Career
Wheeler played for the United States. Wightman Cup team and was ranked as high as Number. 4 in the United States during her career. She also paired with Helen Bernard to reach the finals of the 1940 National Clay Court Doubles Championship, before losing to Alice Marble and Mary Arnold, at a final played in Cincinnati.
In 1929 at the Carlton Winter championships in Cannes, France, Wheeler was seeded Number.
1, ahead of a French player, future International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinee 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? If I am not seeded Number.
1, I will quit the tournament." Wheeler quickly gave up the Number. 1 seed in deference to Mathieu, and took her place as the Number.
2 seed. She has been inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.