John Newcombe def. Tom Okker

6-2 4-6 8-6

John Newcombe defeated Tom Okker 6-2 4-6 8-6 in the 1969 Atlanta semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 17, 1969*
Tournament: Atlanta
Edition: 1969
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Tom Okker
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Feb 22, 1944
Age	25	25
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,988	2,000
Career W-L	556–224	672–279
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,257,200

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 4 Tom Okker

Path

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roger Taylor	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1969	QF

John Newcombe's next match

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Earl Butch Buchholz	4-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 1969	F

Tom Okker's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pierre Barthes	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1969	QF