She won the women's doubles title with Marjorie Van Ryn at the 1936 U.S. Championships.

Babcock was the runner-up in singles at the 1932 U.S. Championships, losing to Helen Hull Jacobs in straight sets.

[2] She was included in the year-end top ten rankings issued by the United States Tennis Association from 1932 through 1937.

[3][1] Babcock was born in Billings, Montana and graduated from the Marlborough School in Los Angeles in 1934.

[4] She died aged 74 at Southampton (Long Island) Hospital, New York, two days after suffering a stroke at her home in the North Haven section of Sag Harbor.