# John Alexander vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-alexander-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4457093&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

John Alexander holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, John Alexander leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, John Alexander won the 1972 Washington Open round of 64 6-3 6-3.

## Overall
- John Alexander: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: John Alexander 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: John Alexander 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 16 | John Alexander | 1968 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 16 | John Alexander | 1968 | Clay | 22-10 | 32 | 68.8% |
| 16 | John Alexander | 1968 | Grass | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 17 | John Alexander | 1969 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | John Alexander | 1969 | Clay | 7-7 | 14 | 50.0% |
| 17 | John Alexander | 1969 | Grass | 21-12 | 33 | 63.6% |
| 17 | John Alexander | 1969 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 18 | John Alexander | 1970 | Hard | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 18 | John Alexander | 1970 | Clay | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 18 | John Alexander | 1970 | Grass | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 18 | John Alexander | 1970 | Carpet | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 19 | John Alexander | 1971 | Hard | 21-12 | 33 | 63.6% |
| 19 | John Alexander | 1971 | Clay | 12-9 | 21 | 57.1% |
| 19 | John Alexander | 1971 | Grass | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 19 | John Alexander | 1971 | Carpet | 7-10 | 17 | 41.2% |
| 20 | John Alexander | 1972 | Hard | 11-10 | 21 | 52.4% |
| 20 | John Alexander | 1972 | Clay | 9-5 | 14 | 64.3% |
| 20 | John Alexander | 1972 | Grass | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 20 | John Alexander | 1972 | Carpet | 10-14 | 24 | 41.7% |
| 21 | John Alexander | 1973 | Hard | 8-6 | 14 | 57.1% |
| 21 | John Alexander | 1973 | Clay | 14-11 | 25 | 56.0% |
| 21 | John Alexander | 1973 | Grass | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 21 | John Alexander | 1973 | Carpet | 21-10 | 31 | 67.7% |
| 22 | John Alexander | 1974 | Hard | 12-6 | 18 | 66.7% |
| 22 | John Alexander | 1974 | Clay | 13-6 | 19 | 68.4% |
| 22 | John Alexander | 1974 | Grass | 9-5 | 14 | 64.3% |
| 22 | John Alexander | 1974 | Carpet | 4-7 | 11 | 36.4% |
| 23 | John Alexander | 1975 | Hard | 19-3 | 22 | 86.4% |
| 23 | John Alexander | 1975 | Clay | 20-8 | 28 | 71.4% |
| 23 | John Alexander | 1975 | Grass | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 23 | John Alexander | 1975 | Carpet | 22-10 | 32 | 68.8% |
| 24 | John Alexander | 1976 | Hard | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 24 | John Alexander | 1976 | Clay | 9-7 | 16 | 56.3% |
| 24 | John Alexander | 1976 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 24 | John Alexander | 1976 | Carpet | 5-7 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 25 | John Alexander | 1977 | Hard | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 25 | John Alexander | 1977 | Clay | 19-6 | 25 | 76.0% |
| 25 | John Alexander | 1977 | Grass | 18-8 | 26 | 69.2% |
| 25 | John Alexander | 1977 | Carpet | 7-14 | 21 | 33.3% |
| Career | John Alexander | - | Hard | 124-93 | 217 | 57.142857142857146% |
| Career | John Alexander | - | Clay | 214-125 | 339 | 63.12684365781711% |
| Career | John Alexander | - | Grass | 133-90 | 223 | 59.64125560538117% |
| Career | John Alexander | - | Carpet | 108-114 | 222 | 48.648648648648646% |
| 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% |

(+8 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| John Alexander | 2069 | 151.5 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 64 | 15 | 55.8% | 0.46 | 168-160 (51%) | 186-192 (49%) | -1.75 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-07-14* | Washington Open | R64 | Clay | John Alexander | 6-3 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### John Alexander

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Ilie Nastase | 7-13 | 20 | 1981-08-06 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/ilie-nastase-vs-john-alexander?player1_id=4339686&player2_id=4457093) |
| Marty Riessen | 7-10 | 17 | 1978-01-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-alexander-vs-marty-riessen?player1_id=4457093&player2_id=4575666) |
| Harold Solomon | 7-9 | 16 | 1981-07-15 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/harold-solomon-vs-john-alexander?player1_id=4165189&player2_id=4457093) |
| Arthur Ashe | 5-11 | 16 | 1979-05-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-alexander-vs-arthur-ashe?player1_id=4457093&player2_id=4583535) |
| Ken Rosewall | 6-9 | 15 | 1978-10-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-alexander-vs-ken-rosewall?player1_id=4457093&player2_id=4580062) |

### 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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