Edda Buding

Edda Buding
	Edda Buding (right) besides Françoise Dürr, 1965
Full name	Edda Helene Buding-Duchting
Country (sports)	Argentina (1954) ; West Germany
Born	13 November 1936; Lovrin, Romania
Died	15 July 2014 (aged 77); Aalen, Germany
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	26–17[1]
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 (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.

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 U.S. Open. Evert won their 1971 match 6-1, 6-0.

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

Career statistics

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1961	U.S. Championships	Gras	Yola Ramírez	Lesley Turner Darlene Hard	6–4, 5–7, 6–0

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
1968	Olympic Games	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Julie Heldman Rosie Reyes	6–3, 6–4

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

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