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

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-hewitt-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4570493&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Bob Hewitt holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Bob Hewitt leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Bob Hewitt won the 1972 Tanglewood round of 16 2-6 6-0 6-2.

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

## By surface
- Clay: Bob Hewitt 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Bob Hewitt 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 | 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 Hewitt | 1968 | Hard | 19-6 | 25 | 76.0% |
| 28 | Bob Hewitt | 1968 | Clay | 8-2 | 10 | 80.0% |
| 28 | Bob Hewitt | 1968 | Grass | 20-7 | 27 | 74.1% |
| 28 | Bob Hewitt | 1968 | Carpet | 4-0 | 4 | 100.0% |
| 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 | Bob Hewitt | 1969 | Hard | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 29 | Bob Hewitt | 1969 | Clay | 17-6 | 23 | 73.9% |
| 29 | Bob Hewitt | 1969 | Grass | 8-2 | 10 | 80.0% |
| 29 | Bob Hewitt | 1969 | Carpet | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 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 Hewitt | 1970 | Hard | 12-3 | 15 | 80.0% |
| 30 | Bob Hewitt | 1970 | Clay | 20-9 | 29 | 69.0% |
| 30 | Bob Hewitt | 1970 | Grass | 9-4 | 13 | 69.2% |
| 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 Hewitt | 1971 | Hard | 13-4 | 17 | 76.5% |
| 31 | Bob Hewitt | 1971 | Grass | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 31 | Bob Hewitt | 1971 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 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 Hewitt | 1972 | Hard | 8-4 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 32 | Bob Hewitt | 1972 | Clay | 24-4 | 28 | 85.7% |
| 32 | Bob Hewitt | 1972 | Grass | 13-2 | 15 | 86.7% |
| 32 | Bob Hewitt | 1972 | Carpet | 7-6 | 13 | 53.8% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 33 | Bob Hewitt | 1973 | Hard | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 33 | Bob Hewitt | 1973 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Bob Hewitt | 1973 | Carpet | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Bob Hewitt | 1974 | Hard | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 34 | Bob Hewitt | 1974 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 34 | Bob Hewitt | 1974 | Grass | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 34 | Bob Hewitt | 1974 | Carpet | 8-8 | 16 | 50.0% |
| 35 | Bob Hewitt | 1975 | Hard | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 35 | Bob Hewitt | 1975 | Clay | 12-4 | 16 | 75.0% |
| 35 | Bob Hewitt | 1975 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Bob Hewitt | 1975 | Carpet | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 36 | Bob Hewitt | 1976 | Hard | 2-4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 36 | Bob Hewitt | 1976 | Clay | 8-9 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 36 | Bob Hewitt | 1976 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Bob Hewitt | 1976 | Carpet | 1-7 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Career | Bob Hewitt | - | Hard | 74-47 | 121 | 61.15702479338843% |
| Career | Bob Hewitt | - | Clay | 105-57 | 162 | 64.81481481481481% |
| Career | Bob Hewitt | - | Grass | 60-31 | 91 | 65.93406593406593% |
| Career | Bob Hewitt | - | Carpet | 46-43 | 89 | 51.68539325842696% |
| 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% |

(+4 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 Hewitt | 2006 | 142.7 | - | - | - | - | 72 | 58 | -21 | 60.7% | 0.87 | 68-48 (59%) | 26-30 (46%) | 0.52 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-08-03* | Tanglewood | R16 | Clay | Bob Hewitt | 2-6 6-0 6-2 |

## Career rivalries
### Bob Hewitt

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Andrew Pattison | 4-7 | 11 | 1977-07-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-hewitt-vs-andrew-pattison?player1_id=4570493&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100173) |
| Tom Okker | 1-9 | 10 | 1978-07-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bob-hewitt-vs-tom-okker?player1_id=4570493&player2_id=4575675) |
| Manuel Orantes | 2-6 | 8 | 1977-05-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/manuel-orantes-vs-bob-hewitt?player1_id=4516593&player2_id=4570493) |
| Adriano Panatta | 4-3 | 7 | 1978-08-23 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/adriano-panatta-vs-bob-hewitt?player1_id=4511378&player2_id=4570493) |
| Ilie Nastase | 2-5 | 7 | 1977-05-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ilie-nastase-vs-bob-hewitt?player1_id=4339686&player2_id=4570493) |

### 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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