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Bjorn Borg vs Jose Higueras Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Bjorn Borg seasons:19931992199119841983
Jose Higueras seasons:19861985198419831982
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Bjorn Borg
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Jose Higueras
Age: 69y 287d (1956-06-06)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1953-03-01) Age: 73y 19d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
11 - 1
Wins: 91.7% - 8.3%
Hard 0–0Clay 8–1Grass 0–0
Others 8–1Davis Cup 2–0Finals 1–0
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πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg and πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 12 times. Bjorn Borg currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 11–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg has compiled an overall career record of 654–140 across 794 matches, translating to a win rate of 82.37%. On hard courts his record stands at 116–36 (76.32%), while on clay he holds a 285–46 (86.10%) mark. On grass the numbers read 72–16 (81.82%) , and on carpet 181–42 (81.17%). Throughout his career he has won 66 titles (5 hard, 32 clay, 7 grass, 22 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 119–46 (72.12%).

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 453–243 from 696 matches (65.09% win rate). His hard-court record is 25–22 (53.19%), on clay he stands at 392–183 (68.17%), and on grass he has gone 4–4 (50.00%) , with a carpet record of 32–34 (48.48%). He has accumulated 16 titles in total (1 hard, 15 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 26–69 (27.37%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 8–1 (88.89% for Bjorn Borg) across 9 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1980-05-05Nations CupClayRR1πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg9πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-1 6-23------0/0
1980-01-09MastersCarpetRR1πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg7πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-2 6-03------0/0
1979-04-09Monte-Carlo WCTClayR161πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (1)13πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-4 6-43------0/0
1978-07-14Davis Cup EUR SF: SWE vs ESPClayRR2πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg21πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-1 6-4 6-25------0/0
1977-10-17BarcelonaClayQF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (1)31πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras (7)6-0 6-13------0/0
1977-10-10MadridClayQF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (2)31πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-2 6-23------0/0
1976-05-24DusseldorfClaySF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (1)49πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-1 6-33------0/0
1975-10-06Madrid-2ClayR164πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg51πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-0 6-33------0/0
1975-07-25Davis Cup EUR F: ESP vs SWEClayRR4πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg50πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-3 6-1 6-15------0/0
1975-02-17Barcelona WCTCarpetSF3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (1)87πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-4 6-13------0/0
1975-01-27Richmond WCTCarpetR163πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg (1)106πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras6-4 2-6 6-03------0/0
1973-10-15Madrid-2ClayR32107πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈJose Higueras3πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺBjorn Borg6-1 4-6 7-53------0/0

Wins

Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras
11–1Overall
8–1Others
1–0Tour Finals
2–0Davis Cup
8–1Clay
3–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

90.0%9
10.0%1
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%8
0.0%0
2 Sets
75.0%3
25.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

Sets

89.3%25
10.7%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
90.5%19
9.5%2
Clay
85.7%6
14.3%1
Carpet
Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

Games

69.6%158
30.4%69
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
69.8%120
30.2%52
Clay
69.1%38
30.9%17
Carpet
Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

By Tournament Level

Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

By Round

Bjorn Borg
Jose Higueras

By Opponent Ranking

Bjorn BorgJose Higueras
50%9-9
vs Top 1
0%0-9
72.1%62-24
vs Top 5
16.3%8-41
72.1%119-46
vs Top 10
27.4%26-69
78.2%190-53
vs Top 20
32.5%49-102
82.4%459-98
vs Top 100
56.5%257-198
90.6%144-15
vs +100
83.4%181-36
45.3%24-29
vs Higher
37.3%63-106
87.5%579-83
vs Lower
74.6%375-128

Opponent Breakdown

Bjorn BorgJose Higueras
74.5%76-26
Vs Younger
65.4%242-128
83.1%552-112
Vs Older
63.6%194-111
84.7%539-97
Vs Right-Handed
66.6%392-197
72.1%111-43
Vs Left-Handed
56.7%59-45
62.5%15-9
Vs 2H Backhand
26.1%6-17
73.7%70-25
Vs 1H Backhand
37.7%20-33
85.1%165-29
Vs Shorter
69.5%66-29
78.2%276-77
Vs Taller
57.3%204-152

Pressure Situations