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Harold Solomon #12 def. Paul Gerken #199

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Harold Solomon
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Harold Solomon	Paul Gerken
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 17, 1952	Mar 15, 1950
Age	24	27
Height	168	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	199
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,606
Career W-L	578–334	124–129
Career earnings	$1,802,769	—

Pre-match H2H

Harold Solomon 2 – 1 Paul Gerken

Path

Harold Solomon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Bernie Mitton	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Harold Solomon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Rick Fagel	2-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	John Marks	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data