10 Facts About Shirley Fry

1.

Shirley Fry was educated at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, graduating in 1949.

2.

Shirley Fry was one of seven women to have won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments.

3.

At the US National Championship in 1942, Shirley Fry reached the singles quarterfinals at the age of 15.

4.

Shirley Fry won the last three Grand Slam singles tournaments she entered, including wins over Althea Gibson in the Wimbledon quarterfinal and US Championship final in 1956 and the Australian Championships final in 1957.

5.

Shirley Fry was ranked in the world top 10 in 1946 and 1948 and from 1950 through 1955, and No 1 in 1956.

6.

Shirley Fry briefly retired in early 1956 and worked as a copygirl for the St Petersburg Times.

7.

Shirley Fry retired for the final time in 1957, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1970.

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8.

From 1951 through 1956, Shirley Fry participated in the Wightman Cup, the women's team competition between Great Britain and the United States, and contributed to the US victory during each of these editions with the exception of 1954, when her final doubles rubber was not played.

9.

Shirley Fry married Karl Irvin in Australia in February 1957, after which she retired from top-level tennis.

10.

Shirley Fry died there on the night of July 13,2021, at the age of 94.