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B. Borg#1 def. J. Higueras#15

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1979*
Tournament	Monte Carlo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	B. Borg
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	J. Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	J. Higueras
Country	SWE	ESP
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Mar 1, 1953
Age	22	26
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,301	1,969
Career W-L	608–143	427–226
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 6 – 1 J. Higueras

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	P. Bertolucci	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1979	QF	J. Clerc	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1979	R32	P. Dupre	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data