Career 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 Guillermo Vilas takes it, 8–0 on categories Vilas wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Vilas 1,197 matches, Higueras 672 matches.
Vilas has 63 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Higueras’ 18 titles (one every 25 matches). Vilas averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Higueras’ 0.9. Vilas averages 1.8 sets won a match to Higueras’ 1.5 (20% more). Winners’ edge: Vilas’s team won 76%, Higueras’s team won 66% of the matches they played. Longevity: Vilas has 1,197 matches across 23 seasons, Higueras 672 in 18 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, double faults): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 63 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 18 total · best 1
0.0 4 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game –
70.3 First serve in % –
60.0 First-serve points won % –
41.2 Break points saved % –
40.0 Return points won % –
13.4 16,023 total · best 30 Games wonper game 12.1 8,153 total · best 30
Head to head 13 17 matches since 1975 4
Clay · 16 matches Vilas 12 Higueras 4 Carpet · 1 match Vilas 1 Higueras 0 Grand Slams · 3 matches Vilas 2 Higueras 1 Finals · 2 matches Vilas 2 Higueras 0 Last meetings 23 May 1983 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · Clay Higueras won 6-2 6-7 6-1 4-6 6-1 9 May 1983 · Hamburg · Semifinal · Clay Higueras won 7-5 6-1 19 July 1982 · Kitzbuhel · Semifinal · Clay Vilas won 7-5 7-5 24 May 1982 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · Clay Vilas won 6-1 6-3 7-6 18 May 1981 · Rome · Round of 16 · Clay Vilas won 6-1 6-1 4 May 1981 · Nations Cup · Round robin · Clay Vilas won 6-4 6-2 6 Apr 1981 · Houston WCT · Quarterfinal · Clay Vilas won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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