Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as 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. Both tournaments were held in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Demonstration 1.2 Exhibition 2 External links

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Demonstration

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's singles	Manuel Santana Spain (ESP)	Manuel Orantes Spain (ESP)	Herbert Fitzgibbon United States (USA)
Women's singles	Helga Niessen West Germany (FRG)	Jane Bartkowicz United States (USA)	Julie Heldman United States (USA)
Men's doubles	Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazura Mexico (MEX)	Juan Gisbert / Manuel Santana Spain (ESP)	Pierre Darmon France (FRA) /  Joaquin Loyo-Mayo Mexico (MEX)
Women's doubles	Edda Buding / Helga Niessen West Germany (FRG)	Rosa Maria Darmon France (FRA) /  Julie Heldman United States (USA)	Jane Bartkowicz / Valerie Ziegenfuss United States (USA)
Mixed doubles	Herbert Fitzgibbon / Julie Heldman United States (USA)	Jürgen Fassenbender / Helga Niessen West Germany (FRG)	James Osbourne / Jane Bartkowicz United States (USA)

[edit] Exhibition

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's singles	Rafael Osuna Mexico (MEX)	Inge Buding West Germany (FRG)	Vladimir Korotkov Soviet Union (URS)
			Nicola Pietrangeli Italy (ITA)
Women's singles	Jane Bartkowicz United States (USA)	Julie Heldman United States (USA)	María Eugenia Guzman Ecuador (ECU)
			Suzana Petersen Brazil (BRA)
Men's doubles	Rafael Osuna / Vicente Zarazura Mexico (MEX)	Pierre Darmon France (FRA) /  Joaquin Loyo-Mayo Mexico (MEX)	Francisco Guzman Ecuador (ECU) /  Teimuraz Kakulia Soviet Union (URS)
			Vladimir Korotkov / Anatoly Volkov Soviet Union (URS)
Women's doubles	Rosa Maria Darmon France (FRA) /  Julie Heldman United States (USA)	Jane Bartkowicz / Valerie Ziegenfuss United States (USA)	María Eugenia Guzman Ecuador (ECU) /  Suzana Petersen Brazil (BRA)
			Cecilia Rosado Mexico (MEX) /  Zaiga Yansone Soviet Union (URS)
Mixed doubles	Vladimir Korotkov / Zaiga Yansone Soviet Union (URS)	Inge Buding West Germany (FRG) /  Jane Bartkowicz United States (USA)	Pierre Darmon / Rosa Maria Darmon France (FRA)
			Teimuraz Kakulia Soviet Union (URS) /  Suzana Petersen Brazil (BRA)

[edit] External links

• ITF Olympic site

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