Dorothy Cheney
Cheney in 1929
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| Full name | Dorothy Bundy Cheney |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Born |
September 1, 1916 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | November 23, 2014 (aged 98) Escondido, California |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 2004 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (1946, John Olliff) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1938) |
| French Open | SF (1946) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1946) |
| US Open | SF (1937, 1938, 1943, 1944) |
| Doubles | |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1938) |
| US Open | F (1940, 1941) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | F (1946) |
| Wimbledon | F (1946) |
| US Open | F (1940, 1944) |
Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney (September 1, 1916 – November 23, 2014) was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. She played most of her tennis at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. In 1938, Cheney became the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final.
Cheney was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Tennis Hall of Famer May Sutton Bundy (1886–1975) and U.S. doubles champion Tom Bundy (1881–1945). She was the grandmother of former Major League Baseball player Danny Putnam. Cheney died on November 23, 2014 in Escondido, California at the age of 98.
Cheney was a three-time runner-up 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 Gladman 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 Addie lost to the team of Cooke and Margaret Osborne duPont 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. In 1942, Cheney played a number of exhibition doubles matches in Denver, Colorado, with young Army Air Corps Cadet Joseph Lang, a classmate from Santa Monica, California.
Cheney was a four-time runner-up 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 Addie and Budge Patty 7–5, 9–7. At Wimbledon in 1946, Cheney and her partner Geoff Brown lost to Louise Brough Clapp and Thomas Brown 6–4, 6–4.
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