Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Demonstration women's doubles
Since the 1968 Summer Olympics did not feature tennis as an official sport, two unofficial tournaments were held during the Games: a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament.[1]
| Demonstration women's doubles | |
|---|---|
| Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
| Champions |  Edda Buding Helga Niessen |
| Runners-up |  Rosa María Darmon Julie Heldman |
| Score | 6–3, 6–4 |
The Demonstration tournament was played from 14 to 20 October 1968 at three venues in Guadalajara, Mexico: Guadalajara Country Club, Atlas Sports Club and Guadalajara Sports Club; all of them featured clay courts.[2] All matches were played at best-of-three sets; since the tiebreak rule wasn't implemented until the 1970s, a team had to win a set by a two-game margin in case of a 6–6 draw.
West Germans Edda Buding and Helga Niessen won the tournament by defeating French Rosa María Darmon and American Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–4 in the final. Americans Peaches Bartkowicz and Valerie Ziegenfuss won the third place.
Seeds
Both seeds received a bye into the semifinals.
Peaches Bartkowicz (USA) / Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA) (semifinals, bronze medalists)
Edda Buding (FRG) / Helga Niessen (FRG) (champions, gold medalists)
Draw
| First round | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Peaches Bartkowicz (USA) Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA) | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Rosa María Darmon (MEX) Julie Heldman (USA) | 7 | 6 | Rosa María Darmon (MEX) Julie Heldman (USA) | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 Suzana Petersen (BRA) Cecilia Rosado (MEX) | 5 | 0 | Rosa María Darmon (MEX) Julie Heldman (USA) | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
 María Eugenia Guzmán (ECU) Ana María Ycaza (ECU) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |  Edda Buding (FRG) Helga Niessen (FRG) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Lucia Gongora (MEX) Patricia Montaño (MEX) | 7 | 3 | 6 | Lucia Gongora (MEX) Patricia Montaño (MEX) | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Edda Buding (FRG) Helga Niessen (FRG) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bronze-medal match | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Peaches Bartkowicz (USA) Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lucia Gongora (MEX) Patricia Montaño (MEX) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||