Juan Weiss

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Juan Weiss
Country (sports)Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
Died29 October 2001 (aged 80)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 3R (1948)
Medal record
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1950 Guatemala City Men's doubles

Juan Weiss (died 29 October 2001) was a Cuban tennis player.

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Born in Sancti Spíritus, Weiss competed for Cuba in five Davis Cup ties between 1949 and 1955. [1] He also represented his country at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games in Guatemala City and was a silver medalist partnering Lorenzo Nodarse in the doubles event.

Weiss, who reached the third round of the 1948 U.S. National Championships, emigrated to the United States with his family in the early 1960s to escape communism. [2]

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References

  1. "Cuba-Mexico Cup Tie Plans". The Sun . No. 12, 587. 1 June 1950. p. 48. Retrieved 14 December 2020 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Yager, Richard (6 September 2012). "History of Cuban 'Yayabos' memorialized at Blue Lakes". Miami's Community News.