Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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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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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]

Medal summary[]

Demonstration[]

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[]

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

 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[]

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

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