Brian Gottfried #8 def. Harold Solomon #7

1-6 7-5 6-2

Brian Gottfried defeated Harold Solomon 1-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1979 Indian Wells Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 17, 1979*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Brian Gottfried	Harold Solomon
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Sep 17, 1952
Age	27	26
Height	183 cm	168 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,024	1,985
Current career W-L	690–321	566–328
Current career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,802,769

Pre-match H2H

Brian Gottfried #8 5 – 10 Harold Solomon #7

Path

Brian Gottfried's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Okker #48	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1979	QF
Jose Higueras #17	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 1979	R16
Terry Moor #78	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 15, 1979	R32
Lito Alvarez	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data	Feb 14, 1979	R64

Brian Gottfried's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roscoe Tanner #12	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 1979	F

Harold Solomon's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Wojtek Fibak #20	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1979	QF
Dick Stockton #23	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 1979	R16
Peter Mcnamara	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data	Feb 15, 1979	R32
George Hardie	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 14, 1979	R64