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Tom Okker (Thomas Samuel Okker) was born on 22 February, 1944 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a Dutch tennis player (born 1944). Discover Tom Okker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

Popular As Thomas Samuel Okker
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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 22 February 1944
Birthday 22 February
Birthplace Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Israel

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Tom Okker Height, Weight & Measurements

At 80 years old, Tom Okker height is 1.77m .

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1944

Thomas Samuel Okker (nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman"; born 22 February 1944) is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980.

1963

He played his first tournament at Wolfsburg, West Germany, on clay in 1963.

1964

Okker was the Dutch champion from 1964 through 1968.

Between 1964 and 1981, Okker represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup, playing in 13 ties and accumulating a 15–20 win–loss record.

1965

In 1965, Okker won both the singles and the mixed doubles titles at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

This event is open to all Israelis and to non-Israeli Jews.

He was among the first players of his era to hit the ball with heavy topspin.

1968

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.

In 1968, his first year as a registered professional, he won in singles and in doubles (with Marty Riessen) at the Italian Open.

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.

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.

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.

1969

He also was ranked world No. 1 in doubles in 1969.

Okker was born in Amsterdam, is Jewish on his father's side, and identifies as Jewish.

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.

In February 1969, Okker signed a four-year contract with the Lamar Hunt's World Championship Tennis.

In his career, won 40 singles titles.

He also was the runner-up in 37 singles tournaments.

Okker is also among the most successful men's doubles players of all time.

1973

He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

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).

1976

He won two Grand Slam doubles titles, at the US Open in 1976 (with Riessen) and the French Open (with John Newcombe) in 1973.

1980

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 ($0 today).

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.

2003

Okker was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

2005

In total, Okker won 68 doubles events, a record that was finally broken by Todd Woodbridge in 2005.

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

2018

He was nominated for consideration in 2018, but not inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Okker and his wife Anna-Marie have three children together.