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Yannick Noah#36 def. Jose Higueras#7

6-1 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 1979*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Yannick Noah
Score	6-1 3-6 6-4
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yannick Noah	Jose Higueras
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	May 18, 1960	Mar 1, 1953
Age	19	26
Height	194	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	36	7
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,852	2,088
Career W-L	456–194	427–226
Career earnings	$3,440,660	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Yannick Noah 0 – 1 Jose Higueras

Path

Yannick Noah's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	Gabriel Urpi	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	Carlos Kirmayr	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	Per Hjertquist	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R64	Jorge Andrew	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yannick Noah's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1979	F	Manuel Orantes	6-3 6-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1979	QF	Keith Richardson	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	R16	Christophe Freyss	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 1979	R32	Ivan Molina	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R64	Stefan Svensson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data