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May Godfrey Sutton, born September 25, 1886 in Plymouth, England ?died October 4, 1975, was a tennis champion and the first American towin the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships. At the age of six, May Sutton's family moved to a ranch near Pasadena,California where she and her sisters played tennis on a court built byher father. As young ladies, she and her sisters, Violet, Florence,and Ethel, dominated the California tennis circuit. In 1904 at age 18,May Sutton won the U.S. National singles championship. She also teamedup with Miriam Hall to win the ladies doubles title and came close tomaking it a clean sweep by advancing to the finals in mixed doubles. In 1905, she became the first American woman to win the Wimbledonsingles title when she beat British star and reigning two-timeWimbledon champion Dorothea Douglass. And she did it while shockingthe very proper British audience by rolling up her sleeves to bare herelbows and wearing a skirt that showed her ankles. For the next twoyears she and Douglass met in the finals, with Douglass recapturingthe title in 1906 and Sutton winning it back in 1907. After that shedid not return to play in England, instead competing at home in theUSA. In 1912 she married tennis player and 3-time U.S. National doubleschampion, Tom Bundy and semi-retired to raise a family. However, in1921 at the age of 35, she made a comeback and became the 4th rankedplayer in the USA. In 1925 she was a doubles finalist at the US Openand although almost forty years of age, her game was strong enoughthat she was selected to play for America's Wightman Cup team. In 1928and 1929 she and her daughter Dorothy Bundy became the first and onlymother/daughter combination to be seeded at the US Open. Her nephew,John Doeg won the US Open in 1930 and in 1938 daughter Dorothy won theAustralian Open. In 1956, May Sutton was inducted into the International Tennis Hall ofFame. She never stopped playing tennis and well into her late eightieswas still playing regularly. May Sutton passed away in 1975 and was interred in the WoodlawnMemorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Sutton"
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