[5] In August 1935, she was a member of the United States team for the Wightman Cup contest against Great Britain, held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills in New York City.

The United States team won the event 4–3 and Burkhardt Arnold competed in two singles matches.

[6][7][8] She twice won the singles title at the Pacific Coast Championships which was held during those years in Berkely.

She made her professional debut in January 1936 at the Madison Square Garden in New York and competed in a series of matches against Jane Sharp.

In 1974 she was inducted into the USTA Northern California Hall of Fame which was established that year.