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William Higgins (tennis)

American tennis player (1942–2022)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ110442790 ↗
Source-derived summary

William Higgins (April 2, 1942 – January 21, 2022) was an American professional tennis player.

Higgins, an Oklahoma native, was active on tour in the 1960s and 1970s, twice reaching the singles third round of the US Open. He recorded a top singles ranking of No. 115 in the world.

He died at his home in Florida on January 21, 2022, after a short illness.

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“William Higgins (tennis)” enters the record as american tennis player (1942–2022). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what William, Higgins and tennis can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 2022—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1942-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around William, Higgins and tennis.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q110442790. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942 and 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “William Higgins (tennis)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.