Juan Notz (born 21 October 1939) is a Venezuelan former

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player. Notz made his only

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appearance for Venezuela in his birth city of

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, against Ecuador in 1963. He lost the opening rubber of the tie to

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in the doubles to defeat Zuleta and

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. In the reverse singles he won a dead rubber over Guzman in four sets. A two-time doubles medalist at the

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, Notz also represented Venezuela in two editions of the

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, in 1959 and 1963.

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