What is Shirley Fry Irvin?
[[File:Shirley Fry Irvin 1953 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Irvin in 1953]] '''Shirley June Fry Irvin''' (''née'' '''Fry'''; June 30, 1927 &ndash; July 13, 2021) was a world No. 1 [[Americans|American]] [[tennis]] player. She was born in [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]] and raised in [[Winter Park, Florida|Winter Park]], [[Florida]]. Irvin was one of ten to have won each [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] [[Singles (tennis)|singles]] tournament at least once during her career. She was also one of seven women to have won all four Grand Slam [[Doubles (tennis)|doubles]] tournaments. Irvin was ranked in the world top 10 in 1946 and 1948 and from 1950 through 1955 (no rankings issued from 1940 through 1945), and #1 in 1956.<ref>{{cite book |author=Collins, Bud |title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book |url=https://archive.org/details/budcollinshistor0000unse |publisher=New Chapter Press |location=New York, N.Y |year=2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/budcollinshistor0000unse/page/695 695], 702–3 |isbn=0-942257-41-3 }}</ref> The [[United States Tennis Association|United States Lawn Tennis Association]] ranked her in the U.S. top 10 from 1944 through 1955 and #1 in 1956.<ref>{{cite book |author=United States Tennis Association |title=1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook |publisher=H.O. Zimman, Inc. |location=Lynn, Massachusetts |year=1988 |page=261}}</ref> She was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1970. Irvin died on July 13, 2021 under [[hospice care]] in [[Naples, Florida|Naples]], Florida at the age of 94.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2021/07/14/tennis-hall-of-famer-shirley-fry-irvin-dies-at-94/47583047/ Tennis Hall of Famer Shirley Fry Irvin dies at 94]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} * [https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/shirley-fry/ Shirley Fry biography] {{DEFAULTSORT:Irvin, Shirley Fry}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Am