Joan Fry

Joan Craddock Fry ( born May 6, 1906 in Horsham, West Sussex, † September 29, 1985 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England ) was a British tennis player. It had its successes in the 1920s.

She reached the finals of 1925 Wimbledon women's singles, which she lost to the French tennis legend Suzanne Lenglen in a record time of 26 minutes. In 1926 she met in the semi-finals of the French Championships again on Suzanne Lenglen and failed. In 1927, she came up with the then 16 -year-old Betty Nuthall up in the final of the U.S. Championships.

In 1929, she was with Ian Collins in the final of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon, and the game was lost for them.

She married on 12 November 1930 (then Lieutenant ) Thomas Ashley Lakeman.

In 1939, she published with the tennis players Mary Hardwick and Stanley N. Doust the book Lawn Tennis: How to Master the Strokes.

Pictures

• Picture of Thomas Lakeman and Joan Fry
• Wedding announcement
• Joan Fry as Mrs. TA Lakeman on a cigarette image.
• National Portrait Gallery