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Rod Laver vs Tom Okker Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Rod Laver seasons:19791978197719761975
Tom Okker seasons:19811980197919781977
🇦🇺 Rod Laver
🇳🇱 Tom Okker
Age: 87y 268d (1938-08-09)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1944-02-22) Age: 82y 71d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
21 - 3
Wins: 87.5% - 12.5%
Hard 7–0Clay 3–0Grass 2–1
Others 19–3Slam 2–0
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🇦🇺Rod Laver and 🇳🇱Tom Okker have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 24 times. Rod Laver currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 21–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Rod Laver has compiled an overall career record of 576–146 across 722 matches, translating to a win rate of 79.78%. On hard courts his record stands at 152–32 (82.61%), while on clay he holds a 121–39 (75.63%) mark. On grass the numbers read 95–17 (84.82%) , and on carpet 208–58 (78.20%). Throughout his career he has won 72 titles (25 hard, 15 clay, 9 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 17–28 (37.78%).

🇳🇱Tom Okker, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 666–274 from 940 matches (70.85% win rate). His hard-court record is 165–73 (69.33%), on clay he stands at 207–75 (73.40%), and on grass he has gone 111–36 (75.51%) , with a carpet record of 183–90 (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 27–45 (37.50%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 7 times, with Rod Laver leading 7–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 3–0 (100.00% for Rod Laver) across 3 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 2–1 (66.67% for Rod Laver).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1974-05-13Las VegasHardSF6🇦🇺Rod Laver (4)3🇳🇱Tom Okker (2)6-7 6-3 6-23------0/0
1974-01-21Philadelphia WCTCarpetQF9🇦🇺Rod Laver (6)4🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)6-4 6-23------0/0
1972-04-24Denver WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)6-3 7-63------0/0
1972-04-03Houston WCTClaySF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-2 6-13------0/0
1972-02-13Toronto WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker2-6 6-2 7-63------0/0
1972-02-08Philadelphia WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (4)6-3 6-3 6-35------0/0
1971-10-03Vancouver WCTCarpetSF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺Rod Laver5-7 6-4 6-33------0/0
1971-09-27Berkeley WCTHardSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (3)4-6 7-5 6-43------0/0
1971-08-27Hilton HeadClaySF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-1 6-13------0/0
1971-07-26Quebec WCTCarpetF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺Rod Laver6-3 7-6 6-7 6-15------0/0
1971-06-21WimbledonGrassR16-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker7-5 6-1 2-6 7-55------0/0
1971-03-29Miami WCTHardQF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (4)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (5)6-3 6-03------0/0
1971-03-19Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetRR-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker5-6 5-6 6-2 6-2 6-25------0/0
1971-03-19Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-5 6-2 6-15------0/0
1971-03-19Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetFs-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-1 6-4 6-35------0/0
1970-09-29VancouverCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-4 6-03------0/0
1970-07-06DublinGrassSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker3-6 6-3 6-23------0/0
1969-11-17WembleyCarpetSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker8-6 6-23------0/0
1969-08-13Fort WorthHardSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker2-6 6-3 6-23------0/0
1969-07-09Boston-1HardQF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-3 10-83------0/0
1969-05-26Roland GarrosClaySF-🇦🇺Rod Laver (1)-🇳🇱Tom Okker (5)4-6 6-0 6-2 6-45------0/0
1969-05-21London-2HardSF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker10-51------0/0
1969-04-01JohannesburgHardF-🇦🇺Rod Laver-🇳🇱Tom Okker6-3 10-8 6-35------0/0
1968-06-17Queen's ClubGrassSF-🇳🇱Tom Okker-🇦🇺Rod Laver6-4 6-43------0/0

Wins

Rod Laver
Tom Okker
21–3Overall
2–0Grand Slam
19–3Others
7–0Hard
3–0Clay
2–1Grass
9–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

86.7%13
13.3%2
Bo3
87.5%7
12.5%1
Bo5
88.9%8
11.1%1
2 Sets
90.0%9
10.0%1
3 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Rod Laver
Tom Okker

Deciding

87.5%7
12.5%1
Decider Set
75.0%3
25.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Rod Laver
Tom Okker

Sets

75.8%50
24.2%16
All
75.0%6
25.0%2
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
82.4%14
17.6%3
Hard
55.6%5
44.4%4
Grass
87.5%7
12.5%1
Clay
75.0%24
25.0%8
Carpet
Rod Laver
Tom Okker

Games

59.9%379
40.1%254
All
60.3%44
39.7%29
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
60.6%109
39.4%71
Hard
52.9%45
47.1%40
Grass
73.0%46
27.0%17
Clay
58.7%179
41.3%126
Carpet
Rod Laver
Tom Okker

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Rod Laver
Tom Okker

By Tournament Level

Rod Laver
Tom Okker

By Round

Rod Laver
Tom Okker

By Opponent Ranking

Rod LaverTom Okker
0%0-3
vs Top 1
20%2-8
40%8-12
vs Top 5
36.4%12-21
37.8%17-28
vs Top 10
37.5%27-45
50.7%38-37
vs Top 20
44%48-61
67.7%105-50
vs Top 100
57.7%164-120
96.8%30-1
vs +100
88.5%77-10
35.6%16-29
vs Higher
34.3%34-65
84.4%119-22
vs Lower
76.1%207-65

Opponent Breakdown

Rod LaverTom Okker
79.5%461-119
Vs Younger
69.7%388-169
78.4%98-27
Vs Older
69.2%234-104
81.2%509-118
Vs Right-Handed
72.6%530-200
68.2%60-28
Vs Left-Handed
60%111-74
18.2%2-9
Vs 2H Backhand
21.1%4-15
77.8%70-20
Vs 1H Backhand
54.3%38-32
72.7%32-12
Vs Shorter
61.1%66-42
76.5%362-111
Vs Taller
65%282-152

Pressure Situations