Heraldo Weiss

Heraldo Weiss was an Argentine tennis player.

Biography

Weiss was born in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina on 31 August 1917. He won a silver medal at the Pan American Games. He was one of Argentina's best tennis players between the 1940s and 1950s. He reached the eighth finals 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 in the final.
Weiss reached the fourth round in Wimbledon mixed tournament three times: in 1948, 1949, and 1950. He was captain of the Argentina [Davis Cup team]. 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, he had fallen ill after returning from a tennis tour in Europe a fortnight before.