Joan Craddock Fry (6 May 1906 – 29 September 1985)[2] was a British tennis player. Fry was a finalist at the 1925 Wimbledon Championships where she lost in straight sets to Suzanne Lenglen.[3]

Joan Fry

Full name	Joan Craddock Fry-Lakeman
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1906-05-06)6 May 1906
Died	29 September 1985(1985-09-29) (aged 79)[1]
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1926)
Wimbledon	F (1925)
US Open	QF (1925)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1926, 1928, 1930)
US Open	F (1927)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	3R (1930)
Wimbledon	F (1929)
Team competitions
Wightman Cup	1930

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 Corps.[4][2]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1925	Wimbledon	Grass	Suzanne Lenglen	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1927	U.S. Championships	Grass	Betty Nuthall	Ermyntrude Harvey Kitty Mckane	1–6, 6–4, 4–6

Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1929	Wimbledon	Grass	Ian Collins	Helen Wills Francis Hunter	1–6, 4–6

References

External links

• National Portrait Gallery, Portraits of Joan Fry

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