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Gene Mayer#7 def. Jose Higueras#13

6-2 5-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 1980*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gene Mayer
Score	6-2 5-7 7-6
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gene Mayer	Jose Higueras
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Apr 11, 1956	Mar 1, 1953
Age	24	27
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,094	1,834
Career W-L	311–159	427–226
Career earnings	$1,382,422	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Gene Mayer 3 – 1 Jose Higueras

Path

Gene Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1980	QF	Victor Pecci	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1980	R16	Eliot Teltscher	5-7 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 1980	R32	Billy Martin	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 16, 1980	R64	Fernando Maynetto	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gene Mayer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1980	F	Eddie Dibbs	6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 1980	QF	Van Winitsky	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 1980	R16	Anand Amritraj	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jul 17, 1980	R32	Warren Maher	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 16, 1980	R64	Geoff Masters	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data