Vitas Gerulaitis Cup

Tennis tournament in Vilnius

Tennis tournament
Vitas Gerulaitis Cup
Tournament information
Founded2023; 1 year ago (2023)
LocationVilnius
 Lithuania
VenueSEB Arena
SurfaceHard (indoor)
ATP Tour
CategoryChallenger 100
Prize money€118,000 + H

The Vitas Gerulaitis Cup is a professional tennis tournament held in Vilnius, Lithuania since 2023.[1] The tournament will be held on indoor hard courts of the SEB Arena.[2]

Background

Vitas Gerulaitis was a well known Lithuanian American tennis player and a former #3 ATP who achieved a status of an icon in Lithuania, having famously won the 1977 Australian Open title. With the approval of his family's estate, the organizers chose to name the event after him.[1]

This is not the first tennis event in Vilnius named after Gerulatis as previously ITF tour events organized in Vilnius also had carried the name of the "Vitas Gerulaitis Memorial Cup".[3][4] Furthermore, the hosting arena had previously been known under the working title "Vitas Gerulaitis Memorial Tennis Centre" and 2004 was declared as the Vitas Gerulaitis' year by the Lithuanian Tennis Association.[5]

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2023 United Kingdom Liam Broady Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2023 Ivan Liutarevich
Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov
India Arjun Kadhe
Germany Daniel Masur
6–0, 6–2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ""Vitas Gerulaitis Cup": ATP "Challenger" turnyras Vilniuje pavadintas teniso legendos garbei". Made in Vilnius (in Lithuanian). 17 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ Thompson, Grant (31 December 2022). "From Tenerife To Thailand, Challenger Season Set To Begin". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Tenisininkai kovos dėl Lietuvos Prezidento taurės". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 4 August 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "V.Gerulaičio atminimo turnyrą laimėjo prancūzas". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 18 August 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ "V.Gerulaičio jubiliejui - ne tik teniso turnyrai". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 23 July 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

External links

  • SEB Arena
  • v
  • t
  • e
ATP Challenger Tour tournaments
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Africa
Egypt
Morocco
Rwanda
South Africa
Tunisia
Asia
China
Hong Kong
India
Israel
Japan
Kazakhstan
Philippines
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Australia
Australia
North America
Bermuda
Canada
Mexico
United States
Central America and Caribbean
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
  • Santo Domingo
Panama
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay