente)
- Jul 24 Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player
- Jul 25 Kenny Thomas, American basketball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 26 Martin Laursen, Danish footballer (A.C. Milan), born in Fårvang, Denmark
- Jul 28 Aki Berg, Finnish NHL defenseman (LA Kings), born in Raisio, Finland
- Jul 28 Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player, born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina
- Jul 29 Greg Burgess, American 200m individual medley (Olympic silver 1992, 96)
- Jul 30 Jayme Dickman, American 3x20 rifle shooter (Olympics 1996), born in South Bend, Indiana
- Jul 31 Tim Couch, American NFL quarterback (#1 overall draft pick 1999, Cleveland Browns), born in Hyden, Kentucky
Weddings in Sport
Mike Ditka
Jul 8 NFL coach Mike Ditka (37) weds Diana Trantham in Dallas County, Texas
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 29 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies