she reached the final of the mixed doubles event at the 1959 u.s. championships, teaming up with bob mark, in which they were defeated in three sets by margaret osborne and neale fraser. with karen hantze she reached the semifinal of the doubles event at the 1960 wimbledon championships which they lost in three sets to the first-seeded pair, and eventual champions, maria bueno and darlene hard. at the same tournament, hopps adkisson partnered bob mark to reach the semifinal of the mixed doubles event.