H2H data updated: 2026-09-07 00:00 UTC

Bjorn Borg vs Jose Higueras H2H: 8-1

Bjorn Borg holds an 8–1 lead over Jose Higueras in their ATP head-to-head. Across 9 main-draw meetings, Bjorn Borg leads 5–1 on clay and 3–0 on carpet. Most recently, Bjorn Borg won the 1979 ATP Finals round robin 6-2 6-0.

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Bjorn Borg
SWE Age 70 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
8 – 1
9 main-draw meetings
Jose Higueras
ESP Age 73 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Bjorn Borg #1 6-2 6-0 Jose Higueras #9 Match data Jan 9, 1980 RR ATP Finals ATP Finals Carpet
Bjorn Borg #1 6-4 6-4 Jose Higueras #15 Match data Apr 13, 1979* R16 Monte-Carlo Masters ATP 250 Clay
Bjorn Borg #3 6-0 6-1 Jose Higueras #31 Match data Oct 22, 1977* QF Barcelona Open ATP 250 Clay
Bjorn Borg #3 6-2 6-2 Jose Higueras #31 Match data Oct 15, 1977* QF Madrid ATP 250 Clay
Bjorn Borg 6-1 6-3 Jose Higueras Match data May 27, 1976* SF Dusseldorf ATP 250 Clay
Bjorn Borg 6-0 6-3 Jose Higueras Match data Oct 16, 1975* R16 Madrid ATP 250 Clay
Bjorn Borg 6-4 6-1 Jose Higueras Match data Feb 22, 1975* SF Barcelona Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Bjorn Borg #3 6-4 2-6 6-0 Jose Higueras #107 Match data Jan 31, 1975* R16 Richmond-Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Jose Higueras 6-1 4-6 7-5 Bjorn Borg #28 Match data Oct 24, 1973* R32 Madrid ATP 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Bjorn Borg #1,224 #1 10 2,558 617 141 81.4% 11 0 2 3 50 66
Jose Higueras #335 #6 0 2,101 424 220 65.8% 0 0 0 0 16 16

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Bjorn Borg Jose Higueras
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1971 0–1 0.0% — 1,496 0 0 1968 0–1 0.0% — 1,475 0 0
16 1972 11–10 52.4% — 1,601 0 0 1969 0–1 0.0% — 1,446 0 0
17 1973 48–25 65.8% #18 1,867 0 0 1970 0–1 0.0% — 1,432 0 0
18 1974 89–23 79.5% #3 2,062 1 8 1971 1–1 50.0% — 1,444 0 0
19 1975 77–19 80.2% #3 2,192 2 13 — — — — — — —
20 1976 59–12 83.1% #2 2,311 3 20 1973 6–2 75.0% #128 1,565 0 0
21 1977 78–8 90.7% #2 2,388 4 32 1974 12–12 50.0% #108 1,646 0 0
22 1978 70–9 88.6% #2 2,386 6 41 1975 31–27 53.4% #46 1,733 0 0
23 1979 82–7 92.1% #1 2,478 8 54 1976 36–20 64.3% #42 1,886 0 1
24 1980 65–6 91.5% #1 2,444 10 63 1977 42–23 64.6% #28 1,850 0 2
25 1981 35–6 85.4% #4 2,369 11 66 1978 57–19 75.0% #14 2,023 0 6
26 1982 2–1 66.7% #90 2,342 11 66 1979 59–21 73.8% #9 1,968 0 9
27 1983 1–1 50.0% #262 2,315 11 66 1980 16–11 59.3% #30 1,870 0 9
28 1984 0–1 0.0% #745 2,284 11 66 1981 35–20 63.6% #35 1,771 0 9
29 — — — — — — — 1982 53–22 70.7% #12 1,955 0 11
30 — — — — — — — 1983 44–14 75.9% #7 1,936 0 14
31 — — — — — — — 1984 25–12 67.6% #21 1,878 0 16
32 — — — — — — — 1985 5–12 29.4% #182 1,689 0 16
33 — — — — — — — 1986 2–1 66.7% #330 1,723 0 16
35 1991 0–1 0.0% #1131 2,253 11 66 — — — — — — —
36 1992 0–8 0.0% #769 2,015 11 66 — — — — — — —
37 1993 0–3 0.0% #1120 1,936 11 66 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Bjorn Borg Jose Higueras
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 1971 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
16 1972 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1969 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
17 1973 5 4 9 55.6% 25 15 40 62.5% 12 3 15 80.0% 6 3 9 66.7% 1970 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1974 9 2 11 81.8% 51 7 58 87.9% 16 8 24 66.7% 13 6 19 68.4% 1971 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1975 10 4 14 71.4% 39 8 47 83.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 24 6 30 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1976 9 5 14 64.3% 24 3 27 88.9% 7 0 7 100.0% 19 4 23 82.6% 1973 — — — — 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — —
21 1977 15 2 17 88.2% 28 1 29 96.6% 7 0 7 100.0% 28 5 33 84.8% 1974 1 1 2 50.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 1978 13 3 16 81.3% 20 0 20 100.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 30 6 36 83.3% 1975 3 3 6 50.0% 21 17 38 55.3% — — — — 7 7 14 50.0%
23 1979 17 3 20 85.0% 26 1 27 96.3% 7 0 7 100.0% 32 3 35 91.4% 1976 0 1 1 0.0% 31 17 48 64.6% — — — — 5 2 7 71.4%
24 1980 20 3 23 87.0% 19 0 19 100.0% 7 0 7 100.0% 19 3 22 86.4% 1977 0 2 2 0.0% 38 19 57 66.7% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7%
25 1981 6 1 7 85.7% 17 1 18 94.4% 6 1 7 85.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 1978 1 1 2 50.0% 50 13 63 79.4% — — — — 6 5 11 54.5%
26 1982 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 1979 4 2 6 66.7% 53 12 65 81.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 6 7 14.3%
27 1983 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1980 — — — — 15 10 25 60.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
28 1984 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1981 1 2 3 33.3% 34 18 52 65.4% — — — — — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 4 3 7 57.1% 48 15 63 76.2% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 8 2 10 80.0% 35 11 46 76.1% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 3 3 6 50.0% 22 9 31 71.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1 2 3 33.3% 4 10 14 28.6% — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1991 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1992 0 4 4 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1993 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 107 35 142 75.4% 256 46 302 84.8% 73 15 88 83.0% 181 45 226 80.1% — 28 23 51 54.9% 363 162 525 69.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 30 32 62 48.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Bjorn Borg Jose Higueras
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 1971 1497 104.2 — — — — — — — 33.3% -1.33 0–1 — — -0.24 1968 1475 97.2 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.67 — — — +0.04
16 1972 1601 124.6 — — — — +22 +22 — 50.0% -0.21 0–3 (0%) 5–2 (71%) 99.2 +1.08 1969 1446 89.3 — — — — — — — 0.0% -5.33 — — — +0.21
17 1973 1868 144.3 — — — — -86 -21 -72 60.7% +0.73 15–6 (71%) 9–11 (45%) 107.4 +3.01 1970 1433 99.7 — — — — — — — 25.0% -2.50 — — — -0.04
18 1974 2063 160.4 — — — — -36 +157 -185 68.7% +1.33 24–8 (75%) 15–17 (47%) 105.6 -2.96 1971 1445 100.8 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.25 — — — +0.15
19 1975 2193 164.8 — — — — -59 +79 -258 72.8% +1.51 13–5 (72%) 13–5 (72%) 105.4 -4.69 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1976 2312 172.4 — — — — -93 +26 -193 74.5% +1.74 12–5 (71%) 8–12 (40%) 95.8 -4.00 1973 1565 128.5 — — — — — +52 — 65.0% +0.90 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +0.28
21 1977 2388 170.7 — — — — -94 +17 -136 85.7% +2.52 11–2 (85%) 6–4 (60%) 104.7 -1.96 1974 1646 114.8 — — — — -67 -2 -95 49.1% -0.12 5–3 (63%) 1–2 (33%) 102.0 +0.96
22 1978 2386 178.5 — — — — -75 +91 -58 83.9% +2.61 11–1 (92%) 9–4 (69%) 105.9 -2.75 1975 1733 138.2 — — — — -73 +3 — 52.6% +0.29 10–12 (45%) 2–6 (25%) 96.1 +1.85
23 1979 2478 179.6 — — — — +14 +49 -24 84.8% +2.52 12–3 (80%) 12–7 (63%) 102.3 -3.72 1976 1886 145.8 — — — — -148 -4 — 62.2% +0.76 11–7 (61%) 8–2 (80%) 108.5 +0.51
24 1980 2445 180.5 — — — — +21 +91 +60 85.0% +2.74 11–3 (79%) 6–6 (50%) 98.8 -2.04 1977 1851 147.7 — — — — -89 +15 — 59.7% +0.64 9–7 (56%) 6–3 (67%) 100.0 +2.70
25 1981 2369 168.9 — — — — +2 +189 +67 78.8% +2.11 6–1 (86%) 8–6 (57%) 99.9 -1.91 1978 2024 165.2 — — — — -168 +26 — 71.2% +1.66 15–4 (79%) 6–8 (43%) 105.8 -5.11
26 1982 2342 121.2 — — — — — +192 — 57.1% -0.14 1–0 — — -0.08 1979 1969 163.9 — — — — -139 +100 — 68.0% +1.43 13–9 (59%) 7–6 (54%) 96.5 -3.30
27 1983 2315 119.9 — — — — — — — 60.0% +1.40 0–1 0–1 — -0.11 1980 1870 140.8 — — — — — +32 — 55.6% +0.59 5–3 (63%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.83
28 1984 2285 100.1 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.02 1981 1772 145.1 — — — — +17 +38 — 58.7% +0.64 11–6 (65%) 6–2 (75%) 102.2 +0.57
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 1955 167.5 — — — — -181 +140 — 67.2% +1.41 15–7 (68%) 6–10 (38%) 99.4 -4.64
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1936 160.4 — — — — -103 +108 — 68.8% +1.18 12–1 (92%) 10–5 (67%) 108.4 -2.62
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1878 145.9 — — — — -69 +105 — 60.8% +0.72 12–5 (71%) 9–4 (69%) 105.0 -0.62
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1689 119.7 — — — — +77 +73 — 35.9% -0.90 0–3 (0%) 0–1 — -0.82
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986 1724 117.2 — — — — +66 — — 57.1% +0.43 1–0 — — -0.74
35 1991 2254 102.8 +1.48 -1.56 0.752 42.7% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — 0.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1992 2016 92.0 -4.74 -4.41 0.582 40.2% +95 +330 — 0.0% -3.50 — 0–2 — -0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1993 1937 105.3 +1.45 -1.97 0.859 47.3% +99 — — 33.3% -1.11 0–3 (0%) 1–1 — -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2559 172.6 -3.05 -3.71 0.641 41.7% -40 +79 -102 75.0% +1.80 116–42 (73%) 92–78 (54%) 103.6 -2.76 — 2101 158.0 — — — — -102 +58 -95 61.9% +0.88 122–68 (64%) 63–51 (55%) 105.1 -1.79

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.