Fay Muller

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Fay Muller
Full nameEsme Fay Muller
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1933-11-04) 4 November 1933 (age 91)
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.

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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] 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)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1956 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daphne Seeney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Angela Buxton
Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson
1–6, 6–8
Loss1957Australian ChampionshipsGras Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mary Bevis Hawton Flag of the United States.svg Shirley Fry
Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson
2–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1957 Australian Championships Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Malcolm Anderson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jill Langley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Billy Knight
7–5, 3–6, 6–1

References

  1. "Sportographs". Queensland Times . No. 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.