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J. Higueras #14 def. T. Smid #40

6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 1978*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	J. Higueras
Score	6-7 6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	T. Smid

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Higueras	T. Smid
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Mar 1, 1953	May 20, 1956
Age	25	22
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	40
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,057	1,839
Career W-L	427–226	497–318
Career earnings	$1,406,355	$3,695,313

Pre-match H2H

J. Higueras 1 – 0 T. Smid

Path

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	SF	C. Barazzutti	6-1 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	QF	Hans Gildemeister	6-7 7-6 8-6	W	—	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R16	C. Lewis	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R32	J. Hrebec	2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1978	R64	P. McNamee	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

T. Smid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	SF	B. Taroczy	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	QF	A. Panatta	4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R16	J. Clerc	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R32	G. Goven	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1978	R64	J. Benyik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data