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Jose Higueras #17 def. Jimmy Connors #2

6-2 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1982*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Jose Higueras
Score	6-2 6-2 6-2
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Higueras	Jimmy Connors
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1953	Sep 2, 1952
Age	29	29
Height	178	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	2
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,199
Career W-L	427–226	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,406,355	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Jose Higueras 1 – 5 Jimmy Connors

Path

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1982	R16	Eliot Teltscher	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1982	R32	Damir Keretic	3-6 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1982	R64	Jiri Granat	7-5 4-6 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1982	R128	Sergio Casal	3-6 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1982	SF	Guillermo Vilas	1-6 3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1982	R16	Chip Hooper	6-1 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1982	R32	Guy Forget	6-2 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1982	R64	Jan Gunnarsson	6-2 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1982	R128	Bruce Manson	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data