Background
Solomon was born April 3, 1995, and is half-Jewish.
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He attended Greenhill School from first grade on through high school, and graduated high school in 2014. He finished his Greenhill Hornets career with a 48–0 record, never dropping a set.
Career
He is coached by Rodrigo Cerdera. In high school, he was a four-time All-Southwest Preparatory Conference pick, and a two-time All-American. In February 2014, he had his biggest career victory over Kaichi Uchida of Japan (International Tennis Federation Junior #3 and Association of Tennis Professionals #579) in the USTA Pro Circuit futures in Sunrise, Florida.
Through Solomon"s junior career, he tallied victories over Canadian Brayden Schnur (Association of Tennis Professionals #456), Chilean Bastian Malla (Association of Tennis Professionals #646), Noah Rubin (Association of Tennis Professionals #532), and Jared Donaldson (Association of Tennis Professionals #170).
Four of these five victories came on clay courts. He has made two main draw International Tennis Federation Pro Circuit appearances against Daniel Smethurst (Association of Tennis Professionals #230) and Evan King.
He took Smethurst to three sets and dropped a 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 match. Solomon reached the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation Pro Circuit event in Harlingen, Texas, partnering University of Texas tennis player, John Mee.
He has also made two appearances at the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger events at the 2014 Challenger of Dallas and at the event in Cali, Colombia.
Solomon was featured in Sports Illustrated Magazine in Faces in the Crowd published in stores on May 14, 2014, for an undefeated high school career. He was one of the few tennis players to do so since the piece began. He joined the company of former and current professional athletes such as John McEnroe, Althea Gibson, Jack Nicklaus, Arthur Ashe, Billie Jean King, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Greg LeMond, Emmitt Smith, Spud Webb, Tiger Woods, Tim Tebow, Andy Roddick, and Marion Jones.
Solomon started playing for Harvard University as a freshman in the Fall of 2014.
