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J. Higueras #14 def. G. Mayer #55

6-3 2-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 22, 1979*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	J. Higueras
Score	6-3 2-6 7-6
Loser	G. Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Higueras	G. Mayer
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1953	Apr 11, 1956
Age	26	23
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	55
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,017	1,862
Career W-L	427–226	311–159
Career earnings	$1,406,355	$1,382,422

Pre-match H2H

J. Higueras 0 – 2 G. Mayer

Path

J. Higueras's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1979	SF	R. Tanner	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1979	QF	E. Dibbs	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1979	R16	P. Bertolucci	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1979	R32	C. Lewis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Higueras's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

G. Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1979	SF	M. Orantes	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1979	QF	R. Ycaza	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1979	R16	F. Gonzalez	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1979	R32	H. Solomon	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data