José Higueras

José Higueras (; 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.

Career finals Singles (16 titles, 12 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 1975 Båstad, Sweden Clay Manuel Orantes 0–6, 3–6Loss 2. 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Guillermo Vilas 3–6, 0–6Win 1. 1976 Santiago, Chile Clay Carlos Kirmayr 5–7, 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay Buster Mottram 6–4, 6–0, 6–3Loss 3. 1977 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Guillermo Vilas 1–6, 2–6, 3–6Win 3. 1978 Cairo, Egypt Clay Kjell Johansson 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 4. 1978 Nice, France Clay Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–4, 6–4Loss 4. 1978 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Jimmy Connors 0–6, 3–6Win 5. 1978 Bournemouth, England Clay Paolo Bertolucci 6–2, 6–1, 6–3Win 6. 1978 Madrid, Spain Clay Tomáš Šmíd 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4Win 7. 1979 Houston, U.S. Clay Gene Mayer 6–3, 2–6, 7–6Win 8. 1979 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Harold Solomon 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1Loss 5. 1979 North Conway, U.S. Clay Harold Solomon 7–5, 4–6, 6–7Win 9. 1979 Boston, U.S. Clay Hans Gildemeister 6–3, 6–1Loss 6. 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Víctor Pecci 6–2, 4–6, 2–6Loss 7. 1979 Santiago, Chile Clay Hans Gildemeister 5–7, 7–5, 4–6Loss 8. 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Víctor Pecci 4–6, 0–6Loss 9. 1982 Linz, Austria Clay Anders Järryd 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 10. 1982 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Peter McNamara 6–4, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 7–6Loss 10. 1982 North Conway, U.S. Clay Ivan Lendl 3–6, 2–6Win 11. 1982 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Jimmy Arias 7–5, 5–7, 6–3Win 12. 1983 La Quinta, U.S. Hard Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–2Win 13. 1983 Bournemouth, England Clay Tomáš Šmíd 2–6, 7–6, 7–5Loss 11. 1983 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Yannick Noah 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 0–6Loss 12. 1983 Rome, Italy Clay Jimmy Arias 2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 4–6Win 14. 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany Clay Heinz Günthardt 6–1, 6–1, 7–6Win 15. 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Víctor Pecci 7–5, 3–6, 6–1Win 16. 1984 Bordeaux, France Clay Francesco Cancellotti 7–5, 6–1

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 1974 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Manuel Orantes Roy Emerson Thomaz Koch 7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8Loss 1. 1975 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet Balázs Taróczy Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 2–6, 2–6Win 2. 1977 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Antonio Muñoz Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Win 3. 1978 Milan WCT, Italy Carpet Víctor Pecci Wojtek Fibak Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6Loss 2. 1978 French Open, Paris Clay Manuel Orantes Gene Mayer Hank Pfister 3–6, 2–6, 2–6