Heraldo Weiss

Heraldo Weiss (31 August 1917 – 30 August 1952)[1] was an Argentine tennis player.

Heraldo Weiss
Heraldo Weiss and his wife Mary Terán de Weiss in 1945
Country (sports) Argentina
Born(1917-08-31)31 August 1917
Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died30 August 1952(1952-08-30) (aged 34)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Turned pro1939
Retired1951
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open4R (1948)
Wimbledon2R (1948, 1950, 1951)
US Open1R (1945)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1948, 1950, 1951)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon4R (1948, 1949, 1950)

Biography

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]

Career finals

Singles
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1942 Argentina Grass Championships Grass Argentina Alejo Russell 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
Win 1944 Argentino Lawn Tennis Club Clay Argentina Alejo Russell 6–4, 6–0
Win 1944 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Argentina Alejo Russell 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win 1945 River Plate Championships Clay Argentina Enrique Morea 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
Win 1948 Turkish International Championships Clay Austria Hans Redl 1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6-4
Win 1949 South of England Championships Grass United Kingdom Donald Butler 6–3, 6–2
Win 1949 Scottish Hard Court Championships Clay Poland Ted Slawek 6–2, 6–0
Win 1950 Ulster Championships Grass Czechoslovakia Milan Matouš 6–4, 6–1
Win 1950 Düsseldorf International Clay India Dilip Bose 3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 1950 Dortmund International Clay Australia Jack Harper 5–7, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
Win 1950 East of Ireland Championships Grass Republic of Ireland Matt Murphy 8–6, 6–1
Loss 1950 Baden Baden International Clay Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 6–1, 6–1

References
  1. "Heraldo Walter Weiss". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Lake, Robert J. (2019). Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics. Routledge.
  3. "Tennis Archive". www.tennisarchives.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. "Baden-Baden 1950". Tennis Archives.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. Baschetti, Roberto; Patrich, Nora; Carman, Fecundo (2015). Mujeres son las nuestras : fotografías inéditas 1946-1983. Jironesdemivida. p. 61. ISBN 9789874583000. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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