Edda Buding

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, 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.

Edda Buding

Buding in 1965
Full name	Edda Helene Buding-Duchting
Country (sports)	Argentina (1954)  West Germany
Born	(1936-11-13)13 November 1936 Lovrin, Romania
Died	15 July 2014(2014-07-15) (aged 77) Aalen, Germany
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	26–17[1]
Career titles	0
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1961)
Wimbledon	QF (1959)
US Open	2R (1961)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1965)
Wimbledon	SF (1965)
US Open	F (1961)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	F (1957)
Wimbledon	F (1961)

She won the 1961 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships singles title after a three-sets victory in the final against Karen Hantze.

In 1964, she received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany.^[2]

Buding is the first opponent to play Chris Evert at the US Open. Evert won their 1971 match 6–1, 6–0.

Buding died in 2014 in Aalen, Germany.^[3]

Grand Slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1961	U.S. Championships	Grass	Yola Ramírez	Lesley Turner Darlene Hard	6–4, 5–7, 6–0

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1957	French Championships	Clay	Luis Ayala	Věra Pužejová Jiří Javorský	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1961	Wimbledon	Grass	Robert Howe	Fred Stolle Lesley Turner	11–9, 6–2

Other significant finals

Olympic medal matches: 1 (gold)

Year	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
1968	Mexico	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Julie Heldman Rosie Reyes	6–3, 6–4

Fed Cup final

Year	German Team	US Team	Score
1966	Edda Buding Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Hösl Schultze	Julie Heldman Billie Jean King Carole Caldwell Graebner	0–3