José Higueras (; born 1 March 1953) is a

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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

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in 1978. Higueras retired from the professional tour in 1986. After retiring as a player, he became a successful tennis coach. He helped coach

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to the 1989 French Open title, and later, along with

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, coached

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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

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and

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, and created the José Higueras Tennis Training Center in Palm Springs, California, where he resides. In 2008, already the coach of

, Higueras was hired by

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

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(USTA) in September 2008.

Career finals

Singles (16 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Higueras, Jose 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Granada Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Spanish male tennis players Spanish tennis coaches Tennis players from Andalusia 20th-century Spanish sportsmen