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Jose Higueras #25 def. Yannick Noah #298

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 1978*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Jose Higueras
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Yannick Noah

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Higueras	Yannick Noah
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1953	May 18, 1960
Age	25	17
Height	178	194
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	298
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,611
Career W-L	427–226	456–194
Career earnings	$1,406,355	$3,440,660

Pre-match H2H

Jose Higueras 0 – 0 Yannick Noah

Path

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	SF	Patrick Proisy	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	QF	Jose Luis Clerc	6-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	R16	Vladimir Zednik	4-6 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	Patricio Cornejo	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Yannick Noah's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	SF	Chris Lewis	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	QF	Jiri Hrebec	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	R16	Ulrich Pinner	7-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	Louk Sanders	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data