Anna McCune Harper
Full name | Anna Virginia McCune Harper |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Anna Virginia McCune (1902-07-02)July 2, 1902 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
Died | June 14, 1999(1999-06-14) (aged 96) Moraga, California, U.S. |
Retired | 1932 |
Plays | Left-handed [1] |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 4R (1931) |
US Open | F (1930) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | F (1928, 1930) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | W (1931) |
US Open | F (1931) |
Team competitions | |
Wightman Cup | W (1931, 1932) |
Anna McCune Harper (née Anna Virginia McCune, July 2, 1902 – June 14, 1999) was a female tennis player from the U.S. She won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1931 partnering George Lott. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1930 U.S. Championships, losing to Betty Nuthall. She also was the runner-up in women's doubles at the 1928, 1930, and 1932 U.S. Championships and in mixed doubles at the 1931 edition of these championships.
Harper was ranked in the U.S. top 10 on five consecutive years from 1928 through 1932 and was top ranked in 1930.[2]
Biography
In 1924, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Berkeley,[3] where she joined the sorority Sigma Kappa.[4] In 1925, she married Lawrence Averell Harper, a history professor at Berkeley.[3][5] Through the following years, she ranked in the U.S. top 10 players, including 1930 when she ranked at the best player.[2]
In 1932, Harper was called home because of an illness in her family.[6] She gave up tournament tennis for other tasks, including raising her three children,[5][6] but continued to follow the game and played for many years.
Harper served as the national president of her sorority Sigma Kappa from 1939 to 1942.[4]
Harper was inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.[6][7]
Around 1983, she had arthroscopic knee surgery at age 81 so she could continue to play. An adverse reaction to a general anesthetic sidelined her for good and then precipitated a slow decline in her health. Harper is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
Grand Slam finals
Singles : 1 runner-up
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1930 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Betty Nuthall | 1–6, 4–6 |
Doubles : 2 runners-up
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1928 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Edith Cross | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Helen Wills | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1930 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Edith Cross | Betty Nuthall Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |
Mixed doubles : 1 title, 1 runner-up
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1931 | Wimbledon | Grass | George Lott | Joan Ridley Ian Collins | 6–3, 1–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 1931 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Wilmer Allison | Betty Nuthall George Lott | 3–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | Career SR |
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Australian Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
French Championships | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 |
Wimbledon | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 4R | 1R | 0 / 4 |
U.S. Championships | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | F | QF | QF | 0 / 5 |
SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 9 |
See also
- Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final
References
- ^ "Leader is left hander". The Cincinnati Enquirer. February 15, 1931. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
A left-hander, Mr. Harper started playing tennis in Pacific Grove, Calif., about 12 years ago.
- ^ a b United States Tennis Association (1988). 1988 Official USTA Tennis Yearbook. Lynn, Massachusetts: H.O. Zimman, Inc. p. 260.
- ^ a b Dwight Chapin (June 16, 1999). "Tennis pro, national star Anna McCune Harper". SF Gate.
- ^ a b Becque, Fran (2013-11-09). "On Sigma Kappa's Birthday - a Wimbledon Champ Who Was National President". Fraternity History & More. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ a b "Lawrence Averell Harper, History: Berkeley". Calisphere.
- ^ a b c "Tennis". Los Angeles Times. June 17, 1999.
- ^ "Anna McCune Harper". California Golden Bears.
External links
- Anna Harper at Wimbledon
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