Rhea Fairbairn

Rhea Fairbairn Marty (15 January 1890 – 24 April 1953) was a Canadian-American amateur tennis player, active in the early 20th century.

Fairbairn, who was a member of the tennis team at the University of Toronto, reached the finals of the Canadian Championships in 1910.

At the Cincinnati Open, Fairbairn was a singles finalist in 1910, losing to Miriam Steever,[1][2] and won the doubles title in 1913 (with Helen McLaughlin).

Fairbairn competed in the 1911 Ohio state tournament,[3] and reached the singles final in 1912[4] and 1915, falling to Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Lois Moyes both times.

[5] Fairbairn married fellow athlete Frank Curry Marty of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in 1912.