Mary Terán de Weiss
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| Full name | María Luisa Terán de Weiss |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Argentinien |
| Residence | Buenos Aires |
| Born | January 29, 1918 Rosario, Santa Fe |
| Died | December 8, 1984 (aged 66) Mar del Plata |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 10 |
| Last updated on: March 26, 2010. | |
María Luisa Terán de Weiss (29 January 1918 – 8 December 1984), known in Argentina as Mary Terán de Weiss, and out of Argentina as María Teran Weiss, was an Argentine tennis player, the first Argentine women to have a relevant sport performance in the international tennis tour. She played between 1938 and 1959, and was considered a top 20 player, winning the Irish Open (1950), Israel International (1950), Cologne International (1951), Baden-Baden (1951) and Welsh International (1954), and several times de Rio de la Plata Championship. In 1948 she reached quarterfinals at the French Open. Se also win two gold medals and a bronze one, at the 1951 Pan American Games.[1]
During military dictatorships in Argentina, Mary Terán was persecuted due to her affiliation with peronism, forcing her to retire from tennis at the end of the 50s, and excluding her from all recognition, by the press as well as sportive organizations.[1]
Before 1980s, tennis in Argentina was a sport for the upper classes. Mary Terán confronted the leaders of the Argentine Tennis Association, with the goal of promoting tennis among common people.[1] In the early 1980s she organized a campaign to support Guillermo Vilas and help to spree tennis in the country, when the Argentine Tennis Association was campaigning against Vilas.[1]
When democracy returned to Argentina, at the end of 1983, she continued to be ignored by the media and the government.[1] A few months later, she committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of a building in the city of Mar del Plata, at the age of 66.[1]
In 2007 the City of Buenos Aires honoured her by naming Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss the new tennis stadium of the city.[2]
See also
Sources
References
Books
- Lupo, Víctor F. (2004). Historia política del deporte argentino, Buenos Aires: Corregidor, capítulo XXXIV Template:Es
External links
- Búsico, Jorge (09-12-2004), Mary Terán de Weiss, la mujer y la memoria, Clarín. (In Spanish)
- Rodríguez, Tomás (08-12-2008). La historia trágica de una grande: María Luisa Terán de Weiss, El Litoral.(In Spanish)