# Georges Goven vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/georges-goven-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4494464&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Georges Goven holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Georges Goven leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Georges Goven won the 1974 Louisville round of 32 6-1 6-2.

## Overall
- Georges Goven: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Georges Goven 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Georges Goven 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 20 | Georges Goven | 1968 | Clay | 10-4 | 14 | 71.4% |
| 20 | Georges Goven | 1968 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Georges Goven | 1968 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Georges Goven | 1969 | Clay | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Georges Goven | 1969 | Grass | 9-7 | 16 | 56.3% |
| 22 | Georges Goven | 1970 | Hard | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 22 | Georges Goven | 1970 | Clay | 19-8 | 27 | 70.4% |
| 22 | Georges Goven | 1970 | Grass | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 22 | Georges Goven | 1970 | Carpet | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 23 | Georges Goven | 1971 | Hard | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 23 | Georges Goven | 1971 | Clay | 18-11 | 29 | 62.1% |
| 23 | Georges Goven | 1971 | Grass | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 23 | Georges Goven | 1971 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Georges Goven | 1972 | Hard | 10-9 | 19 | 52.6% |
| 24 | Georges Goven | 1972 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 24 | Georges Goven | 1972 | Grass | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 24 | Georges Goven | 1972 | Carpet | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 25 | Georges Goven | 1973 | Hard | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Georges Goven | 1973 | Clay | 22-19 | 41 | 53.7% |
| 25 | Georges Goven | 1973 | Grass | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 26 | Georges Goven | 1974 | Hard | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 26 | Georges Goven | 1974 | Clay | 7-10 | 17 | 41.2% |
| 26 | Georges Goven | 1974 | Grass | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 26 | Georges Goven | 1974 | Carpet | 7-8 | 15 | 46.7% |
| 27 | Georges Goven | 1975 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Georges Goven | 1975 | Clay | 14-13 | 27 | 51.9% |
| 27 | Georges Goven | 1975 | Grass | 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 | Georges Goven | 1976 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Georges Goven | 1976 | Clay | 3-10 | 13 | 23.1% |
| 28 | Georges Goven | 1976 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 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 | Georges Goven | 1977 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Georges Goven | 1977 | Clay | 5-8 | 13 | 38.5% |
| 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% |
| Career | Georges Goven | - | Hard | 35-38 | 73 | 47.945205479452056% |
| Career | Georges Goven | - | Clay | 126-145 | 271 | 46.494464944649444% |
| Career | Georges Goven | - | Grass | 26-29 | 55 | 47.27272727272727% |
| Career | Georges Goven | - | Carpet | 16-18 | 34 | 47.05882352941177% |
| 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% |

(+7 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Georges Goven | 1864 | 131.9 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 29 | -75 | 47.6% | -0.23 | 58-74 (44%) | 45-33 (58%) | 1.04 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1974-08-08* | Louisville | R32 | Clay | Georges Goven | 6-1 6-2 |

## Career rivalries
### Georges Goven

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ilie Nastase | 3-7 | 10 | 1977-10-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ilie-nastase-vs-georges-goven?player1_id=4339686&player2_id=4494464) |
| Eddie Dibbs | 0-7 | 7 | 1983-05-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/georges-goven-vs-eddie-dibbs?player1_id=4494464&player2_id=4515617) |
| Manuel Orantes | 0-7 | 7 | 1976-07-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/georges-goven-vs-manuel-orantes?player1_id=4494464&player2_id=4516593) |
| Adriano Panatta | 2-4 | 6 | 1981-10-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/georges-goven-vs-adriano-panatta?player1_id=4494464&player2_id=4511378) |
| Jurgen Fassbender | 3-3 | 6 | 1978-07-20 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/georges-goven-vs-jurgen-fassbender?player1_id=4494464&player2_id=4575733) |

### 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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