Full name | Edda Helene Buding-Duchting |
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Country (sports) |
Argentina (1954) West Germany |
Born |
Lovrin, Romania |
13 November 1936
Died | 15 July 2014 Aalen, Germany |
(aged 77)
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 26–17 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 4R (1968) |
Wimbledon | QF (1959) |
US Open | 2R (1961) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
French Open | 4R (1968) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1968) |
US Open | F (1961) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | F (1957) |
Wimbledon | F (1961) |
Edda Buding (11 January 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.
Edda Buding
Helga Niessen Masthoff
Helga Hösl Schultze