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Revision as of 02:29, 17 November 2008 by Date delinker (talk | contribs) (script-assisted date/terms audit; see mosnum, wp:overlink)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Shirley June Fry Irvin (June 30, 1927) was an American female tennis player who was born in Akron, Ohio, United States.
Irvin is one of a dozen persons to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during the person's career. She also is one of only five persons to have won each Grand Slam tournament in same-sex doubles as well. The others are Doris Hart, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, and Roy Emerson.
Irvin won the last three Grand Slam singles tournaments she played. Her victories in those tournaments included wins over Althea Gibson in a quarterfinal of Wimbledon in 1956 and in the finals of the 1956 U.S. Championships and 1957 Australian Championships.
Irvin was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1970.
Grand Slam record
- Australian Championships
- Singles champion: 1957
- Women's Doubles champion: 1957
- French Championships
- Singles champion: 1951
- Singles finalist: 1948, 1952
- Women's Doubles champion: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1948
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1952
- Wimbledon
- Singles champion: 1956
- Singles finalist: 1951
- Women's Doubles champion: 1951, 1952, 1953
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1950, 1954
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1956
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1953
- U.S. Championships
- Singles champion: 1956
- Singles finalist: 1951
- Women's Doubles champion: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
- Women's Doubles finalist: 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956
- Mixed Doubles finalist: 1951, 1955
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (4)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1951 | French Championships |  Doris Hart |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1956 | Wimbledon |  Angela Buxton |
6–3, 6–1 |
| 1956 | U.S. Championships | Althea Gibson |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 1957 | Australian Championships | Althea Gibson |
6–3, 6–4 |
Runners-up (4)
| Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1948 | French Championships |  Nelly Adamson Landry |
6–2, 0–6, 6–0 |
| 1951 | Wimbledon | Doris Hart |
6–1, 6–0 |
| 1951 | U.S. Championships | Maureen Connolly Brinker |
6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 1952 | French Championships | Doris Hart |
6–4, 6–4 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Championships | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | 1 / 1 |
| French Championships | R | R | R | R | A | A | A | F | A | QF | W | F | SF | A | A | A | A | 1 / 5 |
| Wimbledon | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | QF | 4R | QF | F | SF | SF | QF | A | W | A | 1 / 8 |
| U.S. Championships | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | QF | F | SF | SF | SF | QF | W | A | 1 / 16 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 4 / 30 |
NH = tournament not held.
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
See also
External links
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