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: 28 (16 titles / 12 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1975 Båstad, Sweden Clay Manuel Orantes 0–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Nov 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Guillermo Vilas 3–6, 0–6Win 1–2 Dec 1976 Santiago, Chile Clay Carlos Kirmayr 5–7, 6–4, 6–4Win 2–2 Apr 1977 Murcia, Spain Clay Buster Mottram 6–4, 6–0, 6–3Loss 2–3 Nov 1977 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Guillermo Vilas 1–6, 2–6, 3–6Win 3–3 Mar 1978 Cairo, Egypt Clay Kjell Johansson 4–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 4–3 Apr 1978 Nice, France Clay Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–4, 6–4Loss 4–4 Aug 1978 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Jimmy Connors 0–6, 3–6Win 5–4 Sep 1978 Bournemouth, England Clay Paolo Bertolucci 6–2, 6–1, 6–3Win 6–4 Oct 1978 Madrid, Spain Clay Tomáš Šmíd 6–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4Win 7–4 Apr 1979 Houston, U.S. Clay Gene Mayer 6–3, 2–6, 7–6Win 8–4 May 1979Hamburg, Germany Clay Harold Solomon 3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–1Loss 8–5 Aug 1979 North Conway, U.S. Clay Harold Solomon 7–5, 4–6, 6–7Win 9–5 Aug 1979 Boston, U.S. Clay Hans Gildemeister 6–3, 6–1Loss 9–6 Nov 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Víctor Pecci 6–2, 4–6, 2–6Loss 9–7 Dec 1979 Santiago, Chile Clay Hans Gildemeister 5–7, 7–5, 4–6Loss 9–8 Feb 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Víctor Pecci 4–6, 0–6Loss 9–9 Mar 1982 Linz, Austria Clay Anders Järryd 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 10–9 May 1982Hamburg, Germany Clay Peter McNamara 6–4, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 7–6Loss 10–10 Aug 1982 North Conway, U.S. Clay Ivan Lendl 3–6, 2–6Win 11–10 Aug 1982 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Jimmy Arias 7–5, 5–7, 6–3Win 12–10 Feb 1983 La Quinta, U.S. Hard Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–2Win 13–10 Apr 1983 Bournemouth, England Clay Tomáš Šmíd 2–6, 7–6, 7–5Loss 13–11 May 1983Hamburg, Germany Clay Yannick Noah 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 0–6Loss 13–12 May 1983Rome, Italy Clay Jimmy Arias 2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 4–6Win 14–12 Jul 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Heinz Günthardt 6–1, 6–1, 7–6Win 15–12 Jul 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Víctor Pecci 7–5, 3–6, 6–1Win 16–12 Sep 1984 Bordeaux, France Clay Francesco Cancellotti 7–5, 6–1
Doubles: 5 (3 titles / 2 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 1974 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Manuel Orantes Roy Emerson Thomaz Koch 7–5, 0–6, 6–1, 9–8Loss 1–1 Mar 1975 Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands Carpet Balázs Taróczy Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 2–6, 2–6Win 2–2 Jul 1977 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Antonio Muñoz Jean-Louis Haillet François Jauffret 6–1, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1Win 3–1 Apr 1978 Milan WCT, Italy Carpet Víctor Pecci Wojtek Fibak Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6Loss 3–2 Jun 1978French Open, Paris Clay Manuel Orantes Gene Mayer Hank Pfister 3–6, 2–6, 2–6
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