Fay Muller

Fay Muller
Full name Esme Fay Muller
Country (sports)  Australia
Born (1933-11-04) 4 November 1933
Laidley, Australia[1]
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (1955, 1956, 1958, 1960)
French Open 2R (1955, 1956)
Wimbledon 4R (1956, 1958)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (1957)
French Open SF (1956, 1958, 1959)
Wimbledon F (1956)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open W (1957)
French Open SF (1959)
Wimbledon QF (1956)

Fay Muller (born 4 November 1933) is a former international tennis player from Australia. She competed in the Australian Championships nine times, from 1952 to 1963.[2] At the 1956 Wimbledon Championships she partnered with Daphne Seeney to reach the final of the doubles event.[3] In 1957 she won the mixed doubles title with Malcolm Anderson at the Australian Championships and reached the women's doubles final with Mary Bevis Hawton.

Muller married twice. Her first marriage to Arden Arthur Robinson took place on 27 February 1960 in Brisbane. Her second marriage was to Robert William Colthorpe on 27 February 1971, also in Brisbane.[4] Fay Muller was honored by the Brisbane City Council in May 2016 by having a Tennis Rebound Wall named after her at the site of the old Milton Tennis Courts, now known as Frew Park.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles (2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1956 Wimbledon Championships Grass Australia Daphne Seeney United Kingdom Angela Buxton
United States Althea Gibson
1–6, 6–8
Runner-up 1957 Australian Championships Gras Australia Mary Bevis Hawton United States Shirley Fry
United States Althea Gibson
2–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1957 Australian Championships GrassAustralia Malcolm Anderson Australia Jill Langley
United Kingdom Billy Knight
7–5, 3–6, 6–1

References

  1. "Sportographs". Queensland Times (19,290). Queensland, Australia. 2 October 1948. p. 5 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Australian Open player profile – Fay Muller". www.ausopen.com. Tennis Australia.
  3. "Wimbledon player profile – Fay Muller". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
  4. Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 411. ISBN 978-1899039401.


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