Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Summary

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as an exhibition and a demonstration event in 1968. Men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles were held in both, a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. The Demonstration tournament was held in Guadalajara and the Exhibition tournament in Mexico City.[1]

Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Events
Demonstration
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Exhibition
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
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Medal summary edit

Demonstration edit

Event Champion Second place Third place
Men's Singles Manuel Santana
  Spain
Manuel Orantes
  Spain
Herbert Fitzgibbon
  United States
Women's Singles Helga Niessen
  West Germany
Jane Bartkowicz
  United States
Julie Heldman
  United States
Men's Doubles Rafael Osuna
Vicente Zarazúa
  Mexico
Juan Gisbert
Manuel Santana
  Spain
Pierre Darmon
  France
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
  Mexico
Women's Doubles Edda Buding
Helga Niessen
  West Germany
Rosa Maria Darmon
  Mexico
Julie Heldman
  United States
Jane Bartkowicz
Valerie Ziegenfuss
  United States
Mixed Doubles Julie Heldman
Herbert Fitzgibbon
  United States
Helga Niessen
Jürgen Fassbender
  West Germany
Jane Bartkowicz
James Osborne
  United States

Exhibition edit

Event Champion Second place Third place
Men's Singles Rafael Osuna
  Mexico
Ingo Buding
  West Germany
Vladimir Korotkov
  Soviet Union
Nicola Pietrangeli
  Italy
Women's Singles Jane Bartkowicz
  United States
Julie Heldman
  United States
María Eugenia Guzmán
  Ecuador
Suzana Petersen
  Brazil
Men's Doubles Rafael Osuna
Vicente Zarazúa
  Mexico
Pierre Darmon
  France
Joaquín Loyo Mayo
  Mexico
Pancho Guzmán
  Ecuador
Teimuraz Kakulia
  Soviet Union
Vladimir Korotkov
Anatoli Volkov
  Soviet Union
Women's Doubles Rosa Maria Darmon
  Mexico
Julie Heldman
  United States
Jane Bartkowicz
Valerie Ziegenfuss
  United States
María Eugenia Guzmán
  Ecuador
Suzana Petersen
  Brazil
Cecilia Rosado
  Mexico
Zaiga Jansone
  Soviet Union
Mixed Doubles Zaiga Jansone
Vladimir Korotkov
  Soviet Union
Jane Bartkowicz
  United States
Ingo Buding
  West Germany
Rosa Maria Darmon
  Mexico
Pierre Darmon
  France
Suzana Petersen
  Brazil
Teimuraz Kakulia
  Soviet Union

References edit

  1. ^ "Mexico68" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 491–496.

External links edit

  • ITF Olympic site