Tom Okker

Tom Okker
Full nameThomas Samuel Okker
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceHazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands
Born (1944-02-22) 22 February 1944 (age 80)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1968 (amateur from 1964)
Retired1981
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,257,200
Singles
Career record798–335 in pre Open-Era & Open Era[1]
Career titles40 [1] (35 listed by ATP)
Highest rankingNo. 3 (2 March 1974)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1971)
French OpenSF (1969)
WimbledonSF (1978)
US OpenF (1968)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1973)
WCT FinalsSF (1971)
Doubles
Career record550–152
Career titles68
Highest rankingNo. 1 (5 February 1979)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1971)
French OpenW (1973)
WimbledonF (1969)
US OpenW (1976)
Medal record
Representing  Netherlands
Tennis
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1965 Israel Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 1965 Israel Mixed doubles

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]

  1. ^ a b "Tom Okker: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Okker". The Independent. 5 September 1995.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ a b Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810872370 – via Google Books.

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