Fay Muller

Fay Muller
Full name	Esme Fay Muller
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	4 November 1933 (age 90); Laidley, Australia
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)

Last updated December 29, 2023

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] 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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1956	Wimbledon Championships	Grass	Daphne Seeney	Angela Buxton Althea Gibson	1–6, 6–8
Loss	1957	Australian Championships	Gras	Mary Bevis Hawton	Shirley Fry Althea Gibson	2–6, 1–6

Mixed doubles (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1957	Australian Championships	Grass	Malcolm Anderson	Jill Langley Billy Knight	7–5, 3–6, 6–1

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References

↑ "Sportographs". Queensland Times . No. 19, 290. Queensland, Australia. 2 October 1948. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Australian Open player profile – Fay Muller". www.ausopen.com. Tennis Australia.
↑ "Wimbledon player profile – Fay Muller". www.wimbledon.com. AELTC.
↑ Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 411. ISBN 978-1899039401.

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[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.

[little2013-4] Little, Alan (2013). Wimbledon Compendium 2013 (23 ed.). London: All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. p. 411. ISBN 978-1899039401.

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