1994 Death Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40 1983 Event Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player 1980 Event 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) 1979 Event 99th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63) 1954 Birthday Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987
