Events in Sport
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
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
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
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
Golf Tournament
Jul 5 Canadian Open Women's 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
Event of Interest
Jul 11 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1K (2:12.18)
Sebastian Coe
Event of Interest
Jul 12 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Arnold Palmer comfortably wins 18-hole playoff against Billy Casper and Bob Stone
Arnold Palmer
British Golf Open
Jul 19 British Open Men's 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 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Pat Bradley shoots final round 66 (−6) to finish 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Beth Daniel; second of Bradley's 6 major titles
- 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 Mid-season strike by MLB players ends after 42 days causing cancellation of 713 games; players and owners come to an agreement on free agent compensation
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, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic
- Jul 5 Jesse Crain, Canadian baseball player, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Jul 6 Nicole Kantek, Australian gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in New South Wales, Australia
- Jul 6 Nnamdi Asomugha, American football player, born in Lafayette, Louisiana
- 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, gymnast (World-bronze-95), born in Reno, Nevada
- Jul 11 Andre Johnson, American football player
- Jul 17 Elpida Romantzi, Greek archer, born in Thessalonica, Greece
- Jul 19 Naomi Grabow, American pairs skater (with partner Benjamin Oberman), born in lLke Arrowhead California
- Jul 19 Nené [Anderson Luiz de Carvalho], Brazilian footballer (La Liga), born in Jundiaí, Brazil
- Jul 19 Jimmy Gobble, American baseball player
- Jul 19 David Bernard, West Indian cricketer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 20 Damien Delaney, Irish footballer
- Jul 21 Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist, born in Ostfildern, West Germany
- Jul 21 Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer, born in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
- Jul 21 Titus Bramble, English footballer, born in Ipswich, Engalnd
- 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 cricket all-rounder (104 ODIs, 35 wickets, 11 x 50), 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 auto racer (World Formula 1 Drivers Champion 2005-06; 24 Hours of Le Mans 2018-19; FIA World Endurance C'ship 2018-19), born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- 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, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Weddings in Sport
Wedding of Interest
Jul 1 NFL quarterback Joe Montana (25) weds second wife Cathleen Castillo
Joe Montana