Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as an exhibition and a demonstration event in 1968. It would become an official sport 20 years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles were held in both, a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. The Demonstration tournament was held in Guadalajara and the Exhibition tournament in Mexico City.^[1]

Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Medal summary

Demonstration

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's Singles	Manuel Santana  Spain	Manuel Orantes  Spain	Herbert Fitzgibbon  United States
Women's Singles	Helga Niessen  West Germany	Jane Bartkowicz  United States	Julie Heldman  United States
Men's Doubles	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa  Mexico	Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana  Spain	Pierre Darmon  France Joaquín Loyo Mayo  Mexico
Women's Doubles	Edda Buding Helga Niessen  West Germany	Rosa Maria Darmon  Mexico Julie Heldman  United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss  United States
Mixed Doubles	Julie Heldman Herbert Fitzgibbon  United States	Helga Niessen Jürgen Fassbender  West Germany	Jane Bartkowicz James Osborne  United States

Exhibition

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's Singles	Rafael Osuna  Mexico	Ingo Buding  West Germany	Vladimir Korotkov  Soviet Union
			Nicola Pietrangeli  Italy
Women's Singles	Jane Bartkowicz  United States	Julie Heldman  United States	María Eugenia Guzmán  Ecuador
			Suzana Petersen  Brazil
Men's Doubles	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa  Mexico	Pierre Darmon  France Joaquín Loyo Mayo  Mexico	Pancho Guzmán  Ecuador Teimuraz Kakulia  Soviet Union
			Vladimir Korotkov Anatoli Volkov  Soviet Union
Women's Doubles	Rosa Maria Darmon  Mexico Julie Heldman  United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss  United States	María Eugenia Guzmán  Ecuador Suzana Petersen  Brazil
			Cecilia Rosado  Mexico Zaiga Jansone  Soviet Union
Mixed Doubles	Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov  Soviet Union	Jane Bartkowicz  United States Ingo Buding  West Germany	Rosa Maria Darmon  Mexico Pierre Darmon  France
			Suzana Petersen  Brazil Teimuraz Kakulia  Soviet Union