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Tom Okker #6 def. John Newcombe #2

3-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 6, 1973*
Tournament	Chicago
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Tom Okker
Score	3-6 7-6 6-3
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	29	29
Height	177	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,137	2,100
Career W-L	672–279	556–224
Career earnings	$1,257,200	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Tom Okker 9 – 10 John Newcombe

Path

Tom Okker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1973	SF	Ilie Nastase	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1973	QF	Gerald Battrick	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1973	R16	John Bartlett	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1973	R32	Owen Davidson	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Okker's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1973	SF	Marty Riessen	1-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1973	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1973	R16	Dick Crealy	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1973	R32	Barry Phillips Moore	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data