Events in Sports History in July 1993

Jul 2 Royals Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri is renamed Kauffman Stadium shortly before the death of MLB Kansas City Royals team owner Ewing Kauffman

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 3 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, German Steffi Graf beats Czech Jana Novotná 7-6, 1-6, 6-4

Tennis Player and Wimbledon Champion Jana Novotna

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats fellow American Jim Courier 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 for his first of 7 Wimbledon titles

Baseball Record

Jul 5 As' outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland's doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)

Jul 6 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge
Jul 7 Lenny Dykstra hits bases loaded 2-run double to end Phillies 7, LA Dodgers 6 in 20 innings in Philadelphia
Jul 11 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

Jul 11 US Senior Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus wins by 1 stroke ahead of Tom Weiskopf for his second US Senior title

Jul 13 64th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-3 at Camden Yards, Baltimore

Sports History

Jul 13 All star MVP: Kirby Puckett (Minnesota Twins)

Jul 16 SF outfielder Darren Lewis sets record of 267 consecutive errorless games
Jul 17 Graeme Obree breaks the world hour cycling record, riding 51.596km on Old Faithful at the Hamar velodrome in Norway [1]

British Golf Open

Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal St George's GC: Australian Greg Norman fires final round 64 (–6) to win his 2nd Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Englishman Nick Faldo

Golfer and Six-Time Major Championship Winner Nick Faldo

Cricket History

Jul 19 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham

Sports History

Jul 22 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 200th HR

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly

Jul 23 Chris Boardman cycles a world record 1 hour distance of 52.27 km

Cricket History

Jul 23 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley

Jul 23 NY Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st
Jul 24 Met Vince Coleman injures 3 when he throws cherry bomb at Dodger fans
Jul 24 NY Met Anthony Young loses record 27th straight
Jul 25 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)

Federation Cup

Jul 25 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Frankfurt, Germany: Spain wins 2nd title with 3-0 win over Australia; Arantxa Sánchez Vicario clinches victory with 6-2, 6-3 win against Nicole Provis

Tour de France

Jul 25 Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it 3 straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov points winner

Jul 25 US Open Women's Golf, Crooked Stick GC: Lauri Merten fires a final round 68 (−4) to win her lone major title, 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Helen Alfredsson
Jul 27 Detroit infielder Travis Fryman hits for cycle but Tigers lose, 12-7 to NY Yankees
Jul 27 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million
Jul 27 NY Met Anthony Young wins ending his losing streak at 27 games

Baseball Record

Jul 28 Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Ken Griffey Jr.

Jul 29 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
Jul 31 Toronto Blue Jays obtain future Baseball Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson from Oakland in exchange for minor leaguers Steve Karsay and Jose Herrera