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Shirley June Fry Irvin (née Fry; June 30, 1927 – July 13, 2021) was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events, as well as 13 doubles titles, and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1956.
Jul 18, 2021 · Shirley Fry Irvin, a tennis player who in the pre-Open era swept the singles and doubles titles in the four Grand Slam tournaments, died on Tuesday in Naples, Fla. She was 94. Her death was...
Shirley Fry Irvin, the Hall of Fame tennis player who won three consecutive major titles in the 1950s to complete a career Grand Slam, has died at 94.
Jul 14, 2021 · Shirley Fry Irvin, one of the only ten women to have won the singles titles at all four of tennis’ major championships, passed away in her sleep on July 13, 2021. A 1970 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, Fry Irvin was living in Naples, FL at the time of her death. She was 94 years old.
Jul 15, 2021 · Shirley Fry Irvin, a 1950s tennis star whose speed and groundstroke helped her win singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments, died July 13 at a hospice center in Naples,...
Jul 26, 2021 · Born in Akron, Ohio in 1927, Shirley Fry played at The Championships for the first time in 1948 but it wasn’t until her final appearance, eight years later, that she finally lifted the Rosewater Dish. Fry’s first Grand Slam title came at Roland Garros in 1951, where she defeated her doubles partner, Doris Hart, in the final.
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Jul 15, 2021 · Shirley Fry Irvin, a former world No. 1 and 17-time Grand Slam champion across singles, doubles and mixed doubles, sadly passed away on 13 July at the age of 94.
