Vitas Gerulaitis #6 def. Harold Solomon #7

6-2 6-3

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated Harold Solomon 6-2 6-3 in the 1979 Philadelphia quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

FieldVitas GerulaitisHarold Solomon
Country USA USA
Birth dateJul 26, 1954Sep 17, 1952
Age2426
Height183 cm168 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)67
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1841,957
Current career W-L528–234566–328
Current career earnings$2,778,748$1,802,769
Pre-match H2H

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Johan Kriek #284-6 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 1979R16
Zeljko Franulovic #366-4 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 25, 1979R32

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Arthur Ashe #146-1 6-4 6-7 4-6 4-6LH2HMatch dataJan 27, 1979SF

Harold Solomon's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Gene Mayer #586-4 2-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 26, 1979R16
Andrew Pattison 6-0 6-3WMatch dataJan 25, 1979R32