# Bob Carmichael vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-carmichael-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4585161&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Bob Carmichael holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Bob Carmichael leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Bob Carmichael won the 1969 Berkeley round of 32 11-9 6-1.

## Overall
- Bob Carmichael: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Hard: Bob Carmichael 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Bob Carmichael 1 - 0 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 27 | Bob Carmichael | 1968 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Bob Carmichael | 1968 | Clay | 9-4 | 13 | 69.2% |
| 27 | Bob Carmichael | 1968 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Bob Carmichael | 1968 | Carpet | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 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 | Bob Carmichael | 1969 | Hard | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 28 | Bob Carmichael | 1969 | Clay | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 28 | Bob Carmichael | 1969 | Grass | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 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 | Bob Carmichael | 1970 | Hard | 18-11 | 29 | 62.1% |
| 29 | Bob Carmichael | 1970 | Clay | 21-10 | 31 | 67.7% |
| 29 | Bob Carmichael | 1970 | Grass | 8-7 | 15 | 53.3% |
| 29 | Bob Carmichael | 1970 | Carpet | 1-5 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 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 | Bob Carmichael | 1971 | Hard | 13-9 | 22 | 59.1% |
| 30 | Bob Carmichael | 1971 | Clay | 10-11 | 21 | 47.6% |
| 30 | Bob Carmichael | 1971 | Grass | 8-6 | 14 | 57.1% |
| 30 | Bob Carmichael | 1971 | Carpet | 5-7 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 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% |
| 31 | Bob Carmichael | 1972 | Hard | 9-10 | 19 | 47.4% |
| 31 | Bob Carmichael | 1972 | Clay | 2-4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 31 | Bob Carmichael | 1972 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 31 | Bob Carmichael | 1972 | Carpet | 6-14 | 20 | 30.0% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Clay | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Bob Carmichael | 1973 | Hard | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 32 | Bob Carmichael | 1973 | Clay | 11-15 | 26 | 42.3% |
| 32 | Bob Carmichael | 1973 | Grass | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 32 | Bob Carmichael | 1973 | Carpet | 5-12 | 17 | 29.4% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 33 | Bob Carmichael | 1974 | Hard | 8-9 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 33 | Bob Carmichael | 1974 | Clay | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 33 | Bob Carmichael | 1974 | Grass | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 33 | Bob Carmichael | 1974 | Carpet | 0-6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Bob Carmichael | 1975 | Hard | 7-10 | 17 | 41.2% |
| 34 | Bob Carmichael | 1975 | Clay | 6-9 | 15 | 40.0% |
| 34 | Bob Carmichael | 1975 | Grass | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 34 | Bob Carmichael | 1975 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 35 | Bob Carmichael | 1976 | Hard | 3-6 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 35 | Bob Carmichael | 1976 | Clay | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 35 | Bob Carmichael | 1976 | Grass | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 35 | Bob Carmichael | 1976 | Carpet | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 36 | Bob Carmichael | 1977 | Hard | 0-5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Bob Carmichael | 1977 | Clay | 0-5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Bob Carmichael | 1977 | Grass | 1-7 | 8 | 12.5% |
| 36 | Bob Carmichael | 1977 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Career | Bob Carmichael | - | Hard | 69-74 | 143 | 48.25174825174825% |
| Career | Bob Carmichael | - | Clay | 71-77 | 148 | 47.972972972972975% |
| Career | Bob Carmichael | - | Grass | 50-52 | 102 | 49.01960784313726% |
| Career | Bob Carmichael | - | Carpet | 25-53 | 78 | 32.05128205128205% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Bob Carmichael | 1904 | 134.9 | - | - | - | - | 2 | -12 | 11 | 47.1% | -0.15 | 60-76 (44%) | 52-54 (49%) | -2.0 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1969-10-02* | Berkeley | R32 | Hard | Bob Carmichael | 11-9 6-1 |

## Career rivalries
### Bob Carmichael

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ken Rosewall | 2-9 | 11 | 1976-10-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ken-rosewall-vs-bob-carmichael?player1_id=4580062&player2_id=4585161) |
| Tom Gorman | 2-8 | 10 | 1979-03-22 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-gorman-vs-bob-carmichael?player1_id=4575836&player2_id=4585161) |
| Nikola Pilic | 1-9 | 10 | 1974-02-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-carmichael-vs-nikola-pilic?player1_id=4585161&player2_id=4590088) |
| Dick Crealy | 5-4 | 9 | 1976-11-26 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/dick-crealy-vs-bob-carmichael?player1_id=4575693&player2_id=4585161) |
| Cliff Richey | 2-7 | 9 | 1971-09-29 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-carmichael-vs-cliff-richey?player1_id=4585161&player2_id=4585779) |

### 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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