# Dick Crealy vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/dick-crealy-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575693&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Dick Crealy holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Dick Crealy leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Dick Crealy won the 1972 Nice round of 32 6-2 6-3.

## Overall
- Dick Crealy: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Dick Crealy 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Dick Crealy 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 23 | Dick Crealy | 1968 | Clay | 15-9 | 24 | 62.5% |
| 23 | Dick Crealy | 1968 | Grass | 16-7 | 23 | 69.6% |
| 24 | Dick Crealy | 1969 | Hard | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 24 | Dick Crealy | 1969 | Clay | 15-8 | 23 | 65.2% |
| 24 | Dick Crealy | 1969 | Grass | 9-10 | 19 | 47.4% |
| 25 | Dick Crealy | 1970 | Hard | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 25 | Dick Crealy | 1970 | Clay | 10-5 | 15 | 66.7% |
| 25 | Dick Crealy | 1970 | Grass | 16-8 | 24 | 66.7% |
| 25 | Dick Crealy | 1970 | Carpet | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 26 | Dick Crealy | 1971 | Hard | 2-4 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 26 | Dick Crealy | 1971 | Clay | 5-10 | 15 | 33.3% |
| 26 | Dick Crealy | 1971 | Grass | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 26 | Dick Crealy | 1971 | Carpet | 0-5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Dick Crealy | 1972 | Hard | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Dick Crealy | 1972 | Clay | 12-9 | 21 | 57.1% |
| 27 | Dick Crealy | 1972 | Grass | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 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 | Dick Crealy | 1973 | Hard | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 28 | Dick Crealy | 1973 | Clay | 6-10 | 16 | 37.5% |
| 28 | Dick Crealy | 1973 | Grass | 9-7 | 16 | 56.3% |
| 28 | Dick Crealy | 1973 | Carpet | 12-11 | 23 | 52.2% |
| 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 | Dick Crealy | 1974 | Hard | 7-11 | 18 | 38.9% |
| 29 | Dick Crealy | 1974 | Clay | 17-17 | 34 | 50.0% |
| 29 | Dick Crealy | 1974 | Grass | 13-8 | 21 | 61.9% |
| 29 | Dick Crealy | 1974 | Carpet | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 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 | Dick Crealy | 1975 | Hard | 5-8 | 13 | 38.5% |
| 30 | Dick Crealy | 1975 | Clay | 21-15 | 36 | 58.3% |
| 30 | Dick Crealy | 1975 | Grass | 9-5 | 14 | 64.3% |
| 30 | Dick Crealy | 1975 | Carpet | 6-9 | 15 | 40.0% |
| 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% |
| 31 | Dick Crealy | 1976 | Hard | 12-4 | 16 | 75.0% |
| 31 | Dick Crealy | 1976 | Clay | 27-19 | 46 | 58.7% |
| 31 | Dick Crealy | 1976 | Grass | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 31 | Dick Crealy | 1976 | Carpet | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 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 | Dick Crealy | 1977 | Hard | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 32 | Dick Crealy | 1977 | Clay | 19-16 | 35 | 54.3% |
| 32 | Dick Crealy | 1977 | Grass | 8-9 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| Career | Dick Crealy | - | Hard | 53-59 | 112 | 47.32142857142857% |
| Career | Dick Crealy | - | Clay | 153-133 | 286 | 53.49650349650349% |
| Career | Dick Crealy | - | Grass | 97-76 | 173 | 56.06936416184971% |
| Career | Dick Crealy | - | Carpet | 32-49 | 81 | 39.50617283950617% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Dick Crealy | 1904 | 135.3 | - | - | - | - | -10 | 24 | 62 | 51.6% | 0.14 | 98-98 (50%) | 76-87 (47%) | 0.78 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-04-20* | Nice | R32 | Clay | Dick Crealy | 6-2 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### Dick Crealy

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ross Case | 3-7 | 10 | 1978-11-23 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ross-case-vs-dick-crealy?player1_id=4526151&player2_id=4575693) |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 9-1 | 10 | 1978-03-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/zeljko-franulovic-vs-dick-crealy?player1_id=4558605&player2_id=4575693) |
| Cliff Drysdale | 2-7 | 9 | 1979-10-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/dick-crealy-vs-cliff-drysdale?player1_id=4575693&player2_id=4580220) |
| Bob Carmichael | 4-5 | 9 | 1976-11-26 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/dick-crealy-vs-bob-carmichael?player1_id=4575693&player2_id=4585161) |
| Brian Fairlie | 4-4 | 8 | 1978-07-13 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/dick-crealy-vs-brian-fairlie?player1_id=4575693&player2_id=4585336) |

### 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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