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TENNIS PLAYER

Vitas Gerulaitis

1954 - 1994

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Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player, known as Vitas Gerulaitis. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering with Sandy Mayer. He won the men's singles title at the latter of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977 (December; Roscoe Tanner won earlier in January). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vitas Gerulaitis has received more than 1,628,979 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Vitas Gerulaitis is the 66th most popular tennis player (down from 61st in 2019), the 3,691st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,910th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 66 out of 1,148Before him are Manuel Orantes, Jacques Brugnon, Anna Kournikova, Goran Ivanišević, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and Tom Okker. After him are Lottie Dod, Reginald Doherty, Marat Safin, Andy Murray, Alex Metreveli, and Laurence Doherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 136Before him are Henk ten Cate, Viktor Medvedchuk, Branko Ivanković, Brigitte Lin, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, and Luis Arconada. After him are Kim Jung-sook, Dennis Haysbert, Haluk Bilginer, Tallis Obed Moses, Simonetta Stefanelli, and Benoît Sokal. Among people deceased in 1994, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 142Before him are Stephen Cole Kleene, Manfred Wörner, Sam Francis, Stanisław Maczek, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, and Mildred Natwick. After him are Luis Donaldo Colosio, Zoltán Fábri, William Conrad, Ales Adamovich, Giovanni Goria, and Juan Alonso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 3,691 out of 18,182Before him are Stewart Copeland (1952), Marc Mitscher (1887), Josh Holloway (1969), Dean Jones (1931), Joe Johnston (1950), and Leon Uris (1924). After him are John Leslie (1945), Adolphe Menjou (1890), Andre Norton (1912), Lucia Berlin (1936), Harold Arlen (1905), and Alan Guth (1947).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 16Before him are Chris Evert (1954), Bill Tilden (1893), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Darlene Hard (1936), Bobby Riggs (1918), and Doris Hart (1925). After him are Michael Chang (1972), Maureen Connolly (1934), Richard Sears (1861), Vincent Richards (1903), Jack Kramer (1921), and Roscoe Tanner (1951).