Rod Laver def. Tom Okker

6-5 6-2 6-1

Rod Laver defeated Tom Okker 6-5 6-2 6-1 in the 1971 Champions Classic final on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 25, 1971*
Tournament: Champions Classic
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tom Okker
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Feb 22, 1944
Age	32	27
Height	175 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,267	2,015
Current career W-L	570–145	668–278
Current career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,257,200

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 11 – 1 Tom Okker

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dennis Ralston	6-3 6-4 6-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1971	SF
Roy Emerson	6-2 6-3 6-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Tom Okker	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Roger Taylor	6-3 6-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Arthur Ashe	3-6 6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Arthur Ashe	6-5 6-4 6-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Roy Emerson	6-3 5-6 6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Tony Roche	6-5 4-6 3-6 6-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
John Newcombe	6-4 6-2 4-6 5-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Tom Okker	5-6 5-6 6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Dennis Ralston	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR
Ken Rosewall	6-3 6-2 6-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tom Okker's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roy Emerson	6-4 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1971	SF
John Newcombe	6-4 6-2 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 19, 1971	RR