# Tom Leonard vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-leonard-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4570202&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Tom Leonard holds a 2–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Tom Leonard leads 2–0 on grass. Most recently, Tom Leonard won the 1972 US Open round of 128 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6.

## Overall
- Tom Leonard: 2 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 2

## By surface
- Grass: Tom Leonard 2 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- Grand Slam: Tom Leonard 2 - 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 19 | Tom Leonard | 1968 | Hard | 8-5 | 13 | 61.5% |
| 19 | Tom Leonard | 1968 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Tom Leonard | 1968 | Grass | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 20 | Tom Leonard | 1969 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Tom Leonard | 1969 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Tom Leonard | 1969 | Grass | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 21 | Tom Leonard | 1970 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Tom Leonard | 1970 | Clay | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Tom Leonard | 1970 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Tom Leonard | 1971 | Hard | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 22 | Tom Leonard | 1971 | Clay | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Tom Leonard | 1971 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Tom Leonard | 1971 | Carpet | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Tom Leonard | 1972 | Hard | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 23 | Tom Leonard | 1972 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Tom Leonard | 1972 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Tom Leonard | 1972 | Carpet | 1-14 | 15 | 6.7% |
| 24 | Tom Leonard | 1973 | Hard | 1-5 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 24 | Tom Leonard | 1973 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Tom Leonard | 1973 | Carpet | 3-8 | 11 | 27.3% |
| 25 | Tom Leonard | 1974 | Hard | 0-5 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Tom Leonard | 1974 | Clay | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 25 | Tom Leonard | 1974 | Carpet | 5-7 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 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 | Tom Leonard | 1977 | Hard | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 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 | Tom Leonard | 1978 | Hard | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 29 | Tom Leonard | 1978 | Clay | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Tom Leonard | 1978 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 29 | Tom Leonard | 1978 | Carpet | 4-6 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 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% |
| Career | Tom Leonard | - | Hard | 33-46 | 79 | 41.77215189873418% |
| Career | Tom Leonard | - | Clay | 1-24 | 25 | 4.0% |
| Career | Tom Leonard | - | Grass | 10-17 | 27 | 37.03703703703704% |
| Career | Tom Leonard | - | Carpet | 15-43 | 58 | 25.862068965517242% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Tom Leonard | 1756 | 127.6 | - | - | - | - | 20 | -120 | -34 | 34.9% | -0.99 | 24-28 (46%) | 27-29 (48%) | -0.97 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1972-09-01* | US Open | R128 | Grass | Tom Leonard | 6-3 3-6 6-7 6-4 7-6 |
| 1971-09-03* | US Open | R128 | Grass | Tom Leonard | 6-2 6-3 6-4 |

## Career rivalries
### Tom Leonard

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Arthur Ashe | 1-8 | 9 | 1978-02-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-leonard-vs-arthur-ashe?player1_id=4570202&player2_id=4583535) |
| Mark Cox | 2-5 | 7 | 1978-02-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/mark-cox-vs-tom-leonard?player1_id=4524738&player2_id=4570202) |
| Roscoe Tanner | 1-5 | 6 | 1980-04-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/roscoe-tanner-vs-tom-leonard?player1_id=4495779&player2_id=4570202) |
| Tom Okker | 0-6 | 6 | 1978-07-05 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-leonard-vs-tom-okker?player1_id=4570202&player2_id=4575675) |
| Roy Emerson | 2-3 | 5 | 1977-09-17 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/roy-emerson-vs-tom-leonard?player1_id=4562554&player2_id=4570202) |

### 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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