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Fay Muller (born 4 November 1933) is a former international tennis player from Australia. She competed in the
Australian Championships The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
nine times, from 1952 to 1963. At the
1956 Wimbledon Championships The 1956 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament was held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1956. It was the 70th ...
she partnered with
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to reach the final of the doubles event. In 1957 she won the mixed doubles title with
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at the Australian Championships and reached the women's doubles final with
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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. 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)


Mixed doubles (1 title)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Fay 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