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.

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.

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.

Grand Slam finals Women's doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1961 U.S. Championships Grass Yola Ramírez Lesley Turner Darlene Hard 6–4, 5–7, 6–0

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1957 French Championships Clay Luis Ayala Věra Pužejová Jiří Javorský 6–3, 6–4Loss 1961 Wimbledon Grass Robert Howe Fred Stolle Lesley Turner 11–9, 6–2

Other significant finals Olympic medal matches: 1 (gold) YearLocationPartnerOpponentsScore 1968 Mexico Helga Niessen Masthoff Julie Heldman Rosie Reyes 6–3, 6–4

Fed Cup final YearGerman TeamUS TeamScore1966 Edda Buding Helga Niessen Masthoff Helga Hösl Schultze Julie Heldman Billie Jean King Carole Caldwell Graebner 0–3