American tennis champion who won all four grand slam singles titles, including Wimbledon in 1956
Shirley Fry, who has died aged 94, was a member of the elite club of 10 female tennis players who have won all four grand slam singles titles. She also won all four grand slams in doubles – one of only seven women to have done so.
Despite those great achievements in France, the US, Australia and at Wimbledon, Fry was the least known and least celebrated of the generation of female American players who dominated tennis in the 1950s. While Louise Brough, Doris Hart and Margaret DuPont were grabbing the headlines, Fry was doggedly collecting a cupboard full of major titles a lot further under the radar.