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Arthur Ashe #16 def. Harold Solomon #12

6-7 6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-7 6-1 6-0
Loser	Harold Solomon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Harold Solomon
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Sep 17, 1952
Age	35	26
Height	185	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	12
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,973	2,072
Career W-L	800–258	578–334
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,802,769

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 8 – 5 Harold Solomon

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	Dick Stockton	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	Terry Moor	2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Ove Bengtson	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	Deon Joubert	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1978	F	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Harold Solomon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	Jan Norback	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	Brian Teacher	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Phil Dent	6-2 2-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	Cliff Letcher	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data