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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, a 1950s tennis star whose speed and groundstroke helped her win singles and doubles titles at all four Grand Slam tournaments, has died aged 94.
Jul 26, 2021 · Fry followed up her Wimbledon win by completing the career grand slam with victory at the 1956 US Championships and 1957 Australian Championships, before retiring to start a family. She remains one of only 10 women to have won all four Grand Slam singles titles.
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.
Aug 6, 2021 · Shirley Fry Irvin, who has died aged 94, was a star of the postwar golden era of American women’s tennis that included Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly, Doris Hart and Althea Gibson.
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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...
