Shirley Fry Irvin was a tennis player who was ranked No. 1 in 1956 and won a career Grand Slam.Irvin first competed in the U.S.
National Championships in 1941, when she was just 14 and the youngest woman competing. By 1946, she was ranked in the world top 10, and she won the singles title at the French Open in 1951.
In 1956 and 1957, Irvin won three consecutive majors – Wimbledon, the U.S. Championships, and the Australian Championships, completing the Grand Slam.
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