Tom Okker

Tom Okker
Full name	Thomas Samuel Okker
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands
Born	22 February 1944 (age 80); 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
Career titles	40 (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
Representing Netherlands
Tennis
Maccabiah Games

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]

Early life

Okker was born in Amsterdam, is Jewish on his father's side, and identifies as Jewish.^[5]^[6] Okker's father was Jewish, and was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II, but managed to go into hiding by assuming the papers and identity of another man.^[7]

Tennis career

He played his first tournament at Wolfsburg, West Germany, on clay in 1963. Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through 1968.

In 1968, his first year as a registered professional, he won in singles and in doubles (with Marty Riessen) at the Italian Open.^[8] At Wimbledon, Okker reached the quarterfinals in 1968 and the semifinals in 1978. He achieved his best result in a Grand Slam tournament at the 1968 US Open, where he competed as a registered professional player, a professional player allowed to compete for prize money but playing under the control of their national associations and eligible to play in Davis Cup.^[9] Okker reached the final after defeating Pancho Gonzales in the quarterfinal and Ken Rosewall in the semifinal. He lost the final to Arthur Ashe in five sets.^[10] Okker was awarded the first prize money at the 1968 U.S. Open, as Ashe was still considered an amateur player rather than a registered professional. In February 1969, Okker signed a four-year contract with the Lamar Hunt's World Championship Tennis.^[9]^[11]

In his career, won 40 singles titles.^[12]^[13] He also was the runner-up in 37 singles tournaments.^[14]

Okker is also among the most successful men's doubles players of all time. He won two Grand Slam doubles titles, at the US Open in 1976 (with Riessen) and the French Open (with John Newcombe) in 1973. In total, Okker won 68 doubles events, a record that was finally broken by Todd Woodbridge in 2005. Okker's other doubles titles include the 1973 Italian Open, 1973 London Grass Courts (with Riessen), 1973 Spanish Open (with Ilie Năstase), 1975 Opel International (with Arthur Ashe), and 1978 WCT World Doubles (with Wojtek Fibak).

One of the first tennis professionals to win at least US$1 million in career prize money, Okker's WTC career earnings stood at $1,257,200 when he retired in 1980 ($4,649,000 today).

Davis Cup

Between 1964 and 1981, Okker represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup, playing in 13 ties and accumulating a 15–20 win–loss record.^[15]^[4]

Maccabiah Games

In 1965, Okker won both the singles and the mixed doubles titles at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.^[4] This event is open to all Israelis and to non-Israeli Jews.

Style of play

He was among the first players of his era to hit the ball with heavy topspin.

Halls of Fame

Okker was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.^[14]^[4]

He was nominated for consideration in 2018, but not inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.^[16]

Personal life

Okker and his wife Anna-Marie have three children together.^[17] Since the mid-1980s Okker has been involved in art and was a founding partner in the Jaski art gallery in Amsterdam, specializing in works of the CoBrA movement.^[18] In 2005, he founded art gallery Tom Okker Art bv in Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands, where he now lives.^[19]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1968	US Open	Grass	Arthur Ashe	12–14, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Loss	1971	Australian Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Win	1973	French Open	Clay	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1975	US Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Win	1976	US Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Singles: 78 (40 titles, 38 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1965	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	John Newcombe	6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 ^[20]
Loss	2.	1966	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ken Fletcher	5–7, 4–6
Win	1.	1966	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Bob Hewitt	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2.	1967	Paris, France	Wood (i)	Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	1967	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Roy Emerson	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	3.	1967	Bristol, England	Grass	Cliff Drysdale	6–2, 5–7, 8–6
Loss	4.	1967	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Cliff Richey	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–8
Loss	5.	1967	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Thomaz Koch	4–6, 9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4.	1967	East London, South Africa	Clay	Mark Cox	9–7, 7–5
Loss	6.	1968	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Hard	Marty Riessen	5–7, 3–6
Loss	7.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Win	5.	1968	Kingston, Jamaica	Hard (i)	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	1968	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Marty Riessen	8–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	8.	1968	Willemstad, Curaçao	Clay	Marty Riessen	5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	1968	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Marty Riessen	12–10, 6–1, 6–4
↓ Open era ↓
Win	8.	1968	Rome, Italy	Clay	Bob Hewitt	10–8, 6–8, 6–1, 1–6, 6–0
Loss	9.	1968	West Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Manuel Santana	8–6, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1968	Saltsjöbaden, Sweden	Clay	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	10.	1968	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Ion Țiriac	8–6, 5–7, 0–6
Shared	10.	1968	London, England	Grass	Clark Graebner	final rained out ^[20]
Win	11.	1968	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Lew Hoad	6–1, 6–2
Loss	11.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	12.	1968	US Open, New York	Grass	Arthur Ashe	12–14, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	13.	1969	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Rod Laver	3–6, 8–10, 3–6
Win	12.	1969	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	John Newcombe	8–10, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
Win	13.	1969	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (i)	Roy Emerson	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win	14.	1969	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Željko Franulović	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	15.	1969	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	Round robin ^[20]
Win	16.	1969	Milwaukee, United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	Round robin
Loss	14.	1969	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Roy Emerson	1–6, 14–12, 4–6, 4–6
Win	17.	1969	Hilversum, Netherlands	Hard	Roger Taylor	10–8, 7–9, 6–4, 6–4^[21]
Loss	15.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Tony Roche	1–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–8
Win	18.	1969	Newport, United States	Grass	Dennis Ralston	4–6, 6–5, 6–1
Loss	16.	1969	Tucson, United States	Hard	Tony Roche	6–9, 1–6
Loss	17.	1969	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Tony Roche	Round robin ^[20]
Win	19.	1969	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Earl Butch Buchholz	8–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	18.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Roger Taylor	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	20.	1970	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win	21.	1970	Atlanta WCT, United States	Hard	Dennis Ralston	6–4, 10–8, 6–2
Loss	19.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tony Roche	5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	22.	1970	Leicester, England	Grass	Roger Taylor	6–1, 10–8
Win	23.	1970	Hilversum, Netherlands	Hard	Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–3
Win	24.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	20.	1970	West Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Rod Laver	Round robin ^[20]
Loss	21.	1971	New York, United States	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	22.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	23.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Newcombe	2–6, 7–5, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win	25.	1971	Louisville WCT, United States	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	26.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Rod Laver	6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	24.	1971	Montreal, Canada	Clay	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	25.	1971	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	27.	1972	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	26.	1972	Boston WCT, United States	Hard	Bob Lutz	4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	28.	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win	28.	1973	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win	29.	1973	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	29.	1973	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 2–6
Win	30.	1973	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win	31.	1973	Seattle, United States	Hard (i)	John Alexander	7–5, 6–4
Loss	30.	1973	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 6–7
Win	32.	1973	Chicago, United States	Carpet (i)	John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	33.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Jaime Fillol	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
Win	34.	1973	London, England	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Loss	31.	1973	Masters, Boston	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	35.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Loss	32.	1974	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	3–6, 3–6
Win	36.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tom Gorman	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	33.	1974	Boston, United States	Clay	Björn Borg	6–7, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	34.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	2–6, 2–6
Loss	35.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	36.	1975	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Buster Mottram	4–6, 2–6
Loss	37.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 2–6
Win	37.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	38.	1975	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	39.	1977	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	38.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	40.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Per Hjertquist	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 104 (68 titles, 36 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1968	Rome, Italy	Clay	Marty Riessen	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Allan Stone	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mal Anderson	John Newcombe Dennis Ralston	10–8, 10–12, 14–12, 3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1968	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	1969	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	8–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Win	4.	1969	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marty Riessen	Mal Anderson Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Marty Riessen	Jean-Claude Barclay Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	1970	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Marty Riessen	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	2–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Nikola Pilić	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win	7.	1970	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Marty Riessen	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–2
Loss	5.	1971	Australian Open, Sydney	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Roger Taylor	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	6–1, 3–6, 3–6, 6–8
Win	8.	1971	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win	9.	1971	Dallas WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Lutz Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	1971	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Marty Riessen	Erik van Dillen Stan Smith	8–6, 4–6, 10–8
Loss	7.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	John Newcombe	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	11.	1971	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	7–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
Loss	9.	1971	Boston WCT, United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6
Win	12.	1971	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win	13.	1971	Cologne, Germany	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14.	1972	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	7–6, 7–6
Win	15.	1972	Miami WCT, United States	Hard	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–5, 6–4
Win	16.	1972	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–2, 6–3
Win	17.	1972	Charlotte WCT, United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	18.	1972	Washington, D.C.., United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	19.	1972	Fort Worth WCT, United States	Hard	Marty Riessen	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–2, 6–2
Win	20.	1972	Montreal WCT, Canada	Hard	Marty Riessen	Robert Maud Ken Rosewall	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win	21.	1972	Alamo WCT, United States	Outdoor	Marty Riessen	Brian Fairlie Ismail El Shafei	7–6, 6–4
Win	22.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	Colin Dibley Roy Emerson	7–5, 7–6
Win	23.	1972	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Brian Fairlie Ismail El Shafei	6–2, 7–6
Win	24.	1973	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–3
Win	25.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	1973	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Mark Cox Graham Stilwell	6–7, 3–6
Win	26.	1973	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	27.	1973	Houston, United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 7–5
Win	28.	1973	Charlotte WCT, United States	Clay	Marty Riessen	Erik van Dillen Tom Gorman	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	11.	1973	Denver WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Stan Smith	2–6, 6–7, 0–6
Win	29.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	30.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	John Newcombe	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Win	31.	1973	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Marty Riessen	Ray Keldie Raymond Moore	6–4, 7–5
Win	32.	1973	Seattle, United States	Hard	Tom Gorman	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	33.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	34.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–0
Win	35.	1973	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Arthur Ashe	Lew Hoad Robert Maud	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	13.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Raúl Ramírez Tony Roche	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	14.	1974	Miami WCT, United States	Hard	Marty Riessen	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	15.	1974	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 3–6
Win	36.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	16.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Marty Riessen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	1975	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	37.	1975	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	18.	1975	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Arthur Ashe	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Win	38.	1975	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Arthur Ashe	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–2
Win	39.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Patrice Dominguez Kim Warwick	6–3, 7–6
Loss	19.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Marty Riessen	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Marty Riessen	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Loss	21.	1975	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Ilie Năstase	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–7
Win	40.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	Bob Carmichael Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	22.	1976	Columbus WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–7, 4–6
Loss	23.	1976	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 5–7
Loss	24.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	Rod Laver Frew McMillan	1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	41.	1976	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš	6–4, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	25.	1976	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Frew McMillan	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 5–7
Loss	26.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Adriano Panatta	Alex Metreveli Ilie Năstase	4–6, 5–7
Win	42.	1976	US Open, New York	Clay	Marty Riessen	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Win	43.	1976	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
Loss	27.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	44.	1977	Birmingham WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Billy Martin Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–4
Loss	28.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	45.	1977	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Win	46.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Ilie Năstase Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–3
Win	47.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Ross Case Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1
Win	48.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Vijay Amritraj Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	29.	1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	François Jauffret Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	49.	1977	Charlotte WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Ken Rosewall	Corrado Barazzutti Adriano Panatta	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win	50.	1977	Woodlands Doubles, United States	Hard	Marty Riessen	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win	51.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	30.	1978	St. Louis WCT, United States	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Win	52.	1978	Houston WCT, United States	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	7–5, 7–5
Win	53.	1978	World Doubles WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Stan Smith	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
Win	54.	1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Antonio Muñoz Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–4
Loss	31.	1978	Munich, Germany	Clay	Jürgen Fassbender	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win	55.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson	Bob Hewitt Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	56.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Bob Carmichael Mark Edmondson	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	57.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6
Win	58.	1978	Woodlands Doubles, United States	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	59.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2
Loss	32.	1979	Birmingham, United States	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	Stan Smith Dick Stockton	2–6, 3–6
Win	60.	1979	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	33.	1979	Denver, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Stan Smith	6–7, 3–6
Win	61.	1979	Memphis, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Win	62.	1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Win	63.	1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Jürgen Fassbender Jean-Louis Haillet	7–6, 7–5
Win	64.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 6–3
Win	65.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Mike Cahill Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
Loss	34.	1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6
Loss	35.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	66.	1980	Birmingham, United States	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	José Luis Clerc Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
Win	67.	1980	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Ismail El Shafei	Christophe Freyss Bernard Fritz	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	68.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Tony Giammalva Buster Mottram	7–5, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	36.	1980	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	Ferdi Taygan Brian Teacher	6–7, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	SR
Australian Open	A	2R	3R	A	A	1R	QF	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5
French Open	A	2R	4R	QF	A	SF	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6
Wimbledon	2R	1R	4R	2R	QF	QF	2R	4R	A	A	4R	QF	3R	4R	SF	QF	3R	1R	0 / 16
US Open	1R	A	A	A	F	1R	4R	SF	3R	4R	4R	2R	3R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 40
Year-end ranking	N/A									4	6	11	23	31	50	56	107	N/A

References

^ ^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 ^c ^d ^e Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810872370 – via Google Books.
^ Prugh, Jeff (10 September 1968). "Ashe Win Restores U.S. Net Prestige". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
^ "Can Diego Schwartzman Become The First Jewish U.S. Open Champion?". 2 September 2017.
^ "September 24, 1968 · Page 22". The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky. 24 September 1968.
^ "Okker of Netherlands Beats Hewitt in 5 Sets to Gain Italian Tennis Title". The New York Times. 18 May 1968.
^ ^a ^b Ralph Bernstein (8 February 1969). "Arthur Ashe Gets Trophy, Others Cash". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press.
^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: an authoritative encyclopedia and record book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 461. ISBN 9780942257700.
^ "Okker signs pro. tennis contract". The Age. 4 February 1969. p. 23.
^ "Okker Takes Canadian Open Tennis". The Montreal Gazette. 27 August 1973.
^ "Okker Wins Final in Hamburg Tennis". The New York Times. 17 August 1970.
^ ^a ^b "TOM OKKER (The Flying Dutchman)". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
^ "Davis Cup". daviscup.com.
^ "Subscribe". The Australian.
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^ "Where Are They Now? Tom Okker". The Independent. 5 September 1995.
^ "Tom Okker Art". Artnet.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tom Okker: Tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
^ "Tom Okker [NED] - Titles/Finals". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

External links

Media related to Tom Okker at Wikimedia Commons
Tom Okker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Tom Okker at the International Tennis Federation
Tom Okker at the Davis Cup
Jews in Sports bio

Awards
Preceded by Jan Janssen	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1969	Succeeded by Ard Schenk

^ ATP Doubles Ranking

[autogenerated2-1] "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.

[Editors1978-3] 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)

[autogenerated1-4] Grasso, John (16 September 2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810872370 – via Google Books.

[5] Prugh, Jeff (10 September 1968). "Ashe Win Restores U.S. Net Prestige". Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.

[6] "Can Diego Schwartzman Become The First Jewish U.S. Open Champion?". 2 September 2017.

[7] "September 24, 1968 · Page 22". The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky. 24 September 1968.

[8] "Okker of Netherlands Beats Hewitt in 5 Sets to Gain Italian Tennis Title". The New York Times. 18 May 1968.

[gettysburgtimes-9] Ralph Bernstein (8 February 1969). "Arthur Ashe Gets Trophy, Others Cash". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press.

[10] Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: an authoritative encyclopedia and record book (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 461. ISBN 9780942257700.

[11] "Okker signs pro. tennis contract". The Age. 4 February 1969. p. 23.

[12] "Okker Takes Canadian Open Tennis". The Montreal Gazette. 27 August 1973.

[13] "Okker Wins Final in Hamburg Tennis". The New York Times. 17 August 1970.

[Jewish_SportsNet-14] "TOM OKKER (The Flying Dutchman)". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[15] "Davis Cup". daviscup.com.

[16] "Subscribe". The Australian.

[Family-17] "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Okker". The Independent . 4 September 1995. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[18] "Where Are They Now? Tom Okker". The Independent. 5 September 1995.

[19] "Tom Okker Art". Artnet.com.

[Tournament-results-titles-finals-20] "Tom Okker: Tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[21] "Tom Okker [NED] - Titles/Finals". tennisabstract.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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v t e Tennis world No. 1 men's doubles players
Current ATP world No. 1 in bold, as of week of 25 November 2024^[update]^[1] ATP rankings was introduced on 1 March 1976
1–5	Bob Hewitt (1976 – 6 w) Raúl Ramírez (1976/1977 – 62 w) Frew McMillan (1977/1979 – 85 w) Tom Okker (1979 – 11 w) John McEnroe (1979/1989 – 269 w)
6–10	Stan Smith (1981 – 8 w) Paul McNamee (1981 – 3 w) Peter Fleming (1982/1984 – 17 w) Tomáš Šmíd (1984/1985 – 34 w) Anders Järryd (1985/1992 – 107 w)
11–15	Robert Seguso (1985/1988 – 62 w) Ken Flach (1985/1986 – 5 w) Stefan Edberg (1986/1987 – 15 w) Yannick Noah (1986/1987 – 19 w) Slobodan Živojinović (1986 – 7 w)
16–20	Andrés Gómez (1986 – 13 w) Emilio Sánchez (1989 – 6 w) Jim Grabb (1989/1993 – 13 w) Jim Pugh (1989/1990 – 26 w) Danie Visser (1990 – 27 w)
21–25	Rick Leach (1990 – 9 w) Pieter Aldrich (1990 – 19 w) David Pate (1991 – 25 w) John Fitzgerald (1991/1992 – 40 w) Todd Woodbridge (1992/2001 – 204 w)
26–30	Kelly Jones (1992 – 1 w) Mark Woodforde (1992/2000 – 83 w) Richey Reneberg (1993 – 5 w) Patrick Galbraith (1993/1994 – 4 w) Grant Connell (1993/1994 – 17 w)
31–35	Paul Haarhuis (1994/1999 – 71 w) Byron Black (1994 – 8 w) Jonathan Stark (1994 – 6 w) Jacco Eltingh (1995/1998 – 63 w) Mahesh Bhupathi (1999 – 4 w)
36–40	Leander Paes (1999/2000 – 39 w) Jared Palmer (2000/2002 – 39 w) Alex O'Brien (2000 – 5 w) Jonas Björkman (2000/2005 – 74 w) Donald Johnson (2002 – 20 w)
41–45	Mark Knowles (2002/2005 – 65 w) Daniel Nestor (2002/2012 – 108 w) Max Mirnyi (2003/2012 – 57 w) Bob Bryan (2003/2015 – 439 w) Mike Bryan (2003/2019 – 506 w)
46–50	Nenad Zimonjić (2008/2010 – 40 w) Marcelo Melo (2015/2018 – 56 w) Jamie Murray (2016 – 9 w) Nicolas Mahut (2016/2017 – 39 w) Henri Kontinen (2017 – 26 w)
51–55	Łukasz Kubot (2018 – 19 w) Mate Pavić (2018/2024 – 60 w) Juan Sebastián Cabal (2019/2020 – 29 w) Robert Farah (2019/2021 – 68 w) Nikola Mektić (2021 – 3 w)
56–60	Joe Salisbury (2022 – 26 w) Rajeev Ram (2022/2023 – 9 w) Wesley Koolhof (2022/2023 – 34 w) Neal Skupski (2022/2023 – 35 w) Austin Krajicek (2023/2024 – 26 w)
61–65	Rohan Bopanna (2024 – 8 w) Matthew Ebden (2024 – 9 w) Marcel Granollers (2024 – 22 w) Horacio Zeballos (2024 – 22 w) Marcelo Arévalo (2024 – 3 w)
(year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) weeks record underlined.

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