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Jimmy Connors #1 def. Jose Higueras #18

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1978
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	7-5 6-1
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	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,352	2,053
Career W-L	1,262–294	427–226
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 2 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	SF	Manuel Orantes	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	QF	John McEnroe	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R16	Jaime Fillol	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	Heinz Gunthardt	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	Rod Frawley	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	SF	Corrado Barazzutti	7-6 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	QF	Guillermo Vilas	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R16	Chris Lewis	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R32	Zeljko Franulovic	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1978	R64	Ismail El Shafei	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data