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J. Connors#2 def. J. Higueras#9

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 6, 1979
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	J. Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	J. Higueras
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Mar 1, 1953
Age	26	26
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,275	2,055
Career W-L	1,262–294	427–226
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 3 – 0 J. Higueras

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	Ivan Lendl	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	B. Taroczy	5-7 6-1 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	P. Slozil	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	M. Edmondson	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	F	G. Vilas	6-1 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	C. Barazzutti	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	P. McNamee	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	R. Crawford	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data