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Harold Solomon #9 def. Stan Smith #17

6-3 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 28, 1976*
Tournament	Johannesburg - Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Harold Solomon
Score	6-3 4-6 7-5
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Harold Solomon	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 17, 1952	Dec 14, 1946
Age	24	29
Height	168	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,996	1,976
Career W-L	578–334	—
Career earnings	$1,802,769	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Harold Solomon 2 – 8 Stan Smith

Path

Harold Solomon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 28, 1976	QF	Willem Prinsloo	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 27, 1976	R16	Byron Bertram	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 26, 1976	R32	Mike Machette	7-5 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 25, 1976	R64	Pat Cramer	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Harold Solomon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 29, 1976	F	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 28, 1976	QF	Roscoe Tanner	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 27, 1976	R16	Bob Hewitt	2-6 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Nov 26, 1976	R32	Kjell Johansson	6-4 6-7 6-4	W	—	Match data