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Phil Dent #30 def. Jose Higueras #37

6-1 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1977*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Phil Dent
Score	6-1 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-3
Loser	Jose Higueras

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Phil Dent	Jose Higueras
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Feb 14, 1950	Mar 1, 1953
Age	27	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	37
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,878	1,911
Career W-L	418–351	427–226
Career earnings	—	$1,406,355

Pre-match H2H

Phil Dent 0 – 0 Jose Higueras

Path

Phil Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	Brian Fairlie	6-0 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	Balazs Taroczy	3-6 7-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	John McEnroe	4-6 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	Nikola Pilic	1-6 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Phil Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1977	SF	Brian Gottfried	5-7 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Jose Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1977	R16	Harold Solomon	6-4 7-5 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1977	R32	Hans Gildemeister	6-3 5-7 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 27, 1977	R64	Christophe Roger-Vasselin	5-7 6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1977	R128	Colin Dibley	3-6 2-6 7-6 6-0 8-6	W	H2H	Match data