# Jan Kodes vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Jan Kodes holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Jan Kodes leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Jan Kodes won the 1971 Macon round of 64 2-6 6-0 6-0.

## Overall
- Jan Kodes: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Hard: Jan Kodes 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Jan Kodes 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 22 | Jan Kodes | 1968 | Hard | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 22 | Jan Kodes | 1968 | Clay | 13-8 | 21 | 61.9% |
| 22 | Jan Kodes | 1968 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Jan Kodes | 1968 | Carpet | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Jan Kodes | 1969 | Hard | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 23 | Jan Kodes | 1969 | Clay | 20-9 | 29 | 69.0% |
| 23 | Jan Kodes | 1969 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Jan Kodes | 1969 | Carpet | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Jan Kodes | 1970 | Hard | 16-12 | 28 | 57.1% |
| 24 | Jan Kodes | 1970 | Clay | 42-11 | 53 | 79.2% |
| 24 | Jan Kodes | 1970 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Jan Kodes | 1970 | Carpet | 0-7 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Jan Kodes | 1971 | Hard | 15-9 | 24 | 62.5% |
| 25 | Jan Kodes | 1971 | Clay | 25-6 | 31 | 80.6% |
| 25 | Jan Kodes | 1971 | Grass | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 25 | Jan Kodes | 1971 | Carpet | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 26 | Jan Kodes | 1972 | Hard | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 26 | Jan Kodes | 1972 | Clay | 31-7 | 38 | 81.6% |
| 26 | Jan Kodes | 1972 | Grass | 6-2 | 8 | 75.0% |
| 26 | Jan Kodes | 1972 | Carpet | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 27 | Jan Kodes | 1973 | Hard | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Jan Kodes | 1973 | Clay | 19-7 | 26 | 73.1% |
| 27 | Jan Kodes | 1973 | Grass | 16-2 | 18 | 88.9% |
| 27 | Jan Kodes | 1973 | Carpet | 16-8 | 24 | 66.7% |
| 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 | Jan Kodes | 1974 | Hard | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 28 | Jan Kodes | 1974 | Clay | 14-8 | 22 | 63.6% |
| 28 | Jan Kodes | 1974 | Grass | 10-3 | 13 | 76.9% |
| 28 | Jan Kodes | 1974 | Carpet | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 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 | Jan Kodes | 1975 | Hard | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 29 | Jan Kodes | 1975 | Clay | 31-9 | 40 | 77.5% |
| 29 | Jan Kodes | 1975 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 29 | Jan Kodes | 1975 | Carpet | 17-7 | 24 | 70.8% |
| 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 | Jan Kodes | 1976 | Clay | 38-13 | 51 | 74.5% |
| 30 | Jan Kodes | 1976 | Carpet | 11-8 | 19 | 57.9% |
| 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 | Jan Kodes | 1977 | Hard | 7-8 | 15 | 46.7% |
| 31 | Jan Kodes | 1977 | Clay | 19-10 | 29 | 65.5% |
| 31 | Jan Kodes | 1977 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Jan Kodes | 1977 | Carpet | 4-6 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 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% |
| Career | Jan Kodes | - | Hard | 77-65 | 142 | 54.225352112676056% |
| Career | Jan Kodes | - | Clay | 275-125 | 400 | 68.75% |
| Career | Jan Kodes | - | Grass | 43-22 | 65 | 66.15384615384616% |
| Career | Jan Kodes | - | Carpet | 70-62 | 132 | 53.03030303030303% |
| 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% |

(+6 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Jan Kodes | 2122 | 150.1 | - | - | - | - | -52 | 103 | -16 | 60.0% | 0.72 | 122-100 (55%) | 65-52 (56%) | -0.22 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1971-03-03* | Macon | R64 | Hard | Jan Kodes | 2-6 6-0 6-0 |

## Career rivalries
### Jan Kodes

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ilie Nastase | 5-14 | 19 | 1977-06-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-ilie-nastase?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=4339686) |
| Stan Smith | 6-7 | 13 | 1977-11-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-stan-smith?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100126) |
| Mark Cox | 6-6 | 12 | 1977-11-26 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-mark-cox?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=4524738) |
| Arthur Ashe | 5-6 | 11 | 1978-06-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-arthur-ashe?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=4583535) |
| Zeljko Franulovic | 6-5 | 11 | 1976-10-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jan-kodes-vs-zeljko-franulovic?player1_id=4152802&player2_id=4558605) |

### 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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