Fay Muller
| Full name | Esme Fay Muller |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Born | 4 November 1933 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1955, 1956, 1958, 1960) |
| French Open | 2R (1955, 1956) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1956, 1958) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
| 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] 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
[edit | edit source]Doubles (2 runners-up)
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1956 | Wimbledon | Grass | Australia Daphne Seeney | United Kingdom Angela Buxton Error creating thumbnail: Althea Gibson |
1–6, 6–8 |
| Loss | 1957 | Australian Championships | Gras | Australia Mary Bevis Hawton | Error creating thumbnail: Shirley Fry Error creating thumbnail: Althea Gibson |
2–6, 1–6 |
Mixed doubles (1 title)
[edit | edit source]| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1957 | Australian Championships | Grass | Australia Malcolm Anderson | Australia Jill Langley United Kingdom Billy Knight |
7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
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- 1933 births
- Living people
- Australian female tennis players
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
- Tennis players from Queensland
- Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
- Australian Championships (tennis) champions
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- People from Laidley, Queensland
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen