TENNIS PLAYER

Vitas Gerulaitis

1954 - 1994

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Vytautas "Vitas" Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1978. Gerulaitis won the men's singles title at the December 1977 Australian Open, and the men's doubles title at the 1975 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Sandy Mayer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vitas Gerulaitis is the 75th most popular tennis player (down from 56th in 2019), the 3,438th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,742nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 75 out of 1,569. Before him are William Renshaw, Dorothy Round, Anna Kournikova, Goran Ivanišević, Pat Rafter, and Stan Wawrinka. After him are Gottfried von Cramm, Martina Hingis, Jacques Brugnon, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Thomas Muster, and Reginald Doherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 150. Before him are Cindy Breakspeare, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brad Little, Paul Gallagher, Catherine Samba-Panza, and Jerry Seinfeld. After him are Hermann Tilke, Will Patton, Bruno Metsu, David Lee Roth, Doug Jones, and Sid Meier. Among people deceased in 1994, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 125. Before him are Aleksandar Petrović, Donald Judd, Baruch Goldstein, Juan Alonso, Stanisław Maczek, and Haim Bar-Lev. After him are Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Branko Mikulić, Jiří Sobotka, Barry Sullivan, Lindsay Anderson, and Zein Al-Sharaf Talal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 3,438 out of 20,380. Before him are John Ritter (1948), Drew Barrymore (1975), Don Cheadle (1964), Sylvia Sidney (1910), Besse Cooper (1896), and Jerry Seinfeld (1954). After him are Howard P. Robertson (1903), Djuna Barnes (1892), Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Lance Reddick (1962), Donald O'Connor (1925), and Christopher Browning (1944).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 16. Before him are Pete Sampras (1971), Shirley Fry (1927), Serena Williams (1981), Don Budge (1915), Pancho Gonzales (1928), and Rosemary Casals (1948). After him are Doris Hart (1925), Richard Sears (1861), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Sidney Wood (1911), Michael Chang (1972), and Maureen Connolly (1934).

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