Full name Edda Buding-Duchting French Open 4R (1968) Country (sports) West Germany Wimbledon QF (1959) | Career record 26–17 Name Edda Buding Career titles 0 Role Tennis Player | |
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Born 13 November 1936
Lovrin, Romania ( 1936-11-13 ) Died July 15, 2014, Aalen, Germany | ||
Edda Buding (13 November 1936 – 15 July 2014) was a 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 U.S. Championships women's doubles event and with Robert Howe was the runner-up in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1961. She was the sister of Ingo Buding, a two-time junior singles champion at the French Championships, and Ilse Buding.
She won the 1961 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships singles title after a three-sets victory in the final against Karen Hantze.
Buding died in 2014 in Aalen, Germany.
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