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| Full name | Thomas Samuel Okker | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 February 1944 Amsterdam, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1968 (amateur from 1964) | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $1,257,200 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 798–335 in pre Open-Era & Open Era[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 40 [1] (35 listed by ATP) | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (2 March 1974) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1971) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (1969) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1978) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (1968) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | F (1973) | |||||||||||||||||
| WCT Finals | SF (1971) | |||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 550–152 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (5 February 1979) | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (1971) | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1973) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1969) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W (1976) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Samuel Okker (nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman";[2] born 22 February 1944) is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980.[3] He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was ranked among the world's top-ten singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1974.[4] He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1979.[4]
- ^ a b "Tom Okker: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Okker". The Independent. 5 September 1995.
- ^ Tennis Magazine Editors (1 June 1978). Tennis Strokes and Strategies. Simon & Schuster. pp. 36–40. ISBN 978-0-671-24201-5. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810872370 – via Google Books.