Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz was born on May 30,1951 and is an American-Israeli former professional tennis player, and current coach.
23 Facts About Steve Krulevitz
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Steve Krulevitz won gold medals for the United States in singles and doubles at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Steve Krulevitz was in the bottom of the top 100 on the men's tour from 1974 to 1983.
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Steve Krulevitz became a bar mitzvah at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation.
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Steve Krulevitz attended the Park School of Baltimore and won the Maryland Scholastic Association Singles Championship four times.
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Steve Krulevitz was the point guard on the school's undefeated 1969 basketball team, and played soccer and lacrosse.
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Steve Krulevitz won First Team honors in soccer and basketball in 1969.
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Steve Krulevitz was a member of the United States Junior Davis Cup Team.
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Steve Krulevitz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from UCLA in 1973.
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Steve Krulevitz was among the top 100 players in the world for from 1974 to 1983.
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Steve Krulevitz turned pro in 1973, at 22 years of age.
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Steve Krulevitz competed in 9 Wimbledons, 13 US Opens, 8 French Opens, and 2 Australian Opens.
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Steve Krulevitz made it to the 3rd round of Wimbledon and the French Open in 1976, and to the 3rd round of the Australian Open in 1979.
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In May 1974 Steve Krulevitz defeated world No 25 Raul Ramirez in Rome, Italy.
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Steve Krulevitz won gold medals in singles and doubles for the United States at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Steve Krulevitz was inducted into the USTA Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Steve Krulevitz was inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Steve Krulevitz's students include Gilad Bloom, Jaime Yzaga, Reed Cordish, and Vince Spadea.
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Steve Krulevitz is the varsity tennis head coach at Gilman School.
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Steve Krulevitz led the Greyhounds to a 12th-place finish at the high school national championships in Kentucky, and a 16th-place finish at the 2016 National Invitational Boys High School Team Tennis Tournament, located in Newport Beach, California.
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Steve Krulevitz led the team to eight consecutive A Conference titles in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association.
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Steve Krulevitz founded the Steve Krulevitz Tennis Program in 1984, with two 16-week indoor sessions for players of all ages from September through April and a 10-week outdoor camp June through August, with 90 students per week.
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Steve Krulevitz authored Lightning Strikes: The Life and Times of a Professional Tour Tennis Player, 2017.