- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVytautas Kevin Gerulaitis
- Nickname
- The Lithuanian Lion
- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Vitas Gerulaitis was born on July 26, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nobody's Perfect (1989), The Break (1995) and Wimbledon (1929). He died on September 18, 1994 in Southampton, New York, USA.
- Died while taking a nap at a friend's house in Long Island; carbon monoxide from a swimming-pool heater seeped into his room through the air-conditioning system. An autopsy showed the gas had displaced 75% of the oxygen in his blood.
- Buried at Saint Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York. Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and 'Bjorn Borg' were among his pallbearers. Among those at the funeral were Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Tony Trabert, John Lloyd, Fred Stolle and Cliff Drysdale.
- Son of Lithuanian immigrants.
- Did a famous Peugeot car commerical with his father, who asks Vitas "When are you going to get a haircut?" Father and son died within three years of each other.
- Engaged for 3 years to actress Janet Jones (Mrs. Wayne Gretzky)
- "And let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row." -- post-match conference after beating Jimmy Connors after Connors had beaten him 16 times in a row.
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