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Tom Okker

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Thomas Samuel Okker (born 22 February 1944), nicknamed "the Flying Dutchman", is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He won the 1973 French Open Doubles, the 1976 US Open Doubles, and two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. He was ranked among the world's top-ten singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of world No. 3 in 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Okker is the 83rd most popular tennis player (down from 57th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 349th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Tom Okker ranks 83 out of 1,569. Before him are Martina Hingis, Jacques Brugnon, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Thomas Muster, Reginald Doherty, and Laurence Doherty. After him are Doris Hart, Conchita Martínez, Richard Sears, Karen Hantze Susman, Marat Safin, and Andy Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tom Okker ranks 267. Before him are Lena Nyman, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Kelly Bishop, Francisco Sagasti, Edgar Froese, and Han Myeong-sook. After him are Takeshi Ono, Abdul Fatah Younis, Ene Ergma, Rocío Dúrcal, Kemal Sunal, and Václav Nedomanský.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Tom Okker ranks 394 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob Cats (1577), Abraham van Beijeren (1620), Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903), Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Theo Jansen (1948), and Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942). After him are Simon de Vlieger (1601), Aert van der Neer (1603), Frans Timmermans (1961), Petrus Camper (1722), Isaac Israëls (1865), and Hannie Schaft (1920).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among tennis players born in Netherlands, Tom Okker ranks 1. After him are Kea Bouman (1903), Richard Krajicek (1971), Hendrik Timmer (1904), Betty Stöve (1945), Paul Haarhuis (1966), Martin Verkerk (1978), Kiki Bertens (1991), Jacco Eltingh (1970), Robin Haase (1987), Miriam Oremans (1972), and Tallon Griekspoor (1996).

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