Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 78
- Statistics
- 84
Career timeline · Titles per season
| Season | Titles per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 4 | |
| 1978 | 5 | |
| 1979 | 4 | |
| 1980 | 3 | |
| 1981 | 2 | |
| 1982 | 2 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1985 | 0 | |
| 1986 | 0 |
Data sources
- ATP
- WTA
- ITF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Vitas Gerulaitis ranks #89 in Tennis
Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 89th among Tennis athletes on GOAT Rank and 1340th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 80.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 78, Statistics 84. Those categories are normalised against the full Tennis reference universe of 251 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1971–1986 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1978, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes grand slam singles titles 1, atp titles 25, career-high ranking 3, grand slam doubles titles 1.
Immediately ahead sits Elena Dementieva on 80.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Joakim Nyström on 80.7. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Vitas Gerulaitis GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Gerulaitis stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Tennis cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1978. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 15 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours78/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 78/100.
- Statistics84/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 84/100.
Top Gerulaitis comparisons
Vitas Gerulaitis — frequently asked
- Is Vitas Gerulaitis the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Vitas Gerulaitis ranks 89th in Tennis with a GOAT Score of 80.7, behind Novak Djokovic on 97.6.
- What is Vitas Gerulaitis's GOAT Score?
- 80.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 78 (20%), Statistics 84 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Vitas Gerulaitis rank all time?
- 1340th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 89th within Tennis.
- Vitas Gerulaitis vs Elena Dementieva: who ranks higher?
- Elena Dementieva, on 80.8 against Vitas Gerulaitis's 80.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.