# Tony Roche vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tony-roche-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4580080&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Tony Roche holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Tony Roche leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Tony Roche won the 1969 Las Vegas round of 32 6-2 6-3.

## Overall
- Tony Roche: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Hard: Tony Roche 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Tony Roche 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 23 | Tony Roche | 1968 | Hard | 16-7 | 23 | 69.6% |
| 23 | Tony Roche | 1968 | Clay | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 23 | Tony Roche | 1968 | Grass | 11-4 | 15 | 73.3% |
| 23 | Tony Roche | 1968 | Carpet | 20-20 | 40 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Tony Roche | 1969 | Hard | 14-11 | 25 | 56.0% |
| 24 | Tony Roche | 1969 | Clay | 23-4 | 27 | 85.2% |
| 24 | Tony Roche | 1969 | Grass | 29-4 | 33 | 87.9% |
| 24 | Tony Roche | 1969 | Carpet | 20-11 | 31 | 64.5% |
| 25 | Tony Roche | 1970 | Hard | 14-5 | 19 | 73.7% |
| 25 | Tony Roche | 1970 | Clay | 10-3 | 13 | 76.9% |
| 25 | Tony Roche | 1970 | Grass | 25-4 | 29 | 86.2% |
| 25 | Tony Roche | 1970 | Carpet | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 26 | Tony Roche | 1971 | Hard | 7-3 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 26 | Tony Roche | 1971 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 26 | Tony Roche | 1971 | Grass | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 26 | Tony Roche | 1971 | Carpet | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 27 | Tony Roche | 1972 | Hard | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 27 | Tony Roche | 1972 | Clay | 9-3 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 27 | Tony Roche | 1972 | 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 | Tony Roche | 1973 | Hard | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 28 | Tony Roche | 1973 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Tony Roche | 1973 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 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 | Tony Roche | 1974 | Hard | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 29 | Tony Roche | 1974 | Clay | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 29 | Tony Roche | 1974 | Grass | 10-4 | 14 | 71.4% |
| 29 | Tony Roche | 1974 | Carpet | 13-7 | 20 | 65.0% |
| 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 | Tony Roche | 1975 | Hard | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 30 | Tony Roche | 1975 | Clay | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 30 | Tony Roche | 1975 | Grass | 17-4 | 21 | 81.0% |
| 30 | Tony Roche | 1975 | Carpet | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 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 | Tony Roche | 1976 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Tony Roche | 1976 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Tony Roche | 1976 | Grass | 11-2 | 13 | 84.6% |
| 31 | Tony Roche | 1976 | Carpet | 6-7 | 13 | 46.2% |
| 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 | Tony Roche | 1977 | Hard | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 32 | Tony Roche | 1977 | Grass | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 32 | Tony Roche | 1977 | Carpet | 8-7 | 15 | 53.3% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| Career | Tony Roche | - | Hard | 75-48 | 123 | 60.97560975609756% |
| Career | Tony Roche | - | Clay | 64-25 | 89 | 71.91011235955057% |
| Career | Tony Roche | - | Grass | 133-39 | 172 | 77.32558139534883% |
| Career | Tony Roche | - | Carpet | 88-79 | 167 | 52.69461077844311% |
| 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% |

(+3 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Tony Roche | 2139 | 152.2 | - | - | - | - | -45 | 27 | 142 | 64.1% | 0.93 | 83-59 (58%) | 51-47 (52%) | -4.3 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1969-10-09* | Las Vegas | R32 | Hard | Tony Roche | 6-2 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### Tony Roche

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| John Newcombe | 11-13 | 24 | 1980-10-16 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-tony-roche?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4580080) |
| Tom Okker | 8-16 | 24 | 1977-02-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-tony-roche?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4580080) |
| Rod Laver | 9-11 | 20 | 1972-07-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tony-roche-vs-rod-laver?player1_id=4580080&player2_id=4585744) |
| Cliff Drysdale | 7-12 | 19 | 1976-03-13 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tony-roche-vs-cliff-drysdale?player1_id=4580080&player2_id=4580220) |
| Dennis Ralston | 8-11 | 19 | 1971-04-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tony-roche-vs-dennis-ralston?player1_id=4580080&player2_id=4580558) |

### 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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