José Higueras

José Higueras

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Born	(1953-03-01) 1 March 1953 (age 71) Diezma, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1973 (amateur tour from 1970)
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,406,355
Singles
Career record	453–243
Career titles	16
Highest ranking	No. 6 (13 June 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1982, 1983)
Wimbledon	2R (1974, 1979)
US Open	4R (1977)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (1983)
Doubles
Career record	119–164
Career titles	3

José Higueras

Career record	454–234
Career record	123–167
Coaching career (1989–)
Michael Chang(1989[1]) Jim Courier(1990[2]–1997[3]) Sergi Bruguera(1997[4]–1999) Todd Martin(1999[5]–2004[6]) Carlos Moyá(2001[7]–2002) Pete Sampras (2002)[8]) Dmitry Tursunov(2004[9]–2006[10]) Guillermo Coria (2006[11]) Roger Federer (2008) Robby Ginepri(2008–2010) Shahar Pe'er (2006[12]–2008) Alberto Francis 2010–[13] Jennifer Singian 2010–[14] Luis-Manuel Flores 2010–[15]
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total	1(Ch)-18(C)-1(M)-2(F)
Coachee(s) doubles titles total	4(C)-1(M)-1(P)
List of notable tournaments (with champion) 1989 French Open (Chang) 1992 1995 Davis Cup champion (Courier) 1991 1992 French Open (Courier) 1992 1993 Australian Open (Cour) 1992 1993 Rome Masters (Cour.) 1991 (S,D) 1993 Indian Wells Masters (Courier) 1991 Miami Masters (Courier) 1990 Hamburg Masters (Courier D.) 1993 Canada Masters (Courier D.) 2002 Cincinnati Masters(Martin D) 2006 Davis Cup champion (Tursunov) 2007 Bank of the West Classic (Peer Doubles)[16] 2008 US Open (Federer)
Coaching awards and records
Records Youngest Grand Slam winner (Chang)

José Higueras (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˈsejˈɣeɾas]; born 1 March 1953) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Spain.

Between 1976 and 1984, Higueras won 16 top-level singles titles. A semi-finalist at the French Open in 1982 and 1983, he reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 in 1983. He was also a member of the Spanish team which won the inaugural World Team Cup in 1978.

Higueras retired from the professional tour in 1986. After retiring as a player, he became a successful tennis coach. He helped coach Michael Chang to the 1989 French Open title, and later, along with Brad Stine, coached Jim Courier to help him reach the world No. 1 singles ranking in 1992, as well as coaching Courier to two French Open titles (1991 and 1992) and two Australian Open titles (1992 and 1993). Higueras has also coached Todd Martin, Sergi Bruguera, Carlos Moyá, Pete Sampras, Dmitry Tursunov, Guillermo Coria, Robby Ginepri, Roger Federer and Shahar Pe'er, and created the José Higueras Tennis Training Center in Palm Springs, California, where he resides.

In 2008, already the coach of Robby Ginepri, Higueras was hired by Roger Federer to help him through the clay court season. The partnership was extended during the grass court and hard court season. Higueras was chosen to become the director of coaching for elite player development at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) in September 2008.[17]

Career finals

Singles (16 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	0–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	1976	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	1976	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	1977	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Buster Mottram	6–4, 6–0, 6–3
Loss	3.	1977	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	1–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	1978	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Kjell Johansson	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4.	1978	Nice, France	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4.	1978	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	0–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1978	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
Win	6.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	6–3, 2–6, 7–6
Win	8.	1979	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Harold Solomon	3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	5.	1979	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	9.	1979	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6.	1979	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	1979	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	8.	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Víctor Pecci	4–6, 0–6
Loss	9.	1982	Linz, Austria	Clay	Anders Järryd	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	10.	1982	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Peter McNamara	6–4, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	10.	1982	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6
Win	11.	1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
Win	12.	1983	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Win	13.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–6, 7–5
Loss	11.	1983	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	12.	1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jimmy Arias	2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–1, 6–1, 7–6
Win	15.	1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Víctor Pecci	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Win	16.	1984	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Francesco Cancellotti	7–5, 6–1

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1974	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Roy Emerson Thomaz Koch	7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8
Loss	1.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Balázs Taróczy	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	1977	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Antonio Muñoz	Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret	6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Win	3.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Víctor Pecci	Wojtek Fibak Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	2.	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister	3–6, 2–6, 2–6

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External links

• Official website
• José Higueras at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• José Higueras at the International Tennis Federation
• José Higueras at the Davis Cup