“There’s an outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis on the way”
– Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis
So… what do we know about Vitas Gerulaitis?
The A to Z of HMHB
The A to Z of HMHB
“There’s an outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis on the way”
– Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis
So… what do we know about Vitas Gerulaitis?
Peter Mcornithologist
An era when a sportsman had some personality 77 semi with Borg ?
20 May 2017
D.DEYES
South American sounding when you’re 15 in the 1970’s. An era when longhair tennis players were using conventional stimulants
21 May 2017
Steve
Vitas once lost 16 consecutive matches against Jimmy Conners but then beat him. Later at the press conference he uttered the immortal line. Let that be a lesson to you all. Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.
23 September 2019
Lord hereford
Impossible, BBC, July 12th.
Question: Which American tennis player attributed his defeat in a French Open final to worrying about his wig falling off?
Answer: A. Vitas Gerulaitis, B. Lleyton Hewitt, C. Andre Agassi.
Contestant: …Vitas Gerulaitis sounds like a disease of some sort, in my mind!
Series 8, episode 2 from 18:25 onwards on the Iplayer.
14 July 2022