Full name | Shirley June Fry Irvin |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Akron, Ohio, United States | June 30, 1927
Died | July 13, 2021 Naples, Florida, United States | (aged 94)
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Retired | 1957 |
Plays | Right–handed |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1970 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 596-146 (80.3%) |
Career titles | 63 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1956) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | W (1957) |
French Open | W (1951) |
Wimbledon | W (1956) |
US Open | W (1956) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1957) |
French Open | W (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953) |
Wimbledon | W (1951, 1952, 1953) |
US Open | W (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | F (1952) |
Wimbledon | W (1956) |
US Open | F (1951, 1955) |
Team competitions | |
Wightman Cup | W (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956) |
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.