- Anita Kanter
Anita Kanter of
Santa Monica, California , was an American amateurtennis player in the 1950s.In singles, Kanter was ranked # 6 in the United States in 1952, and # 9 in 1953.
Tennis career
She won the U.S. girls tennis championship in 1951 as an 18-year-old sophomore at the
University of California-Los Angeles .In 1952 she won the U.S. clay court championship, and was the runner-up at the Foothills Cup.
In 1952, at the
Cincinnati Masters , she won both the singles and doubles titles.In 1953 she successfully defended her doubles title, and reached the singles final.
She was seeded No. 1 in singles and doubles in both appearances in Cincinnati. (In doubles in those two years, she paired with Joan Merciadis in 1952, and
Thelma Long ofAustralia in 1953.)Maccabiah Games
Kanter competed in the
Maccabiah Games in 1953. At the Games, Anita lost the women's singles title toAngela Buxton , but won the mixed doubles title withGrant Golden and the women's double title.Link
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