# Tom Okker vs Billy Higgins — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063
Tour: ATP

Tom Okker holds a 1–0 lead over Billy Higgins in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Tom Okker leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Tom Okker won the 1973 Seattle round of 32 6-4 6-3.

## Overall
- Tom Okker: 1 wins
- Billy Higgins: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Carpet: Tom Okker 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: Tom Okker 1 - 0 Billy Higgins

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 24 | Tom Okker | 1968 | Hard | 26-9 | 35 | 74.3% |
| 24 | Tom Okker | 1968 | Clay | 35-7 | 42 | 83.3% |
| 24 | Tom Okker | 1968 | Grass | 20-2 | 22 | 90.9% |
| 24 | Tom Okker | 1968 | Carpet | 8-5 | 13 | 61.5% |
| 25 | Tom Okker | 1969 | Hard | 19-9 | 28 | 67.9% |
| 25 | Tom Okker | 1969 | Clay | 36-6 | 42 | 85.7% |
| 25 | Tom Okker | 1969 | Grass | 14-4 | 18 | 77.8% |
| 25 | Tom Okker | 1969 | Carpet | 17-6 | 23 | 73.9% |
| 26 | Tom Okker | 1970 | Hard | 15-6 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 26 | Tom Okker | 1970 | Clay | 16-3 | 19 | 84.2% |
| 26 | Tom Okker | 1970 | Grass | 21-12 | 33 | 63.6% |
| 26 | Tom Okker | 1970 | Carpet | 7-6 | 13 | 53.8% |
| 27 | Tom Okker | 1971 | Hard | 12-7 | 19 | 63.2% |
| 27 | Tom Okker | 1971 | Clay | 24-10 | 34 | 70.6% |
| 27 | Tom Okker | 1971 | Grass | 13-4 | 17 | 76.5% |
| 27 | Tom Okker | 1971 | Carpet | 25-10 | 35 | 71.4% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Hard | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Clay | 0-3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 27 | Billy Higgins | 1969 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 28 | Tom Okker | 1972 | Hard | 22-10 | 32 | 68.8% |
| 28 | Tom Okker | 1972 | Clay | 10-5 | 15 | 66.7% |
| 28 | Tom Okker | 1972 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 28 | Tom Okker | 1972 | Carpet | 35-15 | 50 | 70.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 28 | Billy Higgins | 1970 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 29 | Tom Okker | 1973 | Hard | 16-5 | 21 | 76.2% |
| 29 | Tom Okker | 1973 | Clay | 39-8 | 47 | 83.0% |
| 29 | Tom Okker | 1973 | Grass | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 29 | Tom Okker | 1973 | Carpet | 32-8 | 40 | 80.0% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Clay | 1-0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 29 | Billy Higgins | 1971 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Tom Okker | 1974 | Hard | 18-6 | 24 | 75.0% |
| 30 | Tom Okker | 1974 | Clay | 17-6 | 23 | 73.9% |
| 30 | Tom Okker | 1974 | Grass | 6-2 | 8 | 75.0% |
| 30 | Tom Okker | 1974 | Carpet | 24-5 | 29 | 82.8% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Hard | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Clay | 3-6 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Billy Higgins | 1972 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 31 | Tom Okker | 1975 | Hard | 13-3 | 16 | 81.3% |
| 31 | Tom Okker | 1975 | Clay | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 31 | Tom Okker | 1975 | Grass | 10-1 | 11 | 90.9% |
| 31 | Tom Okker | 1975 | Carpet | 15-6 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Clay | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 31 | Billy Higgins | 1973 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 32 | Tom Okker | 1976 | Hard | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 32 | Tom Okker | 1976 | Clay | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 32 | Tom Okker | 1976 | Grass | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 32 | Tom Okker | 1976 | Carpet | 15-8 | 23 | 65.2% |
| 32 | Billy Higgins | 1974 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 33 | Tom Okker | 1977 | Hard | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 33 | Tom Okker | 1977 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 33 | Tom Okker | 1977 | Grass | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 33 | Tom Okker | 1977 | Carpet | 8-7 | 15 | 53.3% |
| Career | Tom Okker | - | Hard | 171-79 | 250 | 68.4% |
| Career | Tom Okker | - | Clay | 199-73 | 272 | 73.16176470588235% |
| Career | Tom Okker | - | Grass | 110-36 | 146 | 75.34246575342466% |
| Career | Tom Okker | - | Carpet | 192-91 | 283 | 67.84452296819788% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Hard | 3-8 | 11 | 27.272727272727273% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Clay | 7-17 | 24 | 29.166666666666668% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Grass | 1-5 | 6 | 16.666666666666668% |
| Career | Billy Higgins | - | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.333333333333336% |

(+4 additional aligned rows on the canonical page)

## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Tom Okker | 2203 | 154.8 | - | - | - | - | 56 | 27 | 64 | 65.9% | 1.08 | 156-88 (64%) | 121-88 (58%) | -3.31 |
| Billy Higgins | 1508 | 109.3 | - | - | - | - | 77 | 26 | 33 | 32.1% | -1.46 | 6-10 (38%) | 6-3 (67%) | -0.27 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1973-09-19* | Seattle | R32 | Carpet | Tom Okker | 6-4 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### Tom Okker

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Arthur Ashe | 10-17 | 27 | 1975-11-02 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-arthur-ashe?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4583535) |
| Rod Laver | 3-22 | 25 | 1974-05-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-rod-laver?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4585744) |
| Roger Taylor | 17-8 | 25 | 1973-03-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-roger-taylor?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4580176) |
| Tony Roche | 16-8 | 24 | 1977-02-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-tony-roche?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4580080) |
| John Newcombe | 11-11 | 22 | 1974-05-13 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-okker-vs-john-newcombe?player1_id=4575675&player2_id=4575861) |

### Billy Higgins

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Jim Mcmanus | 3-1 | 4 | 1974-08-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/jim-mcmanus-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4590219&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Tom Gorman | 1-2 | 3 | 1972-09-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-gorman-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575836&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Harold Solomon | 0-2 | 2 | 1974-08-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/harold-solomon-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4165189&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Tom Leonard | 0-2 | 2 | 1972-09-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/tom-leonard-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4570202&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |
| Patrick Proisy | 0-2 | 2 | 1972-08-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/patrick-proisy-vs-billy-higgins?player1_id=4575572&player2_id=sackmann_atp:100063) |

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