1968 Summer Olympics / Tennis

Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Mexico City , Mexico Guadalajara , Mexico
Competition venue	Guadalajara Country Club (Guadalajara) Rafael Osuna Stadium (Mexico City)
Nations	15th
Athletes	45 (32 , 13 )
date	October 14-20, 1968 October 24-26, 1968
decisions	10
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A total of ten tennis competitions were held as part of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . From October 14 to 20, 1968, five competitions in singles, doubles and mixed doubles for women and men were played as a demonstration competition in Guadalajara . From October 24 to 26, 1968, the same competitions were held as an exhibition competition in Mexico City.

demonstration

Men's

singles

space	country	player
1	Spain	Manuel Santana
2	Spain	Manuel Orantes
3	United States	Herbert Fitzgibbon

Double

space	country	Player
1	Mexico	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa
2	Spain	Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana
3	France Mexico	Pierre Darmon Joaquín Loyo-Mayo

Ladies

singles

space	country	Player
1	BR Germany	Helga Niessen
2	United States	Jane Bartkowicz
3	United States	Julie Heldman

Double

space	country	Player
1	BR Germany	Edda Buding Helga Niessen
2	France United States	Rosa Maria Darmon Julie Heldman
3	United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss

Mixed

space	country	player
1	United States	Julie Heldman Herbert Fitzgibbon
2	BR Germany	Helga Niessen Jürgen Fassbender
3	United States	Jane Bartkowicz James Osborne

Exhibition

Men's

singles

space	country	player
1	Mexico	Rafael Osuna
2	BR Germany	Ingo Buding
3	Soviet Union	Vladimir Korotkov
	Italy	Nicola Pietrangeli

Double

space	country	Player
1	Mexico	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa
2	France Mexico	Pierre Darmon Joaquín Loyo-Mayo
3	Ecuador Soviet Union	Francisco Guzmán Teimuras Kakulia
	Soviet Union	Vladimir Korotkov Anatoly Volkov

Ladies

singles

space	country	Player
1	United States	Jane Bartkowicz
2	United States	Julie Heldman
3	Ecuador	María Eugenia Guzmán
	Brazil	Suzana Petersen

Double

space	country	Player
1	France United States	Rosa Maria Darmon Julie Heldman
2	United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss
3	Ecuador Brazil	María Eugenia Guzmán Suzana Petersen
	Mexico Soviet Union	Cecilia Rosado Zaiga Jansone

Mixed

space	country	player
1	Soviet Union	Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov
2	Federal Republic of Germany United States	Ingo Buding Jane Bartkowicz
3	France	Rosa Maria Darmon Pierre Darmon
	Brazil Soviet Union	Suzana Petersen Teimura's Kakulia

Web links

• Statistics on sportsreference.de (English)
• Tournament schedule for men (demonstration) on the ITF homepage
• Tournament schedule for men (exhibition) on the ITF homepage
• Tournament schedule for women (demonstration) on the ITF homepage
• Tournament schedule for women (exhibition) on the ITF homepage