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Ilie Nastase#12 def. Jose 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	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-4 2-6 6-2
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Jose 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

Ilie Nastase 4 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

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

Ilie Nastase's next match

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

Jose Higueras's path

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