TODAY'S EVENTS IN SPORTS HISTORY 2025

JULY 9

$48 Million Prize Money: Anyone For Tennis?

1877 First Wimbledon tennis championship - first official lawn tennis tournament - begins featuring men's singles only


Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles competition, 1877
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1891 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Bingley-Hillyard 6-2, 6-1 in a repeat matchup and result of the 2 previous finals


Tennis PlayerBlanche Bingley

Tennis Player and All-Round AthleteLottie Dod

• 1904 US Open Men's Golf, Glen View GC: defending champion Willie Anderson of Scotland wins the 3rd of his 4 Open titles, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls

Babe Ruth Contract
1914 Boston Red Sox purchase future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth's contract from minor league Baltimore Orioles


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

• 1932 Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed
• 1932 Yankees' Ben Chapman hits two inside-the-park home runs, tying the record
• 1933 Philadelphia-based NFL team Frankford Yellow Jackets is sold and rebranded as Philadelphia Eagles

British Golf Open
1937 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: Henry Cotton wins second of his 3 Open titles, 2 strokes ahead of fellow Englishman Reg Whitcombe


GolferHenry Cotton

• 1939 A meeting of 6,000 Indians, held at the Indian Sports Ground in Johannesburg, South Africa, launches the Passive Resistance Campaign against apartheid and racial policy in South Africa
• 1940 8th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
• 1946 13th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 12-0 at Fenway Park, Boston

Baseball History
1948 Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors, pitching two scoreless innings for Cleveland in St. Louis


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherSatchel Paige
British Golf Open
1949 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St.George's GC: South African Bobby Locke wins a 36-hole playoff by 12 strokes from Irishman Harry Bradshaw


GolferBobby Locke

• 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games

British Golf Open
1954 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: 23-year-old Australian Peter Thomson wins first of his 5 Open titles by a stroke from Bobby Locke, Dai Rees, and Syd Scott


GolferPeter Thomson

GolferBobby Locke

• 1957 24th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-6 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis

British Golf Open
1960 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Australian Kel Nagle wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Arnold Palmer in the centenary year of the Open Championship


GolferArnold Palmer
MLB All-Star Game
1963 34th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland; MVP: Willie Mays (SF Giants)


MLB LegendWillie Mays

• 1965 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: Australian Peter Thomson Peter Thomson wins his 5th Claret Jug, 2 strokes clear of runners-up Brian Huggett and Christy O'Connor Sr

British Golf Open
1966 British Open Men's Golf, Muirfield: Jack Nicklaus beats Doug Sanders & Dave Thomas by 1 stroke to become only 4th in history to win all 4 majors


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1968 39th MLB All-Star Game, Astrodome, Houston, TX: NL beats AL 1-0; MVP: Willie Mays, SF Giants, CF

Sports History
1968 Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76'ers to LA Lakers


NBA LegendWilt Chamberlain
Sports History
1969 Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against the Cubs ends with one out in the ninth inning


Baseball Hall of Fame PitcherTom Seaver
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1972 Wimbledon men's tennis: American Stan Smith beats Ilie Năstase of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 for his only Wimbledon title


Tennis ChampionIlie Năstase

Tennis PlayerStan Smith
British Golf Open
1977 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"


GolferTom Watson

GolferJack Nicklaus
Dale Murphy Streak Ends
1986 Atlanta's Dale Murphy doesn't play, ending his consecutive streak at 740


Baseball OutfielderDale Murphy

• 1986 Padres trade pitcher Tim Stoddard to Yankees for pitcher Ed Whitson

Sports History
1988 Nolan Ryan becomes the seventh player to win 100 games with two teams as the Astros beat the Mets 6-3


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1989 Wimbledon men's tennis: Boris Becker of Germany beats Sweden's Stefan Edberg 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 for his third and last Wimbledon title


Tennis LegendBoris Becker

Tennis PlayerStefan Edberg
Wimbledon Women's Tennis
1989 Wimbledon women's tennis: Steffi Graf successfully defends her title beating Martina Navratilova 6-2, 6-7, 6-1

Cricket History
1990 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in third Test against England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
MLB All-Star Game
1991 62nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-2 at SkyDome, Toronto; MVP: Cal Ripken Jr (Baltimore Orioles)


MLB Legend Cal Ripken Jr

• 1991 South Africa re-admitted to Olympics
• 1994 11,000th home run in New York Yankees history (Matt Nokes)

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1995 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

1996 67th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 6-0 at Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia; MVP: Mike Piazza (LA Dodgers)

• 1997 Baseball's Triple-A American Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
• 2000 Police fire tear gas at fans during a World Cup qualifying soccer game between Zimbabwe and South Africa, setting off a stampede that kills 12 people in Harare, Zimbabwe
• 2000 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Pete Sampras wins 4th straight Wimbledon singles title; beats Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-7, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 for his 13th Grand Slams title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2001 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Goran Ivanišević wins his lone major title beating Patrick Rafter of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7

2002 73rd MLB All-Star Game ends in a 7-7 tie when both teams run out of available pitchers at Miller Park, Milwaukee

• 2006 FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany: Italy beats France, 5-3 on penalties; 1-1 after extra time
• 2006 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Prairie Dunes GC: Defending champion Allen Doyle wins by 2 strokes ahead of Tom Watson for his 4th Champions Tour major title

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2006 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins 4th straight Wimbledon title beating Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-0, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3

Joe Sakic Retires
2009 Joe Sakic retires after 21 NHL seasons with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, finishing with 625 goals and 1,641 points

2011 Super Rugby Final, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane: Queensland Reds beat Canterbury Crusaders 18-13 at home for their first Super Rugby title
Sports History
2013 Adam Ondra onsights Cabane au Canada in Switzerland, the second-ever onsight of a 9a (5.14d) route

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3, equalling Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slam singles tiles

Rooney Rejoins Everton
2017 English international footballer Wayne Rooney announces he will leave Manchester United after 13 years to rejoin his original club, Everton

2017 Thai amateur Atthaya Thitikul becomes youngest winner in a female professional golf event at 14 years, 4 months, and 19 days at Ladies European Thailand Championship

• 2018 Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper buys Carolina Panthers for an NFL record $2.275 billion
• 2021 British road cyclist Mark Cavendish wins Nîmes to Carcassonne stage 13 of the Tour de France for his record-equalling 34th career stage victory, equalling Eddy Merckx's mark
• 2022 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan claims her first Grand Slam title with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur; first Kazakhstani player to win a major title
• 2023 US Open Women's Golf, Pebble Beach CC: Hawaiian Allisen Corpuz wins her first major title with a three-stroke victory over Charley Hull of England and South Korean Jiyai Shin

 

JULY 10

Baseball Record

1920 Cleveland's future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Tris Speaker has his then-record hitting streak of 11 stopped by Tom Zachary; Indians beat Washington Senators 8-4 at Griffith Stadium


Baseball PlayerTris Speaker
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
1922 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Australian Gerald Patterson wins his second Wimbledon title; beats Randolph Lycett 6-3, 6-4, 6-2


Tennis PlayerGerald Patterson
US Golf Open
1926 US Open Men's Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bobby Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa


GolferBobby Jones

• 1929 Pittsburgh Pirates outslug Philadelphia Phillies 15-9 at Baker Bowl; 9 HRs hit, 1 in each inning - unique in MLB history

Sports History
1934 AL wins 9-7 at Polo Grounds, NYC; NL pitcher Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin for an MLB All-Star Game record for consecutive strikeouts


Baseball PitcherCarl Hubbell

Baseball LegendBabe Ruth

MLB Hall of Fame 1st BasemanJimmie Foxx
Baseball Record
1936 Phillies' Chuck Klein becomes fourth player to hit four home runs in a game


Baseball Hall of Fame Right FielderChuck Klein

• 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes first passenger flight over Atlantic
• 1951 18th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 8-3 at Briggs Stadium, Detroit

British Golf Open
1953 British Open Men's Golf, Carnoustie: In his only Open Championship appearance, Ben Hogan prevails by 4 strokes over Dai Rees, Antonio Cerdá, Peter Thomson, Frank Stranahan


GolferBen Hogan

GolferPeter Thomson

• 1956 23rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-3 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.
• 1960 UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Viktor Ponedelnik scores in extra time as Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia, 2-1
• 1962 32nd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-1 at D.C. Stadium, Washington

British Golf Open
1964 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Tony Lema wins his only major title, five strokes clear of runner-up and fellow American Jack Nicklaus


GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1964 Jesús Alou is the first San Francisco Giant in 40 years to get six hits in a game in a 10-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field
• 1968 US Major League Baseball announces it will be split into two divisions for 1969

British Golf Open
1971 100th British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan


GolferLee Trevino
Cricket Debut
1975 Test cricket debut of Graham Gooch against Australia, out for a pair


CricketerGraham Gooch
British Golf Open
1976 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: American Johnny Miller wins his only Open championship, 6 strokes clear of Seve Ballesteros and Jack Nicklaus; Miller's second and last major title


Golfer and Five-Time Major WinnerSeve Ballesteros

GolferJack Nicklaus

• 1990 61st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago; MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers)

Cricket History
1990 Final day of Test cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand goes down by 114 runs in third Test against England at Edgbaston


CricketerRichard Hadlee

• 1992 US Major Soccer League folds after 14 seasons
• 1997 Hideki Irabu makes MLB debut as a NY Yankee, beats Tigers 10-3
• 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA: US beats China 5-4 on penalties; 0-0 a.e.t; US wins second World Cup
• 2001 72nd MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 4-1 at Safeco Field, Seattle

ESPY Awards
2002 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods and Venus Williams win


Tennis PlayerVenus Williams

GolferTiger Woods
Senior Players Championship
2005 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Peter Jacobsen wins his second Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke from Hale Irwin


GolferHale Irwin

• 2007 78th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-4 at AT&T Park, San Francisco
• 2012 83rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City

Sports History
2015 Jason Koumas announces his retirement from professional football


FootballerJason Koumas

• 2016 UEFA European Championship, Stade de France, Saint-Denis: Eder scores in extra time as Portugal upset France, 1-0
• 2016 US Open Women's Golf, CordeValle GC: American Brittany Lang wins her first major title by three strokes in a three-hole playoff against Anna Nordqvist of Sweden

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2016 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Scotsman Andy Murray beats Canadian Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6, 7-6 for his second Wimbledon and third Grand Slam title


Tennis ChampionAndy Murray
Sports History
2018 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo joins Italian champions Juventus in a deal worth £99.2 million, becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time


Football StarCristiano Ronaldo
Contract of Interest
2019 Kawhi Leonard signs a reported 3-year, $103 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers


Basketball ForwardKawhi Leonard

• 2021 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: World #1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins her second major title; beats Karolína Plíšková of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2022 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins 4th straight and record equalling 7th Wimbledon singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win over Nick Kyrgios of Australia; Đoković 21 Grand Slam titles


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković

 

JULY 11

1st Individual Female Olympic Champion

1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the first female Olympic tennis champion and the first individual female Olympic champion in any sport


Tennis ChampionCharlotte Cooper

• 1912 There are six medallists in the Stockholm Olympic pole vault: American Harry Babcock takes gold (3.95 m), countrymen Frank Nelson and Marc Wright tie for silver, and three-man tie for bronze

Ruth's Pitching Debut
1914 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Babe Ruth makes his MLB debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and earns a 4-3 win against the Cleveland Naps at Fenway Park


Baseball LegendBabe Ruth
Sports History
1923 Harry Frazee sells the baseball team Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1 million


MLB Team OwnerHarry Frazee
Bradman Makes 334 at 21
1930 21-year-old Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman is 105 at lunch, 220 at tea, and 309 at stumps on the first day in the third Test vs. England at Leeds; he goes on to score 334


Cricket LegendDonald Bradman

• 1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8

MLB All-Star Game
1939 Seventh MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York, with Yankee/AL manager Joe McCarthy starting six Yankees players


Baseball ManagerJoe McCarthy

• 1944 12th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh

MLB All-Star Game
1950 17th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game


Baseball PlayerTed Williams
British Golf Open
1952 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: 3 titles in 4 years for Bobby Locke of South Africa beating Australian Peter Thomson by a stroke


GolferPeter Thomson

GolferBobby Locke

• 1960 28th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC
• 1961 30th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
• 1967 38th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 innings at Anaheim Stadium, CA; MVP: Tony Perez (Cincinnati Reds)

Sports History
1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles


MLB ManagerEarl Weaver

Baseball Player and ManagerHank Bauer
Sports History
1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, first person to reach the milestone


CricketerColin Cowdrey

• 1971 Phillies' Deron Johnson hits three home runs, completing a streak of four consecutive home runs over two games
• 1976 First US football club in Austria forms (FAAFC - first Austrian American)

US Women's Golf Open
1976 US Open Women's Golf, Rolling Green GC: JoAnne Carner wins in a playoff against Sandra Palmer


GolferJoAnne Carner
MLB All-Star Game
1978 49th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium; MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)


Baseball PlayerSteve Garvey
Sports History
1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets a world record for 1,000 m (2:12.18)


1500m RunnerSebastian Coe

• 1982 FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000

US Senior Golf Open
1982 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Portland GC: Miller Barber wins by four strokes from Dan Sykes and Gene Littler, his first of three Senior Open titles


GolferGene Littler
MLB All-Star Game
1984 55th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco; MVP: Gary Carter (Montreal Expos)


Baseball Hall of Fame CatcherGary Carter
Sports History
1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan becomes the first to strike out 4,000 batters (Mets' Danny Heep)


MLB Pitching LegendNolan Ryan
World Record
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in a world record time of 30:13.74

1987 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes first to manage two sons as Billy joins Cal
Sports History
1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

MLB All-Star Game
1989 60th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All-Star MVP: Bo Jackson (KC Royals)


NFL Running Back and Baseball Outfielder Bo Jackson

• 1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All-Star Game
• 1990 NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
• 1991 Calumet Farm, home to eight Kentucky Derby winners, files for bankruptcy
• 1993 Mike Smith aboard Sky Beauty wins the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont to clinch thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies

US Senior Golf Open
1993 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by one stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title

1995 66th MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas; MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins)

• 1999 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Des Moines G & CC: Dave Eichelberger wins by three strokes ahead of Ed Dougherty for his lone major title
• 2000 71st MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 6-3 at Turner Field, Atlanta

Canadian Women's Open
2004 Canadian Open Women's Golf, Legends on the Niagara GC: Meg Mallon wins by four strokes from Beth Daniel

LPGA GolferBeth Dan2004 Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Englishman Mark James wins his lone career major title by one stroke from José Maria Cañizares of Spain

• 2006 77th MLB All-Star Game: AL wins 3-2 at PNC Park, Pittsburgh
• 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa: Andrés Iniesta scores an extra-time winner as Spain beats the Netherlands, 1-0 for first World Cup title

US Women's Golf Open
2010 US Open Women's Golf, Oakmont CC: Paula Creamer wins her first major championship, four shots ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Suzann Pettersen

2011 US Open Women's Golf, The Broadmoor: Ryu So-yeon wins her first major in a playoff with fellow South Korean Hee Kyung Seo
Steve Nash Traded to the Lakers
2012 Future Basketball Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded by the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers

ESPY Awards
2012 Twentieth ESPY Awards: LeBron James and Brittney Griner win

Wimbledon Women's Tennis
2015 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams becomes oldest winner in Open era (33) beating Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-4

Copa América Final
2021 Copa América Final, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro: Argentina beats Brazil, 1-0; Lionel Messi named player of the tournament in his first major international title victory


Football StarLionel Messi
UEFA European Championship Final
2021 UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Italy wins first Euro title since 1968, 3-2 on penalties over England after scores locked at 1-1 AET


FootballerHarry Kane
Wimbledon Men's Tennis
2021 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković claims a record equalling 20th Grand Slam title; beats Matteo Berrettini of Italy 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3


Tennis ChampionNovak Đoković
Mo Farah's Story
2022 UK Olympic gold medalist Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK as a child, from Djibouti, to work as a domestic servant [1]


Long-distance RunnerMo Farah

• 2023 93rd MLB All-Star Game: NL wins 3-2 to earn its first win since 2012 at T-Mobile Park, Seattle; MVP: Elías Díaz (Colorado Rockies)