Edda Buding

Edda Buding 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 US [Open (tennis)|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, 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.