- Shirley Fry
Shirley June Fry Irvin (
June 30 ,1927 ) was an American femaletennis player who was born inAkron, Ohio ,United States .Irvin is one of a dozen persons to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during the person's career. She also is one of only five persons to have won each Grand Slam tournament in same-sex doubles as well. The others are
Doris Hart ,Margaret Court ,Martina Navratilova , andRoy Emerson .Irvin won the last three Grand Slam singles tournaments she played. Her victories in those tournaments included wins over
Althea Gibson in a quarterfinal of Wimbledon in 1956 and in the finals of the 1956 U.S. Championships and 1957 Australian Championships.Irvin was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1970.Grand Slam record
*Australian Championships
**Singles champion: 1957
**Women's Doubles champion: 1957*French Championships
**Singles champion: 1951
**Singles finalist: 1948, 1952
**Women's Doubles champion: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1948
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1952*Wimbledon
**Singles champion: 1956
**Singles finalist: 1951
**Women's Doubles champion: 1951, 1952, 1953
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1950, 1954
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1956
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1953*U.S. Championships
**Singles champion: 1956
**Singles finalist: 1951
**Women's Doubles champion: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1951, 1955Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (4)
NH = tournament not held.
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
See also
* Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
External links
* [http://www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=115 International Tennis Hall of Fame profile]
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