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Ruta Gerulaitis

USA Age 70 WTA Tour years active: 1974–1981

Ruta Gerulaitis represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Ruta Gerulaitis finished with a career record of 36–60 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1684 (55th percentile)

Singles record

36–60 (37.5%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Ruta Gerulaitis's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Paula Smith	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1981*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Duk Hee Lee	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 1980*	R64	Phoenix	WTA 250	Hard
Rene Blount	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1980*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Rosie Casals	5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 1980*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 250	Grass
Brigitte Simon Glinel	2-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1980*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

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Ruta Gerulaitis's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	0	4	4	Jan 31, 1980	H2H
Betty Stove	1	2	3	Jun 5, 1979	H2H
Isabel Fernandez De Soto	1	2	3	Aug 28, 1976	H2H
Paula Smith	1	1	2	Sep 3, 1981	H2H
Chris Oneil	1	1	2	Aug 16, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Ruta Gerulaitis career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1974	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1975	19	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—
1976	20	9	9	18	50.0%	—	—
1977	21	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—
1978	22	11	21	32	34.4%	—	—
1979	23	6	11	17	35.3%	—	—
1980	24	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—
1981	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		36	60	96	37.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ruta Gerulaitis career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1975	19	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%
1976	20	—	—	—	—	9	7	16	56.3%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
1977	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
1978	22	4	8	12	33.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	11	21	32	34.4%
1979	23	0	3	3	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	11	17	35.3%
1980	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
1981	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	4	14	18	22.2%	17	18	35	48.6%	6	7	13	46.2%	4	18	22	18.2%	36	60	96	37.5%

Advanced Stats

Ruta Gerulaitis advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1974	18	1508	105.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.75	—	0–1	—	+0.22
1975	19	1554	114.5	—	—	—	—	—	+5	—	56.3%	+0.13	1–1	3–0 (100%)	—	+1.00
1976	20	1642	128.8	—	—	—	—	—	+43	—	47.7%	+0.16	5–3 (63%)	2–0	—	-0.34
1977	21	1604	112.2	—	—	—	—	-87	+72	—	37.5%	-0.75	4–4 (50%)	1–0	—	+0.81
1978	22	1602	126.0	—	—	—	—	-69	+34	+27	38.0%	-0.65	2–7 (22%)	0–5 (0%)	92.6	+1.42
1979	23	1631	132.6	—	—	—	—	-138	+77	+27	35.1%	-0.65	2–3 (40%)	0–3 (0%)	96.8	-0.30
1980	24	1557	107.5	—	—	—	—	-158	—	—	7.7%	-2.46	0–1	0–1	—	+0.18
1981	25	1541	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.20
Career		1684	129.8	—	—	—	—	-94	+47	+27	38.8%	-0.54	14–19 (42%)	6–10 (38%)	96.0	+3.32

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ruta Gerulaitis Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	20	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
1977	21	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1978	22	R64	R16	R64	4–3 (57%)
1979	23	QF	R32	R64	5–3 (62%)
1980	24	R64	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	25	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–3 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	3–5 (38%)	11–12 (48%)

WTA 500

Ruta Gerulaitis WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	LOS	W-L Win %
1978	22	R16	1–1 (50%)
1980	24	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)

WTA 250

Ruta Gerulaitis WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	DAL	EAS	HOU	MC	NAP	ITA	VIE	WAS	CAN	CHI	DET	GRO	HIL	HOL	KAN	MAH	MIN	MON	OLD	PEN	PHI	PHO	SAN	SEA	SOU	TAL	WES	WIL	W-L Win %
1974	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1975	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	F	5–3 (62%)
1976	20	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	7–8 (47%)
1977	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1978	22	R32	—	R64	R32	R16	R16	R16	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	6–17 (26%)
1979	23	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1980	24	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	24–46 (34%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ruta Gerulaitis?: Ruta Gerulaitis is 70 years old, born on November 18, 1955.
Which country does Ruta Gerulaitis represent?: Ruta Gerulaitis represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Ruta Gerulaitis won?: Ruta Gerulaitis has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ruta Gerulaitis won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ruta Gerulaitis's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Ruta Gerulaitis' career win-loss record?: Ruta Gerulaitis has a career WTA singles record of 36 wins and 60 losses (37.5%).
Which seasons of Ruta Gerulaitis's career appear in TennisDB?: Ruta Gerulaitis appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1974 through 1981.
On which surface does Ruta Gerulaitis have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ruta Gerulaitis's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 48.6% (17–18).
Who has Ruta Gerulaitis faced most often?: Ruta Gerulaitis' most frequent opponent is Virginia Ruzici, with a head-to-head record of 0–4 across 4 meetings.