Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Demonstration mixed doubles

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Draw

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Demonstration mixed doubles
Demonstration mixed doubles
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Julie Heldman; Herb Fitzgibbon
Runners-up	Helga Niessen; Jürgen Fassbender
Score	6–1, 6–3
Events
Demonstration
Exhibition

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]

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-five 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.

Americans Julie Heldman and Herb Fitzgibbon won the tournament by defeating West Germans Helga Niessen and Jürgen Fassbender 6–1, 6–3 in the final. Peaches Bartkowicz and Jim Osborne, also Americans, won the third place.

The top two seeds received a bye into quarterfinals.

Valerie Ziegenfuss (USA) / Jim McManus (USA) (quarterfinals)
Lourdes Gongora (MEX) / Vicente Zarazúa (MEX) (quarterfinals)
Edda Buding (FRG) / Ingo Buding (FRG) (quarterfinals)
Rosa María Darmon (FRA) / Pierre Darmon (FRA) (semifinals, fourth place)

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final (gold-medal match)

					1	V Ziegenfuss (USA) J McManus (USA)	6	1	5
H Niessen (FRG) J Fassbender (FRG)		w	/	o		H Niessen (FRG) J Fassbender (FRG)	3	6	7
S Zenes (MEX) H Nerell (SWE)											H Niessen (FRG) J Fassbender (FRG)	3	6	6
4	RM Darmon (FRA) P Darmon (FRA)	6	6							4	RM Darmon (FRA) P Darmon (FRA)	6	3	4
	AM Ycaza (ECU) M Olvera (ECU)	0	1		4	RM Darmon (FRA) P Darmon (FRA)	6	6
Z Jansone (URS) V Korotkov (URS)		w	/	o		Z Jansone (URS) V Korotkov (URS)	4	4
C Rosado (MEX) R Osuna (MEX)															H Niessen (FRG) J Fassbender (FRG)	1	3
P Bartkowicz (USA) J Osborne (USA)		6	6												J Heldman (USA) H Fitzgibbon (USA)	6	6
P Montaño (MEX) J Loyo Mayo (MEX)		4	1			P Bartkowicz (USA) J Osborne (USA)	6	6	6
	ME Guzmán (ECU) P Guzmán (ECU)	3	6	6	3	E Buding (FRG) I Buding (FRG)	8	4	3
3	E Buding (FRG) I Buding (FRG)	6	3	8						P Bartkowicz (USA) J Osborne (USA)		6	9	8
J Heldman (USA) H Fitzgibbon (USA)		5	6	6						J Heldman (USA) H Fitzgibbon (USA)		4	11	10
S Petersen (BRA) M di Domenico (ITA)		7	3	2		J Heldman (USA) H Fitzgibbon (USA)	6	6
					2	L Gongora (MEX) V Zarazúa (MEX)	3	4

Bronze-medal match

^ "Mexico 68, Vol. 3: The Games" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1969. pp. 74 (491). Retrieved 15 April 2017. After a lapse of more than four decades, tennis was reintroduced to Olympic Games spectators as one of two demonstration sports. Forty-six competitors from fifteen nations displayed their skill in singles and doubles matches on courts in the capital and in Guadalajara, and the tournament was received with enthusiasm by both players and fans.
^ "Mexico 68, Vol. 2: The Organization" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1969. pp. 78 (79). Retrieved 15 April 2017. For the demonstration sports—fronton and tennis—the following installations were employed. In Mexico City: Frontón México, fronton and tennis courts of the Chapultepec Sports Center, fronton courts of the Asturian Sports Center, the Lebanese Sports Center and the Frontón Metropolitano. In other cities: fronton courts of the Acapulco Jai-Alai; and the tennis courts of the Guadalajara Country Club, the Atlas Sports Club and the Guadalajara Sports Club, all in the city of Guadalajara

Bronze-medal match

RM Darmon (FRA)
P Darmon (FRA)

P Bartkowicz (USA)
J Osborne (USA)

Official Results Archive (ITF)

[Olympic3-1] "Mexico 68, Vol. 3: The Games" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1969. pp. 74 (491). Retrieved 15 April 2017. After a lapse of more than four decades, tennis was reintroduced to Olympic Games spectators as one of two demonstration sports. Forty-six competitors from fifteen nations displayed their skill in singles and doubles matches on courts in the capital and in Guadalajara, and the tournament was received with enthusiasm by both players and fans.

[Olympic2-2] "Mexico 68, Vol. 2: The Organization" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1969. pp. 78 (79). Retrieved 15 April 2017. For the demonstration sports—fronton and tennis—the following installations were employed. In Mexico City: Frontón México, fronton and tennis courts of the Chapultepec Sports Center, fronton courts of the Asturian Sports Center, the Lebanese Sports Center and the Frontón Metropolitano. In other cities: fronton courts of the Acapulco Jai-Alai; and the tennis courts of the Guadalajara Country Club, the Atlas Sports Club and the Guadalajara Sports Club, all in the city of Guadalajara

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