Tom Bundy

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title: "Tom Bundy" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-male-tennis-players", "tennis-players-from-los-angeles", "united-states-national-champions-(tennis)", "1881-births", "1945-deaths", "grand-slam-(tennis)-champions-in-men's-doubles", "20th-century-american-sportsmen"] description: "American tennis player" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bundy" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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name	Tom Bundy
image	Tom Bundy LCCN2014689494 (cropped).jpg
caption	Tom Bundy at the U.S. National Championships
fullname	Thomas Clark Bundy
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birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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USOpenresult	F (1910Ch)
Othertournaments
USOpenDoublesresult	W (1912, 1913, 1914)
OthertournamentsDoubles
Mixed
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Tennis career

Bundy won the All-Comers singles final against Beals Wright, but finished runner-up to William Larned in a five-set Challenge Round at the U.S. National Championships in 1910. He also reached the semifinals in 1909 and 1911. Bundy won three consecutive doubles titles at the championships, alongside Maurice McLoughlin, in 1912, 1913, and 1914.

When the Los Angeles Tennis Club was founded in 1920 Bundy was elected as its first president.{{cite book|last1=Baltzell|first1=E. Digby|authorlink= E. Digby Baltzell|title=Sporting Gentlemen : Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar|date=1995|publisher=Free Press|location=New York [u.a.]|isbn=9780029013151|page=233}}

Personal life

On December 11, 1912 Bundy married tennis player U.S. National Championships and Wimbledon champion May Sutton. They separated in 1923 and were divorced in 1940. The couple had four children including daughter Dorothy Cheney, a tennis player who won the singles title at the 1938 Australian Championships.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1910	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA William Larned	1–6, 7–5, 0–6, 8–6, 1–6
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Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1910	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA Trowridge Hendrick	USA Fred Alexander
USA Harold Hackett	1–6, 6–8, 3–6
Win	1912	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA Maurice McLoughlin	USA Raymond Little
USA Gustave Touchard	3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 7–5
Win	1913	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA Maurice McLoughlin	USA John Strachan
USA Clarence Griffin	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
Win	1914	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA Maurice McLoughlin	USA George Church
USA Dean Mathey	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1915	U.S. National Championships	Grass	USA Maurice McLoughlin	USA Bill Johnston
USA Clarence Griffin	6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
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Grand Slam tournament singles performance timeline

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Tournament	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A
US Open	SF	FCh	SF	4R	2R
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References

References

1. [https://forgottennewsmakers.com/2013/10/14/may-sutton-bundy-1887-1975-first-american-to-win-wimbledon/ "MAY SUTTON BUNDY (1887 – 1975) First American to Win Wimbledon"]
2. (August 26, 1910). "Larned works Bundy". [[The Baltimore Sun]].
3. Bill Talbert. (1967). "Tennis Observed". Barre Publishers.
4. "US National/US Open Championships". usta.com.
5. (October 14, 1945). "Bundy of tennis fame dies at 64". [[The Los Angeles Times]].

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