Heraldo Weiss
![]() Heraldo Weiss and his wife Mary Terán de Weiss in 1945 | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 31 August 1917
Died | 30 August 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 34)
Turned pro | 1939 |
Retired | 1951 |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 4R (1948) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1948, 1950, 1951) |
US Open | 1R (1945) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1948, 1950, 1951) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 4R (1948, 1949, 1950) |
Heraldo Weiss (31 August 1917 – 30 August 1952)[1] was an Argentine tennis player.
Biography
[edit]Weiss was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 31 August 1917.[1] He won a silver medal at the Pan American Games.[2] He was one of Argentina's best tennis players between the 1940s and 1950s.[1] He reached the eighth finals (fourth round) in the men's single tournament of Roland Garros in 1948. He also distinguished himself in several international competitions, notably in the United Kingdom and in Germany as in Baden-Baden in 1950, where he dominated Gottfried von Cramm and faced Jaroslav Drobný (a finalist in Roland-Garros three months earlier) in the final.[3][4]
Weiss reached the fourth round in Wimbledon mixed tournament three times: in 1948, 1949, and 1950 (in 1949 with his wife). He was captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team.[5] He played two Davis Cup matches with the Argentine Team against Belgium in Brussels in 1948.
He was the husband of tennis champion Mary Terán de Weiss. Weiss died in 1952[5], he had fallen ill after returning from a tennis tour in Europe a fortnight before.
Career finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1942 | Argentina Grass Championships | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 1944 | Argentino Lawn Tennis Club | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–0 |
Win | 1944 | Mar del Plata, Argentina | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 1945 | River Plate Championships | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 1948 | Turkish International Championships | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6-4 |
Win | 1949 | South of England Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 1949 | Scottish Hard Court Championships | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 1950 | Ulster Championships | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 1950 | Düsseldorf International | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 1950 | Dortmund International | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 1950 | East of Ireland Championships | Grass | ![]() |
8–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 1950 | Baden Baden International | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Heraldo Walter Weiss". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Lake, Robert J. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics. Routledge.
- ^ "Tennis Archive". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "Baden-Baden 1950". Tennis Archives.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ a b Baschetti, Roberto; Patrich, Nora; Carman, Fecundo (2015). Mujeres son las nuestras : fotografías inéditas 1946-1983. Jironesdemivida. p. 61. ISBN 9789874583000. Retrieved 10 November 2021.