José Higueras

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José Higueras (born February 28, 1953, in Diezma, Spain) 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, Higueras reached the World No. 6 singles ranking 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, world renowned tennis coach. He coached Jim Courier to reaching the World No. 1 singles ranking in 1992 as well as Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, Todd Martin, Carlos Moyà, Sergi Bruguera, Dmitry Tursunov, and Guillermo Coria. He currently coaches Robby Ginepri and Shahar Pe'er and resides in Palm Springs, California where he runs José Higueras Tennis (www.higuerastennis.com). Roger Federer recently hired him as well.

He has recently been hired as a coach for Roger Federer during the clay season. ^[1]

1 Singles titles (16)
- 1.1 Runner-ups (12)
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Singles titles (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Carlos Kirmayr	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1977	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Buster Mottram	6–4, 6–0, 6–3
3.	1978	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Kjell Johansson	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	1978	Nice, France	Clay	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
5.	1978	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Paolo Bertolucci	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
6.	1978	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
7.	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	6–3, 2–6, 7–6
8.	1979	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Harold Solomon	3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
9.	1979	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–1
10.	1982	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Peter McNamara	4–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 7–6
11.	1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	7–5, 5–7, 6–3
12.	1983	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
13.	1983	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 7–6, 7–5
14.	1983	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–1, 6–1, 7–6
15.	1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Víctor Pecci	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
16.	1984	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Francesco Cancellotti	7–5, 6–1

[edit] Runner-ups (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–0, 6–3
2.	1976	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–0
3.	1977	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
4.	1978	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–0, 6–3
5.	1979	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Harold Solomon	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
6.	1979	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Víctor Pecci	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
7.	1979	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
8.	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–4, 6–0
9.	1982	Linz, Austria	Clay	Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
10.	1982	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 6–2
11.	1983	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Yannick Noah	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0
12.	1983	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6–2, 6–7, 6–1, 6–4