Career
Teimuraz Kakulia started playing tennis at the age of 11. Other highlights of Kakulia"s career were winning bronze medals in the mixed doubles exhibition event at the 1968 Olympic Games at the age of 21. Winning the tennis tournament at the 1973 Summer Universiade in singles, men"s doubles and mixed doubles.
And reaching 1972 Australian Open semifinals in men"s doubles (with Metreveli).
In 1977, Teimuraz Kakulia was awarded the Distinguished Master of Sport of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics rank, the highest in the Soviet sports classification. He was only the second Soviet tennis player to join WCT, with Metreveli being the first one.
After finishing his active playing career, Kakulia focused on coaching. Leila Meskhi, bronze medalist at the 1992 Olympics, was the most successful among his trainees.
During the last 10 years of his life illness prevented from coaching.