Shirley Fry is described in the public record as American tennis and badminton player (1927–2021). Born in Akron, United States, in 1927. Died in 2021.
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. == Early life == Fry was born in Akron, Ohio, on June 30, 1927. She started playing tennis competitively at age nine. She was educated at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, graduating in 1949. == Career == Fry was one of 10 women to have won each Grand Slam singles tournament at least once during her career. She was also one of seven women (with Doris Hart, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Pam Shriver, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams) to have won all four Grand Slam doubles tournaments. At the U.S. National Championship (precursor of the U.S. Open) in 1942, Fry reached the singles quarterfinals at the age of 15.
Shirley Fry is recorded among the figures by whom badminton is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Badminton produces the fastest projectile speeds in sport, and its rallies demand repeated maximal changes of direction.
