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. She finished runner-up to Lois Moyes, losing 4–6, 0–6.

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.^[6] They had two daughters, Lois and Doris. Her husband, who was a president of a paper company and a college-level baseball and football coach, died in 1950,^[7] and she died on April 24, 1953, at the age of 63, in Fort Thomas.^[8][9]

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