Events in Sport
Tennis Open
Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title
Chris Evert
Hana Mandlikova
Tennis Open
Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe ends Björn Borg's streak of 5 straight Wimbledon titles with a famous 4-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 victory
John McEnroe
Björn Borg
Event of Interest
Jul 5 Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Summerlea GC: Jan Stephenson of Australia wins by 1 shot from Pat Bradley & Nancy Lopez
Pat Bradley
Nancy Lopez
Event of Interest
Jul 7 England cricket captain Ian Botham resigned after no wins in 12 matches under his reign and a pair in the 2nd Test v Australia at Lord's
Ian Botham
- Jul 12 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
Event of Interest
Jul 19 British Open Golf, Royal St George's GC: American Bill Rogers wins his only major title, 4 strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer of Germany
Bernhard Langer
- Jul 19 68th Tour de France won by Bernard Hinault of France
- Jul 25 Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby test between New Zealand's All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game
- Jul 26 36th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Pat Bradley
- Jul 29 Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police who use batons to stop them marching to South Africa’s Consul in New Zealand
- Jul 31 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends
Birthdays in Sport
- Jul 2 Angel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Jul 2 Aaron Voros, Canadian hockey player
- Jul 4 Francisco Cruceta, Dominican baseball player
- Jul 5 Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player
- Jul 6 Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics 1996)
- Jul 6 Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player
- Jul 7 MS [Mahendra Singh] Dhoni, Indian cricketer (Indian national team ODI captain 2007-2014, Test captain 2008-14), born in Ranchi, Bihar
- Jul 8 Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player (2004 French Open), born in Moscow, Russia
- Jul 9 Kimveer Gill, Canadian spree shooter (Dawson College shooting) (d. 2006)
- Jul 11 Mary Beth Arnold, Reno Nevada, gymnast (World-bronze-95)
- Jul 11 Andre Johnson, American football player
- Jul 15 Alecia Ingram, gymnast (alt-Olympics 1996), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Jul 17 Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer
- Jul 19 Naomi Grabow, lake Arrowhead California, pairs skater (& Benjamin Oberman)
- Jul 19 Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, Brazilian footballer
- Jul 19 Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
- Jul 19 David Bernard, West Indian cricketer
- Jul 20 Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
- Jul 21 Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
- Jul 21 Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- Jul 21 Titus Bramble, English footballer
- Jul 23 Jarkko Nieminen, Finnish tennis player
- Jul 25 Conor Casey, American soccer player (Colorado Rapids), born in Dover, New Hampshire
- Jul 25 Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player, born in Helsinki, Finland
- Jul 27 Susan King Borchardt, American basketball player, born in Richfield, Minnesota
- Jul 27 Collins Obuya, Kenyan cricketer, born in Nairobi, Kenya
- Jul 28 Michael Carrick, English footballer, born in Wallsend, England
- Jul 29 Jennie Thompson, gymnast (Jr Natl-champ-93, Olympics 1996), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
- Jul 29 Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver (World Championship 2005, 2006), born in Oviedo
- Jul 29 Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
- Jul 29 Troy Perkins, American soccer player
- Jul 30 Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2017)
- Jul 30 Juan Smith, South African rugby player
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jul 1 NFL quarterback Joe Montana (25) weds second wife Cathleen Castillo
Joe Montana