Vitas Gerulaitis

Vitas Gerulaitis is a name that still tugs at me. Born in Brooklyn in 1954, he climbed to world No. 3 in 1978, won the 1977 Australian Open in singles and the 1975 Wimbledon doubles, and did it with a flair that made him one of the era's true crowd-pleasers. He was sharp off the court too, with time at Columbia University. Then he was gone at just 40 in 1994, and that early ending only deepens how brightly his prime reads now. For me he is more than a record line; he is a reminder of how vivid and fleeting a sporting life can be.

Name (English)

Vitas Gerulaitis

Name (Japanese)

ビタス・ゲルレイティス

Reading

びたす・げるれいてぃす

Born

July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

tennis player

High school

Archbishop Molloy High School

University

Columbia University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• New York
• tennis player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.