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Jose Higueras

ESP Age 73 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1968–1986

Jose Higueras represented Spain on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 6. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 424–220 and 16 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

6 (Jun 13, 1983)

Elo peak

2101 (96th percentile)

Singles record

424–220 (65.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,406,355

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Jose Higueras's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Boris Becker #5	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1986*	R16	La Quinta	ATP 250	Hard
Matt Anger #23	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 1986*	R32	La Quinta	ATP 250	Hard
Guy Forget #45	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 1986*	R64	La Quinta	ATP 250	Hard
John Frawley	1-6 1-6	L	—	Match data	Nov 21, 1985*	R32	Hong Kong Open	ATP 250	Hard
Thomas Muster #95	6-4 0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 1985*	R64	Barcelona Open	ATP 250	Clay

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Jose Higueras's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	4	12	16	Jun 3, 1983	H2H
Corrado Barazzutti	11	1	12	May 21, 1983	H2H
Jose Luis Clerc	5	5	10	Jan 15, 1984	H2H
Eliot Teltscher	7	3	10	May 14, 1983	H2H
Jimmy Brown	6	3	9	Jul 10, 1985	—

Singles Titles (16)

Jose Higueras singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1976	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Santiago
1977	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Murcia
1978	25	4	—	—	—	4	—	Bournemouth, Cairo, Madrid, Nice
1979	26	3	—	—	—	3	—	Hamburg Open, Houston, U.S. Pro Tennis Championships
1982	29	2	—	—	—	2	—	Hamburg Open, Indianapolis
1983	30	3	—	—	—	3	—	Bournemouth, La Quinta, Stuttgart Open
1984	31	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bordeaux, Austrian Open Kitzbühel
Total		16	—	—	—	16	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Jose Higueras career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1969	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1970	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1971	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1973	20	6	2	8	75.0%	117	128
1974	21	12	12	24	50.0%	131	108
1975	22	31	27	58	53.5%	107	46
1976	23	36	20	56	64.3%	41	42
1977	24	42	23	65	64.6%	42	28
1978	25	57	19	76	75.0%	30	14
1979	26	59	21	80	73.8%	15	9
1980	27	16	11	27	59.3%	9	30
1981	28	35	20	55	63.6%	32	35
1982	29	53	22	75	70.7%	36	12
1983	30	44	14	58	75.9%	11	7
1984	31	25	12	37	67.6%	7	21
1985	32	5	12	17	29.4%	21	182
1986	33	2	1	3	66.7%	181	330
Career		424	220	644	65.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jose Higueras career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	15	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1969	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1970	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1971	18	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1973	20	—	—	—	—	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	2	8	75.0%
1974	21	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	12	12	24	50.0%
1975	22	3	3	6	50.0%	21	17	38	55.3%	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%	31	27	58	53.4%
1976	23	0	1	1	0.0%	31	17	48	64.6%	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%	36	20	56	64.3%
1977	24	0	2	2	0.0%	38	19	57	66.7%	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	42	23	65	64.6%
1978	25	1	1	2	50.0%	50	13	63	79.4%	—	—	—	—	6	5	11	54.5%	57	19	76	75.0%
1979	26	4	2	6	66.7%	53	12	65	81.5%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	59	21	80	73.8%
1980	27	—	—	—	—	15	10	25	60.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	16	11	27	59.3%
1981	28	1	2	3	33.3%	34	18	52	65.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	20	55	63.6%
1982	29	4	3	7	57.1%	48	15	63	76.2%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	53	22	75	70.7%
1983	30	8	2	10	80.0%	35	11	46	76.1%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	44	14	58	75.9%
1984	31	3	3	6	50.0%	22	9	31	71.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	12	37	67.6%
1985	32	1	2	3	33.3%	4	10	14	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	12	17	29.4%
1986	33	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
Career	—	28	23	51	54.9%	363	162	525	69.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	30	32	62	48.4%	424	220	644	65.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jose Higueras career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	20	0	2	2	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	0	0	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
1974	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
1975	22	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1977	24	1	7	8	12.5%	3	1	4	75.0%	14	9	23	60.9%	2	0	2	100.0%	20	17	37	54.1%
1978	25	5	9	14	35.7%	4	0	4	100.0%	22	5	27	81.5%	1	0	1	100.0%	32	14	46	69.6%
1979	26	3	9	12	25.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	15	3	18	83.3%	0	0	—	—	25	18	43	58.1%
1980	27	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	0	0	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1981	28	2	3	5	40.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	9	9	18	50.0%	0	0	—	—	11	15	26	42.3%
1982	29	6	7	13	46.2%	4	6	10	40.0%	21	4	25	84.0%	0	0	—	—	31	17	48	64.6%
1983	30	3	4	7	42.9%	7	3	10	70.0%	16	3	19	84.2%	0	0	—	—	26	10	36	72.2%
1984	31	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	7	2	9	77.8%	8	2	10	80.0%	18	9	27	66.7%
1985	32	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%
1986	33	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
Career		20	50	70	28.6%	31	29	60	51.7%	119	42	161	73.9%	16	8	24	66.7%	186	129	315	59.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 315/644 (48.9%) of Jose Higueras's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jose Higueras advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	15	1475	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.67	—	—	—	+0.04
1969	16	1446	89.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.33	—	—	—	+0.21
1970	17	1433	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.04
1971	18	1445	100.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	—	—	—	+0.15
1973	20	1562	127.2	—	—	—	—	—	+51	—	65.0%	+0.90	3–1 (75%)	1–0	—	+0.39
1974	21	1646	114.8	—	—	—	—	-67	-4	-96	49.1%	-0.12	5–3 (63%)	1–2 (33%)	102.0	+0.94
1975	22	1733	138.2	—	—	—	—	-72	+3	—	52.6%	+0.29	10–12 (45%)	2–6 (25%)	96.1	+1.84
1976	23	1887	145.8	—	—	—	—	-149	-5	—	62.2%	+0.76	11–7 (61%)	8–2 (80%)	108.5	+0.50
1977	24	1851	147.7	—	—	—	—	-89	+15	—	59.7%	+0.64	9–7 (56%)	6–3 (67%)	100.0	+2.70
1978	25	2024	165.2	—	—	—	—	-168	+26	—	71.2%	+1.66	15–4 (79%)	6–8 (43%)	105.8	-5.11
1979	26	1969	163.9	—	—	—	—	-139	+100	—	68.0%	+1.43	13–9 (59%)	7–6 (54%)	96.5	-3.30
1980	27	1870	140.8	—	—	—	—	—	+32	—	55.6%	+0.59	5–3 (63%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.83
1981	28	1772	145.1	—	—	—	—	+18	+38	—	58.7%	+0.64	11–6 (65%)	6–2 (75%)	102.2	+0.57
1982	29	1955	167.5	—	—	—	—	-181	+140	—	67.2%	+1.41	15–7 (68%)	6–10 (38%)	99.4	-4.64
1983	30	1936	160.4	—	—	—	—	-103	+107	—	68.8%	+1.18	12–1 (92%)	10–5 (67%)	108.4	-2.62
1984	31	1878	145.9	—	—	—	—	-69	+105	—	60.8%	+0.72	12–5 (71%)	9–4 (69%)	105.0	-0.62
1985	32	1689	119.7	—	—	—	—	+77	+73	—	35.9%	-0.90	0–3 (0%)	0–1	—	-0.82
1986	33	1724	117.2	—	—	—	—	+66	—	—	57.1%	+0.43	1–0	—	—	-0.74
Career		2101	158.0	—	—	—	—	-102	+58	-96	61.9%	+0.88	122–68 (64%)	63–51 (55%)	105.1	-1.78

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jose Higueras Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1974	21	R32	R64	—	3–2 (60%)
1975	22	R128	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1976	23	R32	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
1977	24	QF	—	R16	7–2 (78%)
1978	25	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1979	26	QF	R64	—	5–2 (71%)
1980	27	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	28	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	29	SF	—	—	5–1 (83%)
1983	30	SF	—	R64	6–2 (75%)
1984	31	R16	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1985	32	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		27–12 (69%)	2–2 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	36–18 (67%)

ATP 500

Jose Higueras ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	CAN	W-L Win %
1975	22	R64	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1976	23	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1978	25	SF	R32	—	5–2 (71%)
1979	26	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1980	27	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	28	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1982	29	QF	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1983	30	F	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1984	31	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		15–8 (65%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	18–11 (62%)

ATP 250

Jose Higueras ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	BUE	DLB	GST	HAM	HKG	HOU	AUS	MAD	MC	MIA	MUN	NAP	PAR	ITA	ROT	STG	STO	STU	TKY	WAS	AIX	AMS	AVI	BER	BOG	BOL	BOR	BOU	BRU	CAI	CAL	CAL	DEN	DUS	DUT	GUA	HAM	JOH	LA	LA	LIN	LIS	LON	LOU	MAN	MAR	MAR	MEM	MEX	MIL	MUR	NIC	NOR	EAS	PAL	IW	PAL	PHI	PHI	QUI	IW	RIC	RIC	SAL	SAL	SAN	SAO	SAR	SOU	ST.	TEH	TEM	U.S	VAL	VEN	VIN	ZEL	W-L Win %
1968	15	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1969	16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1970	17	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1971	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1973	20	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
1974	21	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	9–10 (47%)
1975	22	F	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	SF	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	25–22 (53%)
1976	23	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	31–16 (66%)
1977	24	R32	QF	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	SF	—	SF	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	35–21 (62%)
1978	25	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	W	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	51–16 (76%)
1979	26	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	W	—	W	—	SF	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R64	—	F	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	52–15 (78%)
1980	27	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	16–9 (64%)
1981	28	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R16	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	F	—	33–18 (65%)
1982	29	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	W	—	R16	SF	QF	R16	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	45–18 (71%)
1983	30	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33–10 (77%)
1984	31	—	R64	R32	—	—	SF	R16	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–10 (69%)
1985	32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	4–11 (27%)
1986	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	21–15 (58%)	0–1 (0%)	8–5 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	25–8 (76%)	0–2 (0%)	10–4 (71%)	8–1 (89%)	26–10 (72%)	10–9 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	23–7 (77%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	12–3 (80%)	2–3 (40%)	8–2 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	10–5 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	13–4 (76%)	0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	14–5 (74%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	6–1 (86%)	20–7 (74%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	14–7 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	365–183 (67%)

ATP Finals

Jose Higueras ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	NAP	W-L Win %
1979	26	RR	—	0–3 (0%)
1982	29	R16	QF	0–2 (0%)
1983	30	QF	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–5 (17%)	0–1 (0%)	1–6 (14%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 13, 1983

First Top 100

Jul 29, 1974

First Top 50

Dec 15, 1975

First Top 20

May 29, 1978

First Top 10

May 21, 1979

Ranking History Matrix

Jose Higueras ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	127	128
1974	21	—	—	131	129	127	127	67	61	60	—	107	108
1975	22	107	—	62	57	58	62	—	—	—	—	—	46
1976	23	—	—	—	—	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	42
1977	24	45	53	50	34	37	33	35	35	31	31	28	28
1978	25	30	29	24	25	19	22	14	17	16	15	15	14
1979	26	15	13	16	11	10	10	9	7	7	8	9	9
1980	27	7	7	7	11	13	12	13	28	30	25	30	30
1981	28	32	30	27	25	23	24	26	29	29	35	37	35
1982	29	35	44	43	45	17	16	14	8	7	9	10	12
1983	30	11	8	7	7	7	6	6	10	9	9	7	7
1984	31	7	7	7	7	15	26	25	26	20	21	20	21
1985	32	21	29	29	29	29	42	81	104	188	178	178	182
1986	33	181	212	156	217	212	243	246	252	312	317	321	330
1987	34	331	335	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Jose Higueras's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Adriano Panatta	ITA	#6	2,177	585	363	222	62.1%	$776,187	10	1	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Sandy Mayer	USA	#7	2,080	576	371	205	64.4%	$1,057,783	12	0	1970–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Eliot Teltscher	USA	#6	2,093	599	392	207	65.4%	$1,653,997	10	0	1976–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Eddie Dibbs	USA	#5	2,169	867	605	262	69.8%	$2,016,426	22	0	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Jan Kodes	CZE	#5	2,121	747	471	276	63.1%	$693,197	10	3	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Harold Solomon	USA	#5	2,163	894	566	328	63.3%	$1,802,769	22	0	1969–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Brian Teacher	USA	#7	2,044	576	338	238	58.7%	$1,426,514	8	1	1971–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Corrado Barazzutti	ITA	#7	2,038	491	289	202	58.9%	$775,783	5	0	1971–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Roscoe Tanner	USA	#4	2,162	886	592	294	66.8%	$1,696,198	17	1	1969–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Raul Ramirez	MEX	#4	2,150	786	530	256	67.4%	$2,217,971	20	0	1970–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Gene Mayer	USA	#4	2,208	466	309	157	66.3%	$1,382,422	14	0	1973–1986	Rivalries	Match log
Joakim Nystrom	SWE	#7	2,121	393	257	136	65.4%	$2,067,447	13	0	1980–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jose Higueras?: Jose Higueras is 73 years old, born on March 1, 1953.
Which country does Jose Higueras represent?: Jose Higueras represents Spain in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jose Higueras?: Jose Higueras is 178 cm / 5'10".
Does Jose Higueras use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Jose Higueras uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Jose Higueras left-handed or right-handed?: Jose Higueras plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jose Higueras won?: Jose Higueras has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jose Higueras won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jose Higueras's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Jose Higueras won?: Jose Higueras has won 16 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Kitzbuhel in 1984.
What is Jose Higueras' highest ATP ranking?: Jose Higueras' career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 6, first achieved on June 13, 1983.
What is Jose Higueras' career win-loss record?: Jose Higueras has a career ATP singles record of 424 wins and 220 losses (65.8%).
How much career prize money has Jose Higueras earned?: Jose Higueras has earned at least $1,406,355 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jose Higueras's career appear in TennisDB?: Jose Higueras appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1986.
On which surface does Jose Higueras have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jose Higueras's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 69.1% (363–162).
Who has Jose Higueras faced most often?: Jose Higueras' most frequent opponent is Guillermo Vilas, with a head-to-head record of 4–12 across 16 meetings.