Anna McCune Harper

Anna McCune Harper (July 2, 1902 – June 14, 1999 in Moraga, California) was a female tennis player from the United States. She won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1931. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1930 U.S. Championships, losing to Betty Nuthall Shoemaker. 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 those championships.

Harper was at the top of her game in 1932, when she was called home because of an illness in the family. She then decided to give up tournament tennis for other tasks, including the rearing of three children. But she continued to follow the game and played for many years. She even had arthroscopic knee surgery at age 81 so she could continue to play. An adverse reaction to a general anesthetic sidelined her for good andprecipitated a long, slow decline in her health. Harper is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

See also

* Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final