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Rod Laver def. Tom Okker

6-5 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 25, 1971*
Tournament	Champions Classic
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-5 6-2 6-1
Loser	Tom Okker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Tom Okker
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Feb 22, 1944
Age	32	27
Height	175	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,264	2,015
Career W-L	576–147	672–279
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,257,200

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 11 – 1 Tom Okker

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 1971	SF	Dennis Ralston	6-3 6-4 6-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1971	RR	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

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tom Okker's path

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