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John Newcombe #114 def. Jose Higueras #30

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 1978*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jose Higueras
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 1, 1953
Age	33	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	114	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,855	1,869
Career W-L	556–224	427–226
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 1 Jose Higueras

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	Wojtek Fibak	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1978	QF	Bjorn Borg	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	Roscoe Tanner	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data