title: Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Demonstration women's singles
text: # Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Demonstration women's singles
  
  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.
  
  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. All matches were played at best-of-three sets; since the tiebreak rule wasn't implemented until the 1970s, a player had to win a set by a two-game margin in case of a 6–6 draw.
  
  West German Helga Niessen won the tournament by defeating American Peaches Bartkowicz 6–4, 6–3 in the final. Another American, Julie Heldman, won the third place.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  Both seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals.
  
  * Peaches Bartkowicz (USA) (final, silver medalist)
  * Helga Niessen (FRG) (champion, gold medalist)
  
  ## Draw
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) | Final (gold-medal match) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | | | | | 1 | P Bartkowicz (USA) | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
  | E Buding (FRG) | E Buding (FRG) | 7 | 2 | 6 | | E Buding (FRG) | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
  | P Montaño (MEX) | P Montaño (MEX) | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | P Bartkowicz (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | L Gongora (MEX) | L Gongora (MEX) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Gongora (MEX) | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
  | V Ziegenfuss (USA) | V Ziegenfuss (USA) | 1 | 2 | | L Gongora (MEX) | L Gongora (MEX) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | ME Guzmán (ECU) | ME Guzmán (ECU) | 6 | 6 | | ME Guzmán (ECU) | ME Guzmán (ECU) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Z Jansone (URS) | Z Jansone (URS) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | P Bartkowicz (USA) | 4 | 3 |
  | S Petersen (BRA) | S Petersen (BRA) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Niessen (FRG) | 6 | 6 |
  | J Heldman (USA) | J Heldman (USA) | 6 | 6 | | J Heldman (USA) | J Heldman (USA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | AM Ycaza (ECU) | AM Ycaza (ECU) | 1 | 1 | | RM Darmon (FRA) | RM Darmon (FRA) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | RM Darmon (FRA) | RM Darmon (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | J Heldman (USA) | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | H Niessen (FRG) | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | |
  | | | | | | | C Rosado (MEX) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 2 | H Niessen (FRG) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  Bronze-medal match
  
  | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | L Gongora (MEX) | 4 | 3 | |
  | | J Heldman (USA) | 6 | 6 | |
  