Dorothy "Dodo" Cheney (1916- )

"Dodo" was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. She was the first American woman to win the Australian National Championships in 1938. She was a member of the winning Wightman Cup teams, 1937-39, until WWII cut her amateur career short. In Grand Slam events, she also reached the mixed doubles final at both the French and Wimbledon in 1946. Cheney, competing in tennis events for 8 decades, currently holds the record for the most United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Senior titles-well over 300 -and has won more than 20 Senior Grand Slam titles, another USTA record. She has a winning streak that may never be equaled. In 2002 at age 85, Cheney and her daughter Christine Putnam won the USTA National Grass Court Super-Senior Mother Daughter Championships held at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Dodo has been quoted as saying that this title ranks as one of her happiest and proudest achievements. She has resided in La Jolla, California for many years.