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Harold Solomon #10 def. Gene Mayer #56

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1978*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Harold Solomon
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Gene Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Harold Solomon	Gene Mayer
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 17, 1952	Apr 11, 1956
Age	25	22
Height	168	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	56
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,057	1,751
Career W-L	578–334	311–159
Career earnings	$1,802,769	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

Harold Solomon 1 – 0 Gene Mayer

Path

Harold Solomon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	George Hardie	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Harold Solomon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1978	R32	Gianni Ocleppo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1978	R128	Sashi Menon	6-0 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data