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Vitas Gerulaitis#6 def. Harold Solomon#7

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament Philadelphia
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Vitas Gerulaitis
Score6-2 6-3
Loser Harold Solomon

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisHarold Solomon
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Sep 17, 1952
Age2426
Height183168
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)67
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,1671,953
Career W-L527–231578–334
Career earnings$2,778,748$1,802,769
Pre-match H2H
Vitas Gerulaitis 2 2 Harold Solomon

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1979R16 Johan Kriek 4-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1979R32 Zeljko Franulovic 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 27, 1979SF Arthur Ashe 1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4LH2HMatch data

Harold Solomon's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 26, 1979R16 Gene Mayer 6-4 2-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jan 25, 1979R32 Andrew Pattison 6-0 6-3WMatch data