Events in Sports History in September 1989

Tennis Open

Sep 1 Chris Evert becomes the first player ever to win 100 matches in the US National/Open Tennis Championship by beating Patricia Tarabinia 6-2, 6-4

Sep 3 American tennis star Chris Evert beats 15-year-old Monica Seles 6-0, 6-2 in a 4th round match for her 101st and last US Open singles victory
Sep 5 Chris Evert's final US Open tennis match; defeated by Zina Garrison 7-6, 6-2 in the quarter finals

Baseball Record

Sep 8 American MLB player George Brett gets his 2,500th hit

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Martina Navratilova 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

Sep 10 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record

Sports History

Sep 10 Five days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, MLB and NFL player Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, his first

Sports History

Sep 10 Indianapolis running back Eric Dickerson rushes for 106 yards against San Francisco to become the fastest player to top the 10,000 yard plateau; 91st career game

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis: Boris Becker of Germany wins his only US title; beats Czech Ivan Lendl 7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl

Sep 13 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
Sep 14 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
Sep 14 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
Sep 17 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
Sep 19 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
Sep 22 MLB St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
Sep 23 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
Sep 24 Ryder Cup: US & Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England