Dorothy Cheney
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| Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney | |
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| Born | September 1, 1916  Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Occupation | Tennis player |
Dorothy “Dodo” Bundy Cheney (born September 1, 1916, in Los Angeles, California) is the daughter of tennis Hall of Famer May Sutton Bundy and U.S. doubles champion Tom Bundy (1912-1914). She has been an outstanding American tennis player from her youth into her 90s.
In 1938, Cheney became the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final 6–3, 6–2.
Cheney was a three time finalist in Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments. At the 1938 Australian Championships, Cheney and her partner Dorothy Workman lost to Nancye Wynne Bolton and Thelma Coyne Long 9–7, 6–4. At the 1940 U.S. Championships, Cheney and her partner Marjorie Van Ryn lost to Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6–3, 9–7, which was the latter team's fifth consecutive title at the U.S. Championships. At the 1941 U.S. Championships, Cheney and her partner Pauline Betz lost to the team of Cooke and Margaret Osborne duPont 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.
Cheney was a four time finalist in Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments. At the 1940 U.S. Championships, Cheney and her partner Jack Kramer lost to Marble and Bobby Riggs 9–7, 6–1. At the 1944 U.S. Championships, Cheney and her partner Donald McNeill lost to duPont and William Talbert 6–2, 6–3. At the 1946 French Championships, Cheney and her partner Thomas Brown lost to Betz and Budge Patty 7–5, 9–7. At Wimbledon in 1946, Cheney and her partner Geoff Brown lost to Louise Brough and Thomas Brown 6–4, 6–4.
Cheney was a member of the victorious U.S. Wightman Cup teams from 1937 through 1939.
In singles, Cheney was ranked as high as No. 3 in the United States (in 1937, 1938, and 1941).
Cheney won the Cincinnati singles title in 1944, defeating Betz in the final. Cheney also won the Cincinnati doubles title that year. In 1945, Cheney was a singles finalist and doubles winner in Cincinnati.
Cheney was still competing in selected top level events at the age of 51. In 1967, she upset a seeded player, Karen Krantzcke, in the third round of the Pacific Southwest Championships 6–2, 6–2 just two weeks after Krantzcke had reached the third round of the U.S. Open. Now 91 years old, Cheney still competes in tennis events and currently holds the record for the most United States Tennis Association senior titles — more than 300.
Cheney was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in 2004.
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| Tournament | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 - 1954 | 1955 | 1956 - 1958 | 1959 | Career SR |
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| Australia | A | A | W | A | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 1 / 1 |
| France | A | A | A | A | NH | R | R | R | R | A | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 4R | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | SF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 |
| United States | QF | SF | SF | QF | QF | QF | A | SF | SF | QF | 1R | A | 3R | A | 1R | 0 / 12 |
| SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 16 |
NH = tournament not held.
R = tournament restricted to French nationals and held under German occupation.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
