Events in Sport
Tennis Open
Jul 1 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Hometown favourite Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Virginia Wade
- Jul 1 East German sprinter Marlies Göhr sets world record for 100m (10.88) in Dresden, Germany
- 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
- Jul 3 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Lachute GC: Judy Rankin wins by 3 strokes from Pat Meyers and Sandra Palmer
- Jul 4 Red Sox end 9-game losing streak by smashing a MLB-record 8 HRs in a 9-6 win vs Toronto at Fenway Park
British Golf Open
Jul 9 British Open 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"
Tom Watson
Jack Nicklaus
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
Nancy Lopez
- Jul 24 64th Tour de France won by Bernard Thevenet of France
Event of Interest
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
Ian Botham
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.
- Jul 6 Con Blatsis, Australian footballer
- Jul 6 Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer
- 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
- Jul 12 Neil Harris, English footballer
- Jul 15 Andre Nel, South African Cricketer
- Jul 17 Marc Savard, Canadian hockey player
- 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, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic silver 1996)
- Jul 21 Paul Casey, English golfer (Ryder Cup wins 2004, 06, 18; 3 PGA Tour titles, 13 European Tour titles), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Jul 22 Gustavo Nery, Brazilian footballer
- Jul 23 Neicer Reasco, Ecuadorian footballer
- Jul 23 Scott Clemmensen, American ice hockey player
- 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 football player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jul 8 NFL coach Mike Ditka (37) weds Diana Trantham in Dallas County, Texas
Mike Ditka
Deaths in Sport
- Jul 29 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies