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Rod Laver def. Tom Okker

4-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 2, 1971*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 7-5 6-4
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	33	27
Height	175	177
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,192	2,077
Career W-L	576–147	672–279
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,257,200

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 15 – 2 Tom Okker

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	QF	Bob Lutz	7-6 2-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Oct 1, 1971	R16	Roy Emerson	6-7 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1971	R32	Alejandro Olmedo	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 29, 1971	R64	Frew Mcmillan	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1971	F	Ken Rosewall	6-4 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Tom Okker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1971	QF	Cliff Richey	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1971	R16	Ray Ruffels	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1971	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1971	R64	Bill Bowrey	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data