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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.

External links

International Tennis Hall of Fame profile

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-'''Shirley June Fry Irvin''' ([[June 30]], [[1927]]) was an [[United States|American]] female [[tennis]] player who was born in [[Akron, Ohio]], [[United States]].
+'''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 (tennis)|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 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1956 and in the finals of the 1956 [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] and 1957 [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]].
+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 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1956 and in the finals of the 1956 [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] and 1957 [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]].
 Irvin was inducted into the [[International Tennis Hall of Fame]] in 1970.
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 ==Grand Slam record==
 *[[Australian Open|Australian Championships]]
-**'''Singles champion''': 1957
+**'''Singles champion''': '''1957'''
-**'''Women's Doubles champion''': 1957
+**'''Women's Doubles champion''': '''1957'''
 *[[French Open|French Championships]]
-**'''Singles champion''': 1951
+**'''Singles champion''': '''1951'''
-**Singles runner-up: 1948, 1952
+**Singles finalist: 1948, 1952
-**'''Women's Doubles champion''': 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
+**'''Women's Doubles champion''': '''1950''', '''1951''', '''1952''', '''1953'''
-**Women's Doubles runner-up: 1948
+**Women's Doubles finalist: 1948
-**Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1952
+**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1952
 *[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
-**'''Singles champion''': 1956
+**'''Singles champion''': '''1956'''
-**Singles runner-up: 1951
+**Singles finalist: 1951
-**'''Women's Doubles champion''': 1951, 1952, 1953
+**'''Women's Doubles champion''': '''1951''', '''1952''', '''1953'''
-**Women's Doubles runner-up: 1950, 1954
+**Women's Doubles finalist: 1950, 1954
-**'''Mixed Doubles champion''': 1956
+**'''Mixed Doubles champion''': '''1956'''
-**Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1953
+**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1953
-*[[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]
+*[[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]
-**'''Singles champion''': 1956
+**'''Singles champion''': '''1956'''
-**Singles runner-up: 1951
+**Singles finalist: 1951
-**'''Women's Doubles champion''': 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
+**'''Women's Doubles champion''': '''1951''', '''1952''', '''1953''', '''1954'''
-**Women's Doubles runner-up: 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956
+**Women's Doubles finalist: 1949, 1950, 1955, 1956
-**Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1951, 1955
+**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1951, 1955
 ==Grand Slam singles finals==
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 |1956 || [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px]] [[Angela Buxton]] ||6–3, 6–1
 |-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
-|1956 || [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Althea Gibson]] ||6–3, 6–4
+|1956 || [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Althea Gibson]] ||6–3, 6–4
 |-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
 |1957 || [[Australian Open|Australian Championships]] || [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] Althea Gibson ||6–3, 6–4
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 |1951 ||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Doris Hart]]  || 6–1, 6–0
 |-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
-|1951 || [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Maureen Connolly Brinker]] ||6–3, 1–6, 6–4
+|1951 || [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] [[Maureen Connolly Brinker]] ||6–3, 1–6, 6–4
 |-bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
 |1952|| French Championships||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|25px]] Doris Hart ||6–4, 6–4
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 |-
-| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]
+| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Championships]]
 | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
 | align="center"  style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
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 SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
-== See also ==
+=== See also ===
 * [[Tennis performance timeline comparison (women)|Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final]]