Tom Okker

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.<ref name="Editors1978">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite book</ref> He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1979.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life

Okker was born in Amsterdam, is Jewish on his father's side, and identifies as Jewish.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Okker's father was imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II, but managed to go into hiding by assuming the papers and identity of another man.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name=gettysburgtimes>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name=gettysburgtimes/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In his career, won 39 singles titles.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also was the runner-up in 39 singles tournaments.<ref name="Jewish SportsNet" />

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 $1,257,200 when he retired in 1980 ($Template:Inflation 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

Maccabiah Games

In 1965, Okker won both the singles and the mixed doubles titles at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> 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.<ref name="Jewish SportsNet">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

He was nominated for consideration in 2018, but not inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Okker and his wife Anna-Marie have three children together.<ref name="Family">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2005, he founded art gallery Tom Okker Art bv in Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands, where he now lives.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Grand Slam finals

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Tom Okker at the 1972 Rotterdam Indoors

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1968	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Loss	1971	Australian Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Win	1973	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1975	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Win	1976	US Open	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk Template:Flagicon Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Singles: 78 (39 titles, 39 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1965	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–2, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 <ref name="Tournament-results-titles-finals">Template:Cite web</ref>
Loss	2.	1966	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ken Fletcher	5–7, 4–6
Win	1.	1966	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2.	1967	Paris, France	Wood (i)	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	1967	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	3.	1967	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	6–2, 5–7, 8–6
Loss	4.	1967	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cliff Richey	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–8
Loss	5.	1967	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thomaz Koch	4–6, 9–11, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4.	1967	East London, South Africa	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox	9–7, 7–5
Loss	6.	1968	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	5–7, 3–6
Loss	7.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Win	5.	1968	Kingston, Jamaica	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	1968	Barranquilla, Colombia	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	8–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	8.	1968	Willemstad, Curaçao	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	5–7, 6–3, 11–9, 2–6, 2–6
Win	7.	1968	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	12–10, 6–1, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
Win	8.	1968	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	10–8, 6–8, 6–1, 1–6, 6–0
Loss	9.	1968	West Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Santana	8–6, 4–6, 1–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1968	Saltsjöbaden, Sweden	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jan-Erik Lundqvist	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	10.	1968	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	8–6, 5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	1968	London, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner	final rained out <ref name="Tournament-results-titles-finals"/>
Win	10.	1968	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Template:Flagicon Lew Hoad	6–1, 6–2
Loss	12.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	13.	1968	US Open, New York	Grass	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	12–14, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	14.	1969	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	3–6, 8–10, 3–6
Win	11.	1969	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	8–10, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
Win	12.	1969	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win	13.	1969	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	14.	1969	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	Round robin <ref name="Tournament-results-titles-finals"/>
Win	15.	1969	Milwaukee, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Round robin
Loss	15.	1969	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	1–6, 14–12, 4–6, 4–6
Win	16.	1969	Hilversum, Netherlands	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	10–8, 7–9, 6–4, 6–4<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Loss	16.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	1–6, 7–5, 5–7, 6–8
Win	17.	1969	Newport, United States	Grass	Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	4–6, 6–5, 6–1
Loss	17.	1969	Tucson, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–9, 1–6
Loss	18.	1969	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	Round robin <ref name="Tournament-results-titles-finals"/>
Win	18.	1969	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Earl Butch Buchholz	8–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	19.	1969	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	4–6, 4–6, 1–6
Win	19.	1970	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win	20.	1970	Atlanta WCT, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	6–4, 10–8, 6–2
Loss	20.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	5–7, 5–7, 3–6
Win	21.	1970	Leicester, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	6–1, 10–8
Win	22.	1970	Hilversum, Netherlands	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–3
Win	23.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	21.	1970	West Berlin, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Round robin <ref name="Tournament-results-titles-finals"/>
Loss	22.	1971	New York, United States	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	5–7, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	23.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–8, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	24.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	2–6, 7–5, 6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win	24.	1971	Louisville WCT, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	25.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	25.	1971	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	6–7, 6–3, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	26.	1971	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	2–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	26.	1972	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	27.	1972	Boston WCT, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz	4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	28.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	29.	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win	27.	1973	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win	28.	1973	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	30.	1973	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	4–6, 2–6
Win	29.	1973	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Win	30.	1973	Seattle, United States	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon John Alexander	7–5, 6–4
Loss	31.	1973	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors	5–7, 6–7
Win	31.	1973	Chicago, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	32.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
Win	33.	1973	London, England	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Loss	32.	1973	Masters, Boston	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	34.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Loss	33.	1974	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	3–6, 3–6
Win	35.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	34.	1974	Boston, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Björn Borg	6–7, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	35.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	2–6, 2–6
Loss	36.	1975	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	37.	1975	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	4–6, 2–6
Loss	38.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	4–6, 2–6
Win	36.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	37.	1975	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	38.	1977	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	39.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	39.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	10–8, 10–12, 14–12, 3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1968	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	1969	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	8–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	5–7, 9–11, 3–6
Win	4.	1969	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Mal Anderson Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	1969	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Jean-Claude Barclay Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Win	6.	1970	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	2–6, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	1970	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nikola Pilić	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7, 2–6
Win	7.	1970	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	7–6, 6–2
Loss	5.	1971	Australian Open, Sydney	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	2–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac	6–1, 3–6, 3–6, 6–8
Win	8.	1971	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Win	9.	1971	Dallas WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Lutz Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	1971	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	8–6, 4–6, 10–8
Loss	7.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	11.	1971	Washington, D.C., United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Ray Ruffels	7–6, 6–2
Loss	8.	1971	Quebec WCT, Canada	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
Loss	9.	1971	Boston WCT, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6
Win	12.	1971	Montreal, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
Win	13.	1971	Cologne, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	14.	1972	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	7–6, 7–6
Win	15.	1972	Miami WCT, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	7–5, 6–4
Win	16.	1972	Chicago WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	6–2, 6–3
Win	17.	1972	Charlotte WCT, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	18.	1972	Washington, D.C.., United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	19.	1972	Fort Worth WCT, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	6–2, 6–2
Win	20.	1972	Montreal WCT, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Robert Maud Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win	21.	1972	Alamo WCT, United States	Outdoor	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei	7–6, 6–4
Win	22.	1972	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley Template:Flagicon Roy Emerson	7–5, 7–6
Win	23.	1972	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Brian Fairlie Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei	6–2, 7–6
Win	24.	1973	London WCT, England	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 6–3
Win	25.	1973	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall Template:Flagicon Fred Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	1973	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Mark Cox Template:Flagicon Graham Stilwell	6–7, 3–6
Win	26.	1973	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win	27.	1973	Houston, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 7–5
Win	28.	1973	Charlotte WCT, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	11.	1973	Denver WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	1973	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	2–6, 6–7, 0–6
Win	29.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	30.	1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Win	31.	1973	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Ray Keldie Template:Flagicon Raymond Moore	6–4, 7–5
Win	32.	1973	Seattle, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	33.	1973	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	34.	1973	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–0
Win	35.	1973	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Lew Hoad Template:Flagicon Robert Maud	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	13.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	14.	1974	Miami WCT, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	6–4, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	15.	1974	Washington WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–7, 3–6
Win	36.	1974	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	16.	1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	1975	Bologna WCT, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Paolo Bertolucci Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	37.	1975	Barcelona WCT, Spain	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Paolo Bertolucci Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–1
Loss	18.	1975	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Win	38.	1975	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–2
Win	39.	1975	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–3, 7–6
Loss	19.	1975	Nottingham, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Charlie Pasarell Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	1975	US Open, New York	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–7
Loss	21.	1975	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–7
Win	40.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–4
Loss	22.	1976	Columbus WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–7, 4–6
Loss	23.	1976	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 5–7
Loss	24.	1976	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Arthur Ashe	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	41.	1976	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–4, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	25.	1976	Johannesburg WCT, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	2–6, 5–7
Loss	26.	1976	Stockholm WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	Template:Flagicon Alex Metreveli Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	4–6, 5–7
Win	42.	1976	US Open, New York	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk Template:Flagicon Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Win	43.	1976	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
Loss	27.	1976	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	44.	1977	Birmingham WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Billy Martin Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	6–3, 6–4
Loss	28.	1977	Philadelphia WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	45.	1977	Richmond WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4
Win	46.	1977	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–2, 6–3
Win	47.	1977	Toronto Indoor WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Tony Roche	6–4, 6–1
Win	48.	1977	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Loss	29.	1977	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon François Jauffret Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	49.	1977	Charlotte WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win	50.	1977	Woodlands Doubles, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Win	51.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	30.	1978	St. Louis WCT, United States	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 2–6
Win	52.	1978	Houston WCT, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Tom Leonard Template:Flagicon Mike Machette	7–5, 7–5
Win	53.	1978	World Doubles WCT, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–3
Win	54.	1978	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci	6–2, 6–4
Loss	31.	1978	Munich, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win	55.	1978	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	56.	1978	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	57.	1978	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6
Win	58.	1978	Woodlands Doubles, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	59.	1978	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–3, 6–2
Loss	32.	1979	Birmingham, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Stan Smith Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	2–6, 3–6
Win	60.	1979	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	33.	1979	Denver, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	6–7, 3–6
Win	61.	1979	Memphis, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–4
Win	62.	1979	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Win	63.	1979	Munich, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Haillet	7–6, 7–5
Win	64.	1979	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–1, 6–3
Win	65.	1979	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Mike Cahill Template:Flagicon Colin Dibley	7–5, 6–4
Loss	34.	1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	4–6, 4–6
Loss	35.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	66.	1980	Birmingham, United States	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–3
Win	67.	1980	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ismail El Shafei	Template:Flagicon Christophe Freyss Template:Flagicon Bernard Fritz	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	68.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	Template:Flagicon Tony Giammalva Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	7–5, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	36.	1980	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–7, 6–7

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

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