| José Higueras | |
| Residence: | Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Birth Date: | 1953 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Diezma, Spain |
| Turnedpro: | 1973 (amateur tour from 1970) |
| Retired: | 1986 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$1,406,355 |
| Singlestitles: | 16 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 6 (13 June 1983) |
| Frenchopenresult: | SF (1982, 1983) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1974, 1979) |
| Usopenresult: | 4R (1977) |
| Othertournaments: | Yes |
| Masterscupresult: | QF (1983) |
| Doublesrecord: | 119–164 |
| Doublestitles: | 3 |
| Coachyears: | 1989– |
| Coachplayers: | 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] |
| Coachsinglestitles: | 1(Ch)-18(C)-1(M)-2(F) |
| Coachdoublestitles: | 4(C)-1(M)-1(P) |
| Coachtournamentrecord: | 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) |
| Coachingrecords: | Youngest Grand Slam winner (Chang) |
José Higueras (pronounced as /es/; 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]
| 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 |
| 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 |