Anita Kanter

Anita Kanter (born 1933) is a former amateur tennis player from the U.S. who played in the 1950s. In singles, Kanter was ranked # 6 in the United States (and # 10 in the world by World Tennis magazine) in 1952, and # 9 in the US in 1953.

Early life Kanter was born in Santa Monica, California, and is Jewish.

Tennis career Kanter won the 1949 US Girls National Hard Court Singles Championship.

In 1953 she won the US National hard court tennis championship, successfully defended her doubles title,

Maccabiah Games Kanter, who is Jewish, competed in Israel in the 1953 Maccabiah Games—the "Jewish Olympics". At the Games, Kanter, ranked #9 in the US at the time, lost the women's singles title to Angela Buxton and ended up with the silver medal, but won two gold medals, one as she won the mixed doubles title with Grant Golden and one as she won the women's double title with Toby Greenberg - beating Angela Buxton and Carol Levy of Britain in the final.