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Anita Kanter of Santa Monica, California, was an outstanding American amateur tennis player in the 1950s.

In singles, Kanter was ranked No. 6 in the United States in 1952 and No. 9 in 1953. In 1952, at the historic tennis tournament in Cincinnati, she won both the singles and doubles titles, and 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 of Australia in 1953.)

She won the U.S. girls tennis championship in 1951 as an 18-year-old sophomore at the University of California-Los Angeles. The following year, she won the U.S. clay court championship.

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