Bjorn Borg def. Jose Higueras

6-1 6-3

Bjorn Borg defeated Jose Higueras 6-1 6-3 in the 1976 Dusseldorf semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 27, 1976*
Tournament: Dusseldorf
Edition: 1976
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Jose Higueras
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Mar 1, 1953
Age	19	23
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,183	1,814
Career W-L	620–142	431–227
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 3 – 1 Jose Higueras

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Byron Bertram	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1976	QF
Antonio Munoz	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1976	R16
Pavel Hutka	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1976	R32

Bjorn Borg's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Manuel Orantes	6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1976	F

Jose Higueras's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dick Crealy	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1976	QF
Frantisek Pala	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1976	R16
Szabolcz Baranyi	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1976	R32
Raymond Moore	6-7 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1976	R64