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Tom Okker def. John Newcombe

5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1969*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Tom Okker
Score	5-7 6-2 4-6 6-2 6-2
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	25	25
Height	177	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,020	2,002
Career W-L	672–279	556–224
Career earnings	$1,257,200	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Tom Okker 2 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Tom Okker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1969	R16	Cliff Richey	9-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Georges Goven	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1969	R64	Pierre Barthes	6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1969	R128	Bernard Paul	6-3 6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Tom Okker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1969	SF	Rod Laver	4-6 6-0 6-0 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1969	R16	Jan Kodes	6-1 6-4 0-6 8-10 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Manuel Orantes	6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1969	R64	Bill Bowrey	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1969	R128	Charlie Pasarell	6-1 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data