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John Newcombe vs Tom Okker Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Tom Okker seasons:19811980197919781977
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇳🇱 Tom Okker
Age: 81y 300d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1944-02-22) Age: 82y 25d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
11 - 11
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 3–3Clay 2–5Grass 2–0
Others 109Slam 11Finals 01
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🇦🇺John Newcombe and 🇳🇱Tom Okker have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 22 times. The series is tied 1111.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Newcombe has compiled an overall career record of 568227 across 795 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 14953 (73.76%), while on clay he holds a 13457 (70.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 16445 (78.47%) , and on carpet 12172 (62.69%). Throughout his career he has won 41 titles (16 hard, 7 clay, 7 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2030 (40.00%).

🇳🇱Tom Okker, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 666274 from 940 matches (70.85% win rate). His hard-court record is 16573 (69.33%), on clay he stands at 20775 (73.40%), and on grass he has gone 11136 (75.51%) , with a carpet record of 18390 (67.03%). He has accumulated 35 titles in total (6 hard, 14 clay, 4 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2745 (37.50%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 6 times, the record is tied 33 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 52 (71.43% for Tom Okker) across 7 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 20 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1974-05-08WCT FinalsCarpetQF2🇦🇺John Newcombe3🇳🇱Tom Okker6-3 6-3 6-25------0/0
1973-12-04MastersHardSF6🇳🇱Tom Okker2🇦🇺John Newcombe3-6 7-5 3-5 RET3------0/0
1973-09-24Chicago-2HardF6🇳🇱Tom Okker2🇦🇺John Newcombe3-6 7-6 6-33------0/0
1973-08-20Toronto-2ClayQF-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)-🇦🇺John Newcombe (10)7-6(3) 6-23------0/0
1972-11-13Rotterdam WCTCarpetSF-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)6-4 7-63------0/0
1972-10-30Gothenburg WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-4 7-53------0/0
1972-09-25Alamo WCTHardSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-4 6-13------0/0
1972-08-14Fort Worth WCTHardSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-4 7-63------0/0
1972-03-13Chicago WCTCarpetR16-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)-🇦🇺John Newcombe7-6 6-43------0/0
1971-08-09Toronto WCTClayF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (2)7-6 3-6 6-2 7-65------0/0
1971-07-05GstaadClayF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-2 5-7 1-6 7-5 6-35------0/0
1971-04-26Dallas WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (6)7-5 6-43------0/0
1971-03-19Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetRR-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺John Newcombe6-4 6-2 1-6 6-35------0/0
1971-02-09Philadelphia WCTCarpetQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (3)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (7)4-6 6-4 7-6(2)3------0/0
1970-05-06AtlantaHardSF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺John Newcombe2-6 10-8 6-13------0/0
1970-01-04Australian Round RobinGrassRR-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇱Tom Okker10-83------0/0
1969-09-12AtlantaHardSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-2 4-6 8-63------0/0
1969-07-18MilwaukeeClaySF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺John Newcombe6-4 6-43------0/0
1969-06-23WimbledonGrassQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (6)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)8-6 3-6 6-1 7-55------0/0
1969-05-26Roland GarrosClayQF-🇳🇱Tom Okker (5)-🇦🇺John Newcombe (4)5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-25------0/0
1969-04-14Monte-CarloClayF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺John Newcombe8-10 6-1 7-5 6-35------0/0
1969-02-13HollywoodClayQF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺John Newcombe11-9 6-43------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Tom Okker
1111Overall
11Grand Slam
109Others
01Tour Finals
33Hard
25Clay
20Grass
43Indoor Hard

Sets Format

46.7%7
53.3%8
Bo3
57.1%4
42.9%3
Bo5
44.4%4
55.6%5
2 Sets
50.0%3
50.0%3
3 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
4 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Tom Okker

Deciding

42.9%3
57.1%4
Decider Set
42.9%3
57.1%4
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Tom Okker

Sets

52.4%33
47.6%30
All
55.6%5
44.4%4
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.5%10
37.5%6
Hard
80.0%4
20.0%1
Grass
37.5%9
62.5%15
Clay
55.6%10
44.4%8
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Okker

Games

50.5%334
49.5%328
All
48.9%43
51.1%45
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
53.9%89
46.1%76
Hard
56.7%34
43.3%26
Grass
45.3%115
54.7%139
Clay
52.5%96
47.5%87
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Okker

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Tom Okker

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Tom Okker

By Round

John Newcombe
Tom Okker

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeTom Okker
40%2-3
vs Top 1
20%2-8
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
36.4%12-21
40%20-30
vs Top 10
37.5%27-45
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
44%48-61
65%156-84
vs Top 100
57.7%164-120
91.4%53-5
vs +100
88.5%77-10
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
34.3%34-65
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
76.1%207-65

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeTom Okker
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
69.7%388-169
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
69.2%234-104
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
72.6%530-200
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
60%111-74
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
21.1%4-15
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
54.3%38-32
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
61.1%66-42
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
65%282-152

Pressure Situations