TENNISGOAT

🇺🇸 USA · Right-handed · b. 1942-04-02

William Higgins

Active 1969–1974 · best rank seen: 155

21–38
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0
0
0
505
Hard
2–6 (25.0%)
Clay
13–22 (37.1%)
Grass
5–7 (41.7%)
Carpet
1–3 (25.0%)

Grand Slam record

'69'70'71'72'73
Australian Open
Roland Garros
Wimbledon 1R
US Open 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R

Season by season

Peak window 1970–1972 72 145 1969: 85 pts 1970: 105 pts 1971: 75 pts 1972: 135 pts 1973: 80 pts 1974: 25 pts 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Gold band: best three-year window (1970–1972).

Elo over time

1400 1500 1600 1700 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 1683.

Match results

Methodology

Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.