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{{Short description|British tennis player (1906–1985)}}
{{for multi|the advocate of early childhood education in Australia|Joan Fry (educator)|the English Quaker campaigner for peace and social reform|Joan Mary Fry}}
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|name = Joan Fry
|image = Joan Fry 1929.jpg
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|fullname = Joan Craddock Fry-Lakeman
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1906|5|6}}
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|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1985|9|29|1906|5|6}}<ref>{{cite news|issue=50302|page=15077|title=Notice|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50302/page/15077|newspaper=[[The London Gazette]]|format=PDF|date=29 October 1985}}</ref>
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|FrenchOpenresult = SF ([[1926 French Championships – Women's singles|1926]])
|Wimbledonresult = F ([[1925 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|1925]])
|USOpenresult = QF ([[1925 U.S. National Championships – Women's singles|1925]])
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'''Joan Craddock Fry''' (6 May 1906 – 29 September 1985)<ref name =NPG>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp65940/joan-fry-mrs-ta-lakeman National Portrait Gallery, London, Joan Fry (Mrs T.A. Lakeman) (1906-1985), Tennis player]</ref> was a British tennis player. Fry was a finalist at the 1925 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in straight sets to [[Suzanne Lenglen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ladies' Singles Finals 1884-2016|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/roll_of_honour/ladiessingles.html|website=www.wimbledon.com|publisher=[[AELTC]]}}</ref>
She was part of the British team that won the [[1930 Wightman Cup]] against the United States. She lost her singles matches to [[Helen Wills]] and [[Helen Jacobs]] but together with [[Ermyntrude Harvey]] won the doubles match against [[Sarah Palfrey]] and [[Edith Cross]].
In 1930 she was a finalist at the [[British Covered Court Championships]], played at the [[Queen's Club]] in London.
On 12 November 1930 she married Thomas Ashley Lakeman, a lieutenant in the [[Royal Tank Regiment|Royal Tank Corps]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joan Fry to Wed Nov. 12|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XL0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S4wFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6697%2C3233529|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=21 October 1930|page=8|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=NPG/>
== Grand Slam finals ==
===Singles: 1 runner-up===
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|-style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1925 || [[1925 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|FRA}} Suzanne Lenglen || 2–6, 0–6
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===Doubles: 1 runner-up===
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!style="width:40px"|Result
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|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1927 || [[1927 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|U.S. Championships]] || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Betty Nuthall]] || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ermyntrude Harvey]] <br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kitty Mckane]] || 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
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===Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up===
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|-style="background:#cfc;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1929 || [[1929 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] || Grass || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ian Collins (tennis)|Ian Collins]] || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Helen Wills]] <br /> {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Francis Hunter]] || 1–6, 4–6
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp65940/joan-fry-mrs-ta-lakeman National Portrait Gallery, Portraits of Joan Fry]
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[[Category:British female tennis players]]
[[Category:1906 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
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