Edda Buding

Edda buding ( born November 13, 1936 in Lovrin, Timiş, Romania) is a former German tennis player.

Edda buding belongs to the ethnic group of the Banat Swabians. After the Second World War, it was marketed as ethnic German from Romania to Germany. Here she began a successful tennis career.

Among her greatest successes include winning the German Open in women's singles in 1959 and winning the German Championships in the years 1956, 1962 and 1963, further it was three times German Champion in the hall, in 1961, 1962 and 1963 German tennis champion. Furthermore it reached the 1957 mixed doubles with her partner Luis Ayala the final of the French Open, but lost there Věra Pužejová and Jiří Javorský 3:6, 4:6.

Also with a second place, the women's team of the German Tennis Federation ( DTB) had to settle for the final of the Federation Cup in 1966. Team Edda buding subject with their teammates Hösl Helga and Helga Niessen U.S. Women's Julie Heldman, Billie Jean King and Carole Caldwell Graebner 0-3.

For her achievements, she was honored by the DTB with the Golden Badge of Honour and on 29 February 1964, the " Silver Laurel Leaf of the DTB ." This " Silver Laurel Leaf " was to date only seven women and five times on men (including twice at a Davis Cup team ) awarded.

It is the only German player who was named in 1961 in the new Tennis World Ranking of U.S. magazine World Tennis Magazine. She was out here in ninth place.

Edda buding is sister of Ingo buding, who was also a successful tennis players and also one of the winners of the Silver Laurel leaf of the DTB.