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

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

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

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

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