Juan Weiss
| Country (sports) |  Cuba | ||||||||
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| Born | Sancti Spíritus, Cuba | ||||||||
| Died | 29 October 2001 (aged 80) | ||||||||
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| US Open | 3R (1948) | ||||||||
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Juan Weiss (died 29 October 2001) was a Cuban tennis player.
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]
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Cuba-Mexico Cup Tie Plans". The Sun. No. 12, 587. 1 June 1950. p. 48. Retrieved 14 December 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Yager, Richard (6 September 2012). "History of Cuban 'Yayabos' memorialized at Blue Lakes". Miami's Community News.
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Categories:
- 2001 deaths
- Cuban male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Sancti Spíritus
- Competitors at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- 21st-century Cuban people