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Tom Okker def. Tony Roche

6-4 5-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1972*
Tournament	Houston Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Tom Okker
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Okker	Tony Roche
Country	NED	AUS
Birth date	Feb 22, 1944	May 17, 1945
Age	28	26
Height	177	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,849
Career W-L	672–279	360–191
Career earnings	$1,257,200	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Tom Okker 7 – 7 Tony Roche

Path

Tom Okker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1972	R32	Bob Carmichael	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Okker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 1972	QF	John Alexander	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1972	R32	Roy Emerson	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data