Tom Okker

Tom Okker
Full name	Thomas Samuel Okker
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 tour from 1964)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,257,200
Singles
Career record	798–335 (70.43%) [1]
Career titles	40 [1]
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 (Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	69
Highest ranking	No. 1 (1969)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1971)
French Open	W (1973)
Wimbledon	F (1969)
US Open	W (1976)
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 was ranked among the world's top 10 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 1969.^[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

Tom Okker at the 1972 Rotterdam Indoors

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 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 player, an amateur allowed to compete for prize money but playing under the control of their national associations.^[9] Okker reached the final after defeating Pancho Gonzales in the quarterfinal and Ken Rosewall in the semifinal. He lost the final to American Arthur Ashe in five sets, 12–14, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6.^[10] Okker turned professional in February 1969 when he signed a four-year contract with the Lamar Hunt's World Championship Tennis.^[9]^[11]

Okker 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. Okker won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the US Open in 1976 (with Riessen) and the French Open (with John Newcombe) in 1973. In total, Okker won 78 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 US $1,257,200 when he retired in 1980 ($3,734,026 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, but will not be inducted in 2018 into, the International Tennis Hall of Fame.^[16]

Personal life

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.^[17] In 2005 he founded art gallery Tom Okker Art bv in Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands, where he now lives.^[18]

Grand Slam finals

Singles finals, 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1968	US Open	Grass	Arthur Ashe	12–14, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles finals, 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Runner-up	1971	Australian Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Winner	1973	French Open	Clay	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1975	U.S. Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Winner	1976	U.S. Open	Grass	Marty Riessen	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Singles 77 (40 titles, 37 runner-ups)

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

Doubles 104 (68 titles, 36 runner-ups)

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

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

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

1 2 Garcia, Gabriel. "Tom Okker: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
↑ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Okker" | The Independent
↑ Editors, Tennis Magazine (1978-06-01). Tennis Strokes and Strategies. Simon & Schuster. pp. 36–40. ISBN 978-0-671-24201-5. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
1 2 3 4 5 Historical Dictionary of Tennis - John Grasso
↑ Prugh, Jeff (10 September 1968). "Ashe Win Restores U.S. Net Prestige".
↑ "Can Diego Schwartzman Become The First Jewish U.S. Open Champion?" | World Tennis Magazine
↑ The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on September 24, 1968 · Page 22
↑ "Okker of Netherlands Beats Hewitt in 5 Sets to Gain Italian Tennis Title". The New York Times. 18 May 1968.
1 2 Ralph Bernstein (8 February 1969). "Arthur Ashe Gets Trophy, Others Cash". Gettysburg Times. AP.
↑ 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.
↑ "Okker Takes Canadian Open Tennis". The Montreal Gazette. 27 August 1973.
↑ "Okker Wins Final in Hamburg Tennis". The New York Times. 17 August 1970.
1 2 "TOM OKKER (The Flying Dutchman)". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
↑ http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002278
↑ The Australian
↑ "Where Are They Now? Tom Okker". The Independent. 5 September 1995.
↑ "Tom Okker Art". Artnet.com.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Garcia, Gabriel. "Tom Okker: Tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

External links

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

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[autogenerated2-1] 1 2 Garcia, Gabriel. "Tom Okker: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

[2] "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Okker" | The Independent

[Editors1978-3] Editors, Tennis Magazine (1978-06-01). Tennis Strokes and Strategies. Simon & Schuster. pp. 36–40. ISBN 978-0-671-24201-5. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[autogenerated1-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Historical Dictionary of Tennis - John Grasso

[5] Prugh, Jeff (10 September 1968). "Ashe Win Restores U.S. Net Prestige".

[6] "Can Diego Schwartzman Become The First Jewish U.S. Open Champion?" | World Tennis Magazine

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

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

[gettysburgtimes-9] 1 2 Ralph Bernstein (8 February 1969). "Arthur Ashe Gets Trophy, Others Cash". Gettysburg Times. AP.

[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.

[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] 1 2 "TOM OKKER (The Flying Dutchman)". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

[15] ttp://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002278

[16] The Australian

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

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

[Tournament-results-titles-finals-19] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Garcia, Gabriel. "Tom Okker: Tournament results". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 9 November 2017.