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G. Vilas#4 def. J. Higueras#17

6-1 6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jun 6, 1982*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	G. Vilas
Score	6-1 6-3 7-6
Loser	J. Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	G. Vilas	J. Higueras
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Mar 1, 1953
Age	29	29
Height	180	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,229	2,027
Career W-L	898–282	427–226
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

G. Vilas 11 – 2 J. Higueras

Path

G. Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1982	QF	Y. Noah	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1982	R16	A. Maurer	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1982	R32	J. Avendano	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1982	R64	Jairo Velasco	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 26, 1982	R128	C. Freyss	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

G. Vilas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1982	F	Mats Wilander	6-1 6-7 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1982	QF	J. Connors	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1982	R16	E. Teltscher	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1982	R32	D. Keretic	3-6 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1982	R64	J. Granat	7-5 4-6 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1982	R128	S. Casal	3-6 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data