TENNIS PLAYER

Shirley Fry

1927 - 2021

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Fry has received more than 93,401 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Shirley Fry is the 246th most popular tennis player (down from 104th in 2019), the 7,515th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,270th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Shirley Fry ranks 246 out of 1,569. Before her are Ulf Schmidt, Víctor Pecci, Jiro Sato, Carlos Alcaraz, Betty Stöve, and Brian Gottfried. After her are Andy Roddick, Tomáš Berdych, Marc Rosset, Don McNeill, William Clothier, and Barbara Schett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Shirley Fry ranks 344. Before her are Edward Babiuch, Janet Moreau, Eliseo Mouriño, Edie Adams, Andy Stanfield, and Tina Anselmi. After her are Stein Eriksen, Robert Boutigny, Edmund Szoka, Walter Giller, József Sákovics, and Rita Gam. Among people deceased in 2021, Shirley Fry ranks 441. Before her are Moudud Ahmed, Bruce Kirby, Sanja Ilić, Alfreda Markowska, Goodwill Zwelithini, and Karel Loprais. After her are Yevgeny Nesterenko, Murray Walker, Juan Masnik, Pyotr Mamonov, Yevgeniy Chazov, and Richard Rush.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Fry ranks 7,515 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles Lang (1902), Michael J. Adams (1930), Brian Gottfried (1952), Edward O. Thorp (1932), Joseph Keller (1923), and Schelte J. Bus (1956). After her are Charles F. Hockett (1916), Roscoe Lee Browne (1922), Jeff Perry (1955), Ruby Bridges (1954), Richard Bass (1929), and Andy Roddick (1982).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Shirley Fry ranks 50. Before her are Darlene Hard (1936), Peter Fleming (1955), Frederick Hovey (1868), Dick Savitt (1927), Tony Trabert (1930), and Brian Gottfried (1952). After her are Andy Roddick (1982), Don McNeill (1918), William Clothier (1881), Carole Caldwell Graebner (1943), Dorothy Cheney (1916), and Art Larsen (1925).

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