Professional Tennis Player, Entrepreneur. He was an American tennis champion during the first decades of the 20th century. He was a three-time winner of the men's doubles title at the U.S. Championships in 1912, 1913, and 1914. On December 11, 1912, he married Mary Sutton, who was the first American to win at Wimbledon, capturing the Ladies Singles Championship in 1905. The couple had one daughter, Dorothy, who excelled in tennis being the first American to capture the women's singles title at the 1938 Australian National Championships. They also had three sons. He and his wife separated in 1923 and divorced in 1940 with him dying five years later Besides tennis, he was active in the development of Los Angeles and surrounding communities and having an affluent real estate business. In 1913 he built one of Santa Monica's historic treasures, the Bundy House. He became a real estate entrepreneur, developing 2,000 acres in Sherman Oaks, as well as La Brea and a large area called the Miracle Mile in Wilshire. On October 27, 1920 he was elected to the newly incorporated Los Angeles Tennis Club. Although Bundy Drive was actually named for his older brother Charles, today many believe it was named for him as he was the most famous of the two. Besides his wife and daughter, his granddaughter excelled in tennis.
Professional Tennis Player, Entrepreneur. He was an American tennis champion during the first decades of the 20th century. He was a three-time winner of the men's doubles title at the U.S. Championships in 1912, 1913, and 1914. On December 11, 1912, he married Mary Sutton, who was the first American to win at Wimbledon, capturing the Ladies Singles Championship in 1905. The couple had one daughter, Dorothy, who excelled in tennis being the first American to capture the women's singles title at the 1938 Australian National Championships. They also had three sons. He and his wife separated in 1923 and divorced in 1940 with him dying five years later Besides tennis, he was active in the development of Los Angeles and surrounding communities and having an affluent real estate business. In 1913 he built one of Santa Monica's historic treasures, the Bundy House. He became a real estate entrepreneur, developing 2,000 acres in Sherman Oaks, as well as La Brea and a large area called the Miracle Mile in Wilshire. On October 27, 1920 he was elected to the newly incorporated Los Angeles Tennis Club. Although Bundy Drive was actually named for his older brother Charles, today many believe it was named for him as he was the most famous of the two. Besides his wife and daughter, his granddaughter excelled in tennis.
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