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 1,728,045 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Vitas Gerulaitis is the 56th most popular tennis player (up from 66th in 2019), the 2,742nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,681st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Tennis Player.

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  • 55.54

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 56 out of 1,569. Before him are Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Ken Rosewall, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Pancho Gonzales, Maria Bueno, and Rosie Reyes. After him are Tom Okker, Adriano Panatta, Goran Ivanišević, Kea Bouman, William Renshaw, and Bobby Riggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 114. Before him are Trevor Berbick, Steven Pinker, Francisco Guterres, Neil Tennant, Joey DeMaio, and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria. After him are Ahmed Dogan, Ilan Pappé, Kim Pyong-il, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Porcaro, and Plastic Bertrand. Among people deceased in 1994, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 109. Before him are Christian-Jaque, Elissa Aalto, Vazgen I, Jean Carmet, Aleksandar Petrović, and Kevin Carter. After him are Walter Lantz, Antoine Pinay, Mehmed Orhan, Mario Brega, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, and Massimo Troisi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 2,742 out of 20,380. Before him are Sue Lyon (1946), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), David Berkowitz (1953), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Samuel R. Delany (1942), and Patrick Wilson (1973). After him are Katy Perry (1984), Jim Rogers (1942), E. L. Doctorow (1931), Van Cliburn (1934), Amedee Reyburn (1889), and Cheech Marin (1946).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In United States

Among tennis players born in United States, Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 13. Before him are Chris Evert (1954), Bill Tilden (1893), Pete Sampras (1971), Venus Williams (1980), Don Budge (1915), and Pancho Gonzales (1928). After him are Bobby Riggs (1918), Althea Gibson (1927), Doris Hart (1925), Maureen Connolly (1934), Vincent Richards (1903), and William Larned (1872).

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