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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Jose Higueras #14

7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 28, 1978*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-6 6-2
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	25	25
Height	177	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,329	2,030
Career W-L	1,262–294	427–226
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1978	QF	Hans Gildemeister	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jul 27, 1978	R16	John Alexander	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1978	R32	Terry Rocavert	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	John Marks	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 1978	F	Eddie Dibbs	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1978	QF	Harold Solomon	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1978	R16	Raul Ramirez	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1978	R32	Francisco Gonzalez	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1978	R64	Cary Stansbury	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data