# Ion Tiriac vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ion-tiriac-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4585452&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Billy Higgins holds a 1–0 lead over Ion Tiriac in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Billy Higgins leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Billy Higgins won the 1972 Madrid round of 64 6-2 6-1.

## Overall
- Ion Tiriac: 0 wins
- Billy Higgins: 1 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Ion Tiriac 0 - 1 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Ion Tiriac 0 - 1 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 | 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 | Ion Tiriac | 1968 | Clay | 56-11 | 67 | 83.6% |
| 29 | Ion Tiriac | 1968 | Grass | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 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 | Ion Tiriac | 1969 | Hard | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 30 | Ion Tiriac | 1969 | Clay | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 30 | Ion Tiriac | 1969 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 30 | Ion Tiriac | 1969 | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 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 | Ion Tiriac | 1970 | Hard | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 31 | Ion Tiriac | 1970 | Clay | 25-10 | 35 | 71.4% |
| 31 | Ion Tiriac | 1970 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 31 | Ion Tiriac | 1970 | Carpet | 1-5 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 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 | Ion Tiriac | 1971 | Hard | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 32 | Ion Tiriac | 1971 | Clay | 20-7 | 27 | 74.1% |
| 32 | Ion Tiriac | 1971 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 32 | Ion Tiriac | 1971 | Carpet | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 33 | Ion Tiriac | 1972 | Hard | 6-9 | 15 | 40.0% |
| 33 | Ion Tiriac | 1972 | Clay | 8-9 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 33 | Ion Tiriac | 1972 | Grass | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 33 | Ion Tiriac | 1972 | Carpet | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 34 | Ion Tiriac | 1973 | Hard | 2-9 | 11 | 18.2% |
| 34 | Ion Tiriac | 1973 | Clay | 22-19 | 41 | 53.7% |
| 34 | Ion Tiriac | 1973 | Grass | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 34 | Ion Tiriac | 1973 | Carpet | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 35 | Ion Tiriac | 1974 | Hard | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 35 | Ion Tiriac | 1974 | Clay | 0-5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Ion Tiriac | 1974 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Ion Tiriac | 1974 | Carpet | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 36 | Ion Tiriac | 1975 | Hard | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 36 | Ion Tiriac | 1975 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 36 | Ion Tiriac | 1975 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Ion Tiriac | 1975 | Carpet | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| Career | Ion Tiriac | - | Hard | 29-44 | 73 | 39.726027397260275% |
| Career | Ion Tiriac | - | Clay | 153-88 | 241 | 63.48547717842324% |
| Career | Ion Tiriac | - | Grass | 21-21 | 42 | 50.0% |
| Career | Ion Tiriac | - | Carpet | 25-37 | 62 | 40.32258064516129% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Ion Tiriac | 1889 | 137.2 | - | - | - | - | -54 | 88 | -29 | 55.3% | 0.42 | 43-59 (42%) | 21-31 (40%) | 2.89 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-04-18* | Madrid | R64 | Clay | Billy Higgins | 6-2 6-1 |

## Career rivalries
### Ion Tiriac

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ilie Nastase | 2-7 | 9 | 1973-02-17 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ilie-nastase-vs-ion-tiriac?player1_id=4339686&player2_id=4585452) |
| Raymond Moore | 2-6 | 8 | 1974-04-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/raymond-moore-vs-ion-tiriac?player1_id=4565309&player2_id=4585452) |
| Manuel Orantes | 1-6 | 7 | 1973-07-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/manuel-orantes-vs-ion-tiriac?player1_id=4516593&player2_id=4585452) |
| Guillermo Vilas | 0-6 | 6 | 1979-01-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/guillermo-vilas-vs-ion-tiriac?player1_id=4049573&player2_id=4585452) |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 3-3 | 6 | 1978-08-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/zeljko-franulovic-vs-ion-tiriac?player1_id=4558605&player2_id=4585452) |

### 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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