Cheney, Dorothy Bundy (1916–)
Cheney, Dorothy Bundy (1916–)
American tennis player. Name variations: Dodo Cheney. Born Dorothy May Bundy in 1916; dau. of May Sutton (1887–1975) and Thomas Bundy (both tennis players); m. Art Cheney (pilot), 1946.
Won nearly 300 USTA championships over 6 decades; was the 1st American to win the Australian singles title (1938); won US clay court title (1944); ranked 6th in world (1946), won 11 straight Hard Court Singles titles (1957–67) and over 170 national senior championships. At age 80, received the Southern California Tennis Association Lifetime Achievement Award; inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame (2004).
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