# Raul Ramirez vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/raul-ramirez-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4562773&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Raul Ramirez holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Raul Ramirez leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Raul Ramirez won the 1974 Indianapolis round of 32 6-3 6-0.

## Overall
- Raul Ramirez: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Raul Ramirez 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Raul Ramirez 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 17 | Raul Ramirez | 1970 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Raul Ramirez | 1971 | Hard | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 18 | Raul Ramirez | 1971 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Raul Ramirez | 1972 | Hard | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 19 | Raul Ramirez | 1972 | Clay | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Raul Ramirez | 1972 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 19 | Raul Ramirez | 1972 | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 20 | Raul Ramirez | 1973 | Hard | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 20 | Raul Ramirez | 1973 | Clay | 16-8 | 24 | 66.7% |
| 20 | Raul Ramirez | 1973 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Raul Ramirez | 1973 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Raul Ramirez | 1974 | Hard | 26-11 | 37 | 70.3% |
| 21 | Raul Ramirez | 1974 | Clay | 23-12 | 35 | 65.7% |
| 21 | Raul Ramirez | 1974 | Grass | 8-5 | 13 | 61.5% |
| 21 | Raul Ramirez | 1974 | Carpet | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 22 | Raul Ramirez | 1975 | Hard | 21-13 | 34 | 61.8% |
| 22 | Raul Ramirez | 1975 | Clay | 37-8 | 45 | 82.2% |
| 22 | Raul Ramirez | 1975 | Grass | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Raul Ramirez | 1975 | Carpet | 5-6 | 11 | 45.5% |
| 23 | Raul Ramirez | 1976 | Hard | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 23 | Raul Ramirez | 1976 | Clay | 53-12 | 65 | 81.5% |
| 23 | Raul Ramirez | 1976 | Grass | 9-2 | 11 | 81.8% |
| 23 | Raul Ramirez | 1976 | Carpet | 22-12 | 34 | 64.7% |
| 24 | Raul Ramirez | 1977 | Hard | 27-8 | 35 | 77.1% |
| 24 | Raul Ramirez | 1977 | Clay | 17-8 | 25 | 68.0% |
| 24 | Raul Ramirez | 1977 | Grass | 10-2 | 12 | 83.3% |
| 24 | Raul Ramirez | 1977 | Carpet | 11-7 | 18 | 61.1% |
| 25 | Raul Ramirez | 1978 | Hard | 22-7 | 29 | 75.9% |
| 25 | Raul Ramirez | 1978 | Clay | 25-8 | 33 | 75.8% |
| 25 | Raul Ramirez | 1978 | Grass | 9-3 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 25 | Raul Ramirez | 1978 | Carpet | 14-11 | 25 | 56.0% |
| 26 | Raul Ramirez | 1979 | Hard | 11-8 | 19 | 57.9% |
| 26 | Raul Ramirez | 1979 | Clay | 16-11 | 27 | 59.3% |
| 26 | Raul Ramirez | 1979 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 26 | Raul Ramirez | 1979 | Carpet | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| Career | Raul Ramirez | - | Hard | 176-89 | 265 | 66.41509433962264% |
| Career | Raul Ramirez | - | Clay | 221-85 | 306 | 72.22222222222223% |
| Career | Raul Ramirez | - | Grass | 49-25 | 74 | 66.21621621621621% |
| Career | Raul Ramirez | - | Carpet | 85-62 | 147 | 57.82312925170068% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Raul Ramirez | 2150 | 158.5 | - | - | - | - | -13 | 62 | -88 | 63.1% | 0.85 | 131-87 (60%) | 140-95 (60%) | -3.69 |
| 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* | Indianapolis | R32 | Clay | Raul Ramirez | 6-3 6-0 |

## Career rivalries
### Raul Ramirez

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Brian Gottfried | 11-15 | 26 | 1983-04-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/brian-gottfried-vs-raul-ramirez?player1_id=4508657&player2_id=4562773) |
| Jimmy Connors | 2-16 | 18 | 1983-04-15 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jimmy-connors-vs-raul-ramirez?player1_id=3795836&player2_id=4562773) |
| Harold Solomon | 3-12 | 15 | 1979-11-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/harold-solomon-vs-raul-ramirez?player1_id=4165189&player2_id=4562773) |
| Bjorn Borg | 4-10 | 14 | 1978-12-12 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/bjorn-borg-vs-raul-ramirez?player1_id=3982380&player2_id=4562773) |
| Roscoe Tanner | 9-4 | 13 | 1982-02-20 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/roscoe-tanner-vs-raul-ramirez?player1_id=4495779&player2_id=4562773) |

### 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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