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Jimmy Connors #2 def. Jose Higueras #9

6-2 7-5

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Jose 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

Jimmy Connors 3 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Jimmy 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	Balazs Taroczy	5-7 6-1 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R32	Pavel Slozil	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	Mark Edmondson	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

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

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	QF	Corrado 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	Paul Mcnamee	6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1979	R64	Randy Crawford	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data