# Armistead Neely vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/armistead-neely-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4585245&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Billy Higgins holds a 1–0 lead over Armistead Neely in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Billy Higgins leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Billy Higgins won the 1972 Tanglewood round of 32 6-1 1-6 6-3.

## Overall
- Armistead Neely: 0 wins
- Billy Higgins: 1 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Armistead Neely 0 - 1 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Armistead Neely 0 - 1 Billy Higgins

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 21 | Armistead Neely | 1968 | Hard | 5-4 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 21 | Armistead Neely | 1968 | Grass | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 22 | Armistead Neely | 1969 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Armistead Neely | 1969 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Armistead Neely | 1969 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Armistead Neely | 1970 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 24 | Armistead Neely | 1971 | Hard | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 24 | Armistead Neely | 1971 | Clay | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 24 | Armistead Neely | 1971 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 25 | Armistead Neely | 1972 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 25 | Armistead Neely | 1972 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Armistead Neely | 1972 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Armistead Neely | 1973 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Armistead Neely | 1974 | Hard | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Armistead Neely | 1974 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 27 | Armistead Neely | 1974 | Grass | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 27 | Armistead Neely | 1974 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Hard | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Clay | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 28 | Armistead Neely | 1975 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Armistead Neely | 1975 | Clay | 3-6 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 28 | Armistead Neely | 1975 | Carpet | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Armistead Neely | 1976 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Armistead Neely | 1976 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Clay | 1-0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Armistead Neely | 1977 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Clay | 3-6 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| Career | Armistead Neely | - | Hard | 7-12 | 19 | 36.8421052631579% |
| Career | Armistead Neely | - | Clay | 10-18 | 28 | 35.714285714285715% |
| Career | Armistead Neely | - | Grass | 8-11 | 19 | 42.10526315789474% |
| Career | Armistead Neely | - | Carpet | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Hard | 3-8 | 11 | 27.272727272727273% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Clay | 7-17 | 24 | 29.166666666666668% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Grass | 1-5 | 6 | 16.666666666666668% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.333333333333336% |

(+2 additional aligned rows on the canonical page)

## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Armistead Neely | 1585 | 103.6 | - | - | - | - | -3 | 29 | 35 | 40.2% | -0.59 | 3-16 (16%) | 5-14 (26%) | 7.13 |
| Billy Higgins | 1508 | 109.3 | - | - | - | - | 77 | 26 | 33 | 32.1% | -1.46 | 6-10 (38%) | 6-3 (67%) | -0.27 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-08-02* | Tanglewood | R32 | Clay | Billy Higgins | 6-1 1-6 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### Armistead Neely

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Tom Edlefsen | 0-3 | 3 | 1971-04-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/armistead-neely-vs-tom-edlefsen?player1_id=4585245&player2_id=4602263) |
| Cliff Richey | 0-2 | 2 | 1975-03-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/armistead-neely-vs-cliff-richey?player1_id=4585245&player2_id=4585779) |
| Eddie Dibbs | 0-2 | 2 | 1974-08-08 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/eddie-dibbs-vs-armistead-neely?player1_id=4515617&player2_id=4585245) |
| Erik Van Dillen | 0-2 | 2 | 1974-07-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/armistead-neely-vs-erik-van-dillen?player1_id=4585245&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100231) |
| Terry Addison | 1-1 | 2 | 1972-07-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/armistead-neely-vs-terry-addison?player1_id=4585245&player2_id=4602388) |

### Billy Higgins

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Jim Mcmanus | 3-1 | 4 | 1974-08-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jim-mcmanus-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4590219&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Tom Gorman | 1-2 | 3 | 1972-09-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-gorman-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575836&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Harold Solomon | 0-2 | 2 | 1974-08-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/harold-solomon-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4165189&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Tom Leonard | 0-2 | 2 | 1972-09-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-leonard-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4570202&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Patrick Proisy | 0-2 | 2 | 1972-08-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/patrick-proisy-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575572&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |

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