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I. Nastase #12 def. J. Higueras #15

6-4 2-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1979*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-4 2-6 6-2
Loser	J. Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	J. Higueras
Country	ROU	ESP
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Mar 1, 1953
Age	32	25
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,035	1,998
Career W-L	859–331	427–226
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 4 – 0 J. Higueras

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	J. Alexander	6-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	QF	John McEnroe	3-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	D. Stockton	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data