Fay Muller
Full name | Esme Fay Muller |
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Country (sports) |
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Born |
Laidley, Australia[1] | 4 November 1933
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 an Australian former international tennis player. 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 with Mary Bevis Hawton reached the doubles final.
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]
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles (2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1956 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 6–8 |
Runner-up | 1957 | Australian Championships | Gras | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 1–6 |
Mixed doubles (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1957 | Australian Championships | Grass | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–5, 3–6, 6–1 |
References
- ↑ "Sportographs". Queensland Times (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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