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Yannick Noah vs Jose Higueras H2H: 4-1

Yannick Noah holds a 4–1 lead over Jose Higueras in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Yannick Noah leads 4–1 on clay. Most recently, Yannick Noah won the 1983 Hamburg Open final 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-0.

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Yannick Noah
FRA Age 66 Right-Handed 194 cm / 6'4"
H2H
4 – 1
5 main draw meetings
Jose Higueras
ESP Age 73 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Yannick Noah #10 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-0 Jose Higueras #7 Match data May 15, 1983* F Hamburg Open ATP 250 Clay
Yannick Noah #11 6-4 6-2 Jose Higueras #9 Match data Apr 9, 1983* SF Lisbon ATP 250 Clay
Yannick Noah #13 6-2 7-6 Jose Higueras #45 Match data May 1, 1982* QF Madrid ATP 250 Clay
Yannick Noah #36 6-1 3-6 6-4 Jose Higueras #7 Match data Sep 29, 1979* SF Madrid ATP 250 Clay
Jose Higueras #25 6-3 6-4 6-4 Yannick Noah Match data Apr 23, 1978* F Nice ATP 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Yannick Noah #1,303 #3 1,079 2,199 456 194 70.2% 1 0 0 1 21 23
Jose Higueras #335 #6 0 2,101 424 220 65.8% 0 0 0 0 16 16

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Yannick Noah Jose Higueras
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 1968 0–1 0.0% — 1,475 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 1969 0–1 0.0% — 1,446 0 0
17 1977 0–1 0.0% #269 1,491 0 0 1970 0–1 0.0% — 1,432 0 0
18 1978 23–14 62.2% #49 1,708 0 2 1971 1–1 50.0% — 1,444 0 0
19 1979 34–14 70.8% #26 1,933 0 5 — — — — — — —
20 1980 29–16 64.4% #18 1,890 0 5 1973 6–2 75.0% #128 1,565 0 0
21 1981 51–18 73.9% #13 1,917 0 7 1974 12–12 50.0% #108 1,646 0 0
22 1982 50–12 80.6% #10 2,086 0 11 1975 31–27 53.4% #46 1,733 0 0
23 1983 36–9 80.0% #5 2,087 1 14 1976 36–20 64.3% #42 1,886 0 1
24 1984 23–10 69.7% #9 1,997 1 14 1977 42–23 64.6% #28 1,850 0 2
25 1985 50–17 74.6% #7 1,956 1 17 1978 57–19 75.0% #14 2,023 0 6
26 1986 43–14 75.4% #4 2,012 1 19 1979 59–21 73.8% #9 1,968 0 9
27 1987 34–13 72.3% #8 1,951 1 21 1980 16–11 59.3% #30 1,870 0 9
28 1988 32–10 76.2% #12 1,948 1 22 1981 35–20 63.6% #35 1,771 0 9
29 1989 21–14 60.0% #16 1,876 1 22 1982 53–22 70.7% #12 1,955 0 11
30 1990 22–21 51.2% #40 1,708 1 23 1983 44–14 75.9% #7 1,936 0 14
31 1991 7–7 50.0% #188 1,708 1 23 1984 25–12 67.6% #21 1,878 0 16
32 — — — — — — — 1985 5–12 29.4% #182 1,689 0 16
33 — — — — — — — 1986 2–1 66.7% #330 1,723 0 16
35 1995 1–3 25.0% #552 1,686 1 23 — — — — — — —
36 1996 0–1 0.0% #1300 1,672 1 23 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Yannick Noah Jose Higueras
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
17 1977 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1970 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
18 1978 2 3 5 40.0% 18 7 25 72.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1971 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
19 1979 13 5 18 72.2% 16 4 20 80.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1980 11 5 16 68.8% 14 5 19 73.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 1973 — — — — 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — —
21 1981 10 6 16 62.5% 22 6 28 78.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 18 4 22 81.8% 1974 1 1 2 50.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 1982 19 1 20 95.0% 29 7 36 80.6% — — — — 2 4 6 33.3% 1975 3 3 6 50.0% 21 17 38 55.3% — — — — 7 7 14 50.0%
23 1983 9 4 13 69.2% 23 2 25 92.0% — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% 1976 0 1 1 0.0% 31 17 48 64.6% — — — — 5 2 7 71.4%
24 1984 9 3 12 75.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1977 0 2 2 0.0% 38 19 57 66.7% — — — — 4 2 6 66.7%
25 1985 21 7 28 75.0% 20 4 24 83.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 7 5 12 58.3% 1978 1 1 2 50.0% 50 13 63 79.4% — — — — 6 5 11 54.5%
26 1986 15 5 20 75.0% 17 3 20 85.0% — — — — 11 6 17 64.7% 1979 4 2 6 66.7% 53 12 65 81.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 6 7 14.3%
27 1987 13 2 15 86.7% 9 5 14 64.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 8 3 11 72.7% 1980 — — — — 15 10 25 60.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
28 1988 9 3 12 75.0% 14 5 19 73.7% — — — — 9 2 11 81.8% 1981 1 2 3 33.3% 34 18 52 65.4% — — — — — — — —
29 1989 16 8 24 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 5 4 9 55.6% 1982 4 3 7 57.1% 48 15 63 76.2% — — — — 1 4 5 20.0%
30 1990 16 7 23 69.6% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 1983 8 2 10 80.0% 35 11 46 76.1% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
31 1991 0 1 1 0.0% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 1984 3 3 6 50.0% 22 9 31 71.0% — — — — — — — —
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1 2 3 33.3% 4 10 14 28.6% — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1995 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1996 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 164 62 226 72.6% 202 66 268 75.4% 11 16 27 40.7% 79 50 129 61.2% — 28 23 51 54.9% 363 162 525 69.1% 3 3 6 50.0% 30 32 62 48.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Yannick Noah Jose Higueras
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 1475 97.2 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.67 — — — +0.04
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 1446 89.3 — — — — — — — 0.0% -5.33 — — — +0.21
17 1977 1491 103.3 — — — — — — — 40.0% -2.00 0–1 2–0 — -0.08 1970 1433 99.7 — — — — — — — 25.0% -2.50 — — — -0.04
18 1978 1709 137.9 — — — — -111 +56 -173 57.7% +0.42 7–5 (58%) 10–6 (63%) 105.7 +3.56 1971 1445 100.8 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.25 — — — +0.15
19 1979 1933 150.7 — — — — -105 +27 -371 65.1% +1.08 9–4 (69%) 10–9 (53%) 105.8 +0.67 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1980 1890 153.0 — — — — +5 +91 -340 59.5% +0.98 9–6 (60%) 6–8 (43%) 97.9 -3.05 1973 1565 128.5 — — — — — +52 — 65.0% +0.90 3–1 (75%) 1–0 — +0.28
21 1981 1917 156.5 — — — — +62 +116 -384 64.4% +1.04 17–4 (81%) 9–12 (43%) 104.8 -1.67 1974 1646 114.8 — — — — -67 -2 -95 49.1% -0.12 5–3 (63%) 1–2 (33%) 102.0 +0.96
22 1982 2086 164.7 — — — — -20 +30 — 74.0% +1.55 12–5 (71%) 9–6 (60%) 104.2 -3.56 1975 1733 138.2 — — — — -73 +3 — 52.6% +0.29 10–12 (45%) 2–6 (25%) 96.1 +1.85
23 1983 2087 162.3 — — — — -135 +184 — 74.8% +1.72 7–6 (54%) 8–4 (67%) 98.9 -1.85 1976 1886 145.8 — — — — -148 -4 — 62.2% +0.76 11–7 (61%) 8–2 (80%) 108.5 +0.51
24 1984 1998 159.6 — — — — -11 +206 — 65.9% +0.83 8–5 (62%) 9–3 (75%) 100.8 -2.14 1977 1851 147.7 — — — — -89 +15 — 59.7% +0.64 9–7 (56%) 6–3 (67%) 100.0 +2.70
25 1985 1957 156.2 — — — — -10 +205 -368 68.4% +1.11 12–6 (67%) 18–12 (60%) 100.2 -0.87 1978 2024 165.2 — — — — -168 +26 — 71.2% +1.66 15–4 (79%) 6–8 (43%) 105.8 -5.11
26 1986 2013 163.9 — — — — -41 +208 — 67.8% +1.19 13–5 (72%) 12–17 (41%) 99.8 -2.21 1979 1969 163.9 — — — — -139 +100 — 68.0% +1.43 13–9 (59%) 7–6 (54%) 96.5 -3.30
27 1987 1951 147.7 — — — — +93 +140 -296 65.0% +1.00 11–4 (73%) 8–9 (47%) 99.7 +1.55 1980 1870 140.8 — — — — — +32 — 55.6% +0.59 5–3 (63%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.83
28 1988 1949 153.8 — — — — +75 +116 — 67.2% +1.03 12–4 (75%) 15–11 (58%) 99.1 -0.74 1981 1772 145.1 — — — — +17 +38 — 58.7% +0.64 11–6 (65%) 6–2 (75%) 102.2 +0.57
29 1989 1877 147.3 — — — — +46 — — 56.2% +0.40 10–4 (71%) 10–12 (45%) 98.9 -0.89 1982 1955 167.5 — — — — -181 +140 — 67.2% +1.41 15–7 (68%) 6–10 (38%) 99.4 -4.64
30 1990 1708 139.1 — — — — +109 +162 — 49.1% -0.16 8–6 (57%) 10–9 (53%) 95.3 -1.00 1983 1936 160.4 — — — — -103 +108 — 68.8% +1.18 12–1 (92%) 10–5 (67%) 108.4 -2.62
31 1991 1709 127.3 -0.35 -2.54 0.863 47.8% +60 +151 — 48.5% -0.48 3–2 (60%) 2–0 — -0.03 1984 1878 145.9 — — — — -69 +105 — 60.8% +0.72 12–5 (71%) 9–4 (69%) 105.0 -0.62
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1689 119.7 — — — — +77 +73 — 35.9% -0.90 0–3 (0%) 0–1 — -0.82
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1986 1724 117.2 — — — — +66 — — 57.1% +0.43 1–0 — — -0.74
35 1995 1686 117.0 -0.18 -0.05 0.814 46.1% +61 — — 25.0% -1.38 — 1–1 — -0.54 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1996 1672 104.2 -2.25 +2.64 0.506 43.1% — — — 33.3% -1.33 0–1 — — -0.10 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2199 161.2 -0.42 -1.70 0.835 47.2% +9 +121 -314 64.2% +0.93 138–68 (67%) 139–119 (54%) 101.7 -2.00 — 2101 158.0 — — — — -102 +58 -95 61.9% +0.88 122–68 (64%) 63–51 (55%) 105.1 -1.79

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.