Edda Buding

Edda Buding
Country Germany
Born 11 January 1936 (1936-01-11) (age 76)
Lovrin, Romania
Singles
Career record 26-17[1]
Grand Slam results
Wimbledon F (1961, Doubles)
Doubles
Career record 8-9
Last updated on: 26 June 2008.

Edda Buding (born 11 January 1936) is a retired German tennis player of Romanian birth. She received the doubles gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics doubles demonstration event partnered with Helga Niessen Masthoff. Along with Yola Ramírez Ochoa, she was the runner-up in the 1961 US Championships women's doubles event and with Robert Howe was the runner-up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1961. Ingo Buding, a two-time junior singles champion at the French Championships, is her brother.

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Career statistics

Grand Slam mixed doubles runner-ups

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
1957 French Championships Luis Ayala Věra Pužejová Suková
Jiří Javorský
6–3, 6–4
1961 Wimbledon Robert Howe Fred Stolle
Lesley Turner Bowrey
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
Darlene Hard
6–4, 5–7, 6–0

Other doubles titles

Year Championship Partner Score in Final
1968 Olympic Games Helga Niessen Masthoff

Fed Cup final

Year Buding's Team Opposing Team Score
1966

Edda Buding
Helga Niessen Masthoff
Helga Hösl Schultze

Julie Heldman
Billie Jean King
Carole Caldwell Graebner

0-3

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