Edda Buding is a retired German tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player of Romania

Romania

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n birth. She received the doubles gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics doubles demonstration event

Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as a demonstration event in 1968. Men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles were held in both a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. Both tournaments were held in Guadalajara, Mexico.-Demonstration:-Exhibition:-External...

 partnered with Helga Niessen Masthoff

Helga Niessen Masthoff

Helga Niessen Masthoff is a former tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court 6–2, 6–4. She won the German Open three consecutive years from 1972 through 1974, beating Martina Navratilova in the...

. Along with Yola Ramírez Ochoa, she was the runner-up in the 1961 US Championships women's doubles event and with Robert Howe

Robert Howe (tennis)

Robert Howe is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.-References:...

 was the runner-up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...

 in 1961. Ingo Buding

Ingo Buding

Ingo Buding , was a West German tennis player. His sister Edda was also a tennis player.Buding won the Boy's Singles title at Roland Garros in 1959 and 1960.-References:* Profile at ATP...

, a two-time junior singles champion at the French Championships, is her brother.

Grand Slam mixed doubles runner-ups

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1957	French Championships	Luis Ayala Luis Ayala Luis Ignacio Ayala is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He is 6' 2" and weighs 190 lbs. and bats and throws right-handed.-Mexican League:...	Věra Pužejová Suková Vera Suková Věra Pužejová Suková was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1962, losing to Karen Hantze Susman 6–4, 6–4....   Jiří Javorský Jiří Javorský Jiří Javorský, was a Czech tennis player. Javorský played in the Davis Cup for Czechoslovakia between 1955 and 1966. In 1957 he and his partner Věra Suková won the mixed doubles at the French Open. In 1968 Javorský moved to Germany where he became a tennis coach.- References :...	6–3, 6–4
1961	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	Robert Howe Robert Howe (tennis) Robert Howe is an Australian former tennis player. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship in 1958.-References:...	Fred Stolle Fred Stolle Frederick "Fred" Sydney Stolle is an Australian tennis player. He was born in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. He is the father of former Australian Davis Cup player Sandon Stolle....   Lesley Turner Bowrey Lesley Turner Bowrey Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French...	11–9, 6–2

Grand Slam women's doubles runner-up

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1961	U.S. Championships	Yola Ramírez Ochoa	Lesley Turner Bowrey Lesley Turner Bowrey Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey AM is an Australian female tennis player.Bowrey won 13 Grand Slam titles during her career: two in singles, seven in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She lost in the final of 14 other Grand Slam events.Bowrey twice won the singles title at the French...   Darlene Hard Darlene Hard Darlene Hard is an American former amateur tennis player. Known for her volleying ability and strong serves, she captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S...	6–4, 5–7, 6–0

Other doubles titles

Year	Championship	Partner	Score in Final
1968	Olympic Games Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...	Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff is a former tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court 6–2, 6–4. She won the German Open three consecutive years from 1972 through 1974, beating Martina Navratilova in the...

Fed Cup final

Year	Buding's Team	Opposing Team	Score
1966	Edda Buding   Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Niessen Masthoff is a former tennis player from West Germany. Her best Grand Slam singles tournament was when she reached the 1970 French Open final, losing to Margaret Court 6–2, 6–4. She won the German Open three consecutive years from 1972 through 1974, beating Martina Navratilova in the...   Helga Hösl Schultze	Julie Heldman Julie Heldman Julie Heldman is a retired American tennis player who won 22 professional tennis titles.In 1969 she was World No. 5, her highest career world ranking, and was ranked No. 2 in the U.S.-Tennis career:...   Billie Jean King Billie Jean King Billie Jean King is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...   Carole Caldwell Graebner Carole Caldwell Graebner Carole Caldwell Graebner was an American tennis player. According to Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Graebner was ranked in the world top ten in 1964 and 1965, reaching a career high of World No. 4 in those rankings in 1964...	0-3

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