Education
He earned Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from University of California, Los Angeles and was named All-American in 1973.
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Steve Krulevitz
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His highest singles ranking was # 42. Krulevitz was among the top 100 players in the world for nine consecutive years. He has participated in 9 Wimbledons, 13 United States Opens, 8 Roland Garros and 2 Australian Opens.
His career singles titles include Sarasota (1979) and Chichester (1981).
His career Doubles titles include Stowe (with Cahill) in 1979 and Brussels (with Stevaux) in 1980. He 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.
In May 1982 he lost in the finals of the Tampere, Finland Tournament. Krulevitz was inducted into the USTA Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993.
Krulevitz"s students include Gilad Bloom (Israel), Jaime Yzaga (Peru), Tom Shimada.
Reed Cordish, Patrick Osuna, and Vince Spadea. He is the varsity tennis head coach at Gilman School, where he led the team to a 12th-place finish at the high school national championships in Kentucky. He holds a weekly tennis camp at the school.
Achievements
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He competed on the Professional Grand Prix Tennis Circuit for over ten years. Krulevitz won the Modern Sciences and Arts Singles four times and was named to the United States Junior Team. He was also an Israeli player from 1978-1980. He won the 1977 Gold Medal for the United States at the Maccabbi Olympic Games in Tel Aviv, Israel. In May 1981 Krulevitz won the Chitchester, Great Britain Tournament. Born and raised in Baltimore, with dual citizenship, Krulevitz played # 1 for Israel"s Team and coached that team as well. Krulevitz was 4–5 in competition for Israel from 1978-1980.
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