In September that year she reached her first final at the Santa Monica Championships where she lost to Violet Doeg.

Wheeler won the singles title at the Pacific Southwest Championships in September 1936 after a win in the final against Alice Marble who had become U.S. National champion earlier that month.

1, ahead of French player, future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Simonne Mathieu.

According to the February 9, 1939, edition of the Oakland Tribune, Mathieu protested, telling officials "Am I not the greatest player in all of France?

[5] In August 1939, it was reported that she would marry German tennis player Henner Henkel in October that year.

She reached here last final in March 1950 at the La Jolla Summer Championships in San Diego where she lost to Dodo Cheyne.