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Tom Okker def. John Newcombe

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 1972*
Tournament	Chicago Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Tom Okker
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Okker	John Newcombe
Country	NED	AUS
Birth date	Feb 22, 1944	May 23, 1944
Age	28	27
Height	177	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,983
Career W-L	672–279	556–224
Career earnings	$1,257,200	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Tom Okker 6 – 7 John Newcombe

Path

Tom Okker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1972	R32	Allan Stone	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Okker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1972	QF	Marty Riessen	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1972	R32	Tom Leonard	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data