- Jul 1 All NBA business apart from the Draft is suspended until a new collective bargaining agreement made with the players - no games lost
US Senior Golf Open
Jul 2 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Congressional GC: Tom Weiskopf wins by 4 strokes from Jack Nicklaus for his only Champions Tour major victory

Jack Nicklaus
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
Jul 8 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: German superstar Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 for her 6th Wimbledon title

Steffi Graf

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- Jul 8 NHL Draft: Detroit Jr. Red Wings (OHL) defenceman Bryan Berard first pick by Ottawa Senators
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
Jul 9 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins his 3rd straight Wimbledon title; beats Boris Becker of Germany 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Pete Sampras

Boris Becker
- Jul 11 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington Tx
- Jul 11 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)
- Jul 14 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins 7-0
- Jul 16 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: J C Snead wins his lone career major title as he birdies first playoff hole against Jack Nicklaus
US Women's Golf Open
Jul 16 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Annika Sörenstam of Sweden wins her first of 10 LPGA major titles with a 1 shot victory over Meg Mallon

Meg Mallon
- Jul 21 Brian Lara completes a pair for West Indians v Kent
- Jul 21 KC Royals set club-record of 22 singles in 15 innings
British Golf Open
Jul 23 British Open Men's Golf, St. Andrews: Controversial American John Daly wins his 2nd major title by 4 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with Costantino Rocca of Italy

John Daly
- Jul 23 Tour de France: Miguel Induráin of Spain wins 5th consecutive Tour, 4' 35" ahead of Alex Zülle; Laurent Jalabert points winner
Event of Interest
Jul 29 Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova in her return to tennis

Monica Seles

Martina Navratilova
Hall of Fame
Jul 30 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter baseball's Hall of Fame

Richie Ashburn

Mike Schmidt
- Jul 30 British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Portrush GC: Brian Barnes of Scotland wins in a playoff with American Bob Murphy