Tom Okker
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Samuel Okker (born 22 February 1944), nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. 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. He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1979.