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Harold Solomon#8 def. Stan Smith#31

3-6 1-6 6-3 6-1 8-6

Match Information

Date Jun 3, 1979*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner Harold Solomon
Score3-6 1-6 6-3 6-1 8-6
Loser Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldHarold SolomonStan Smith
Country USA USA
Birth dateSep 17, 1952Dec 14, 1946
Age2632
Height168
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)831
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9751,921
Career W-L578–334
Career earnings$1,802,769$1,774,811
Pre-match H2H
Harold Solomon 4 8 Stan Smith

Path

Harold Solomon's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 1, 1979R64 Pascal Portes 6-2 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 30, 1979R128 Erik Van Dillen 6-3 6-2 7-5WMatch data

Harold Solomon's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 6, 1979R16 Victor Pecci 6-1 6-4 6-3LH2HMatch data

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 1, 1979R64 John Yuill 6-0 6-2 6-1WMatch data
May 30, 1979R128 Zeljko Franulovic 6-3 6-2 7-6WMatch data