Tom Okker

Tom Okker, nicknamed the Flying Dutchman, is a Dutch former tennis player, born on 22 February 1944, who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He was ranked among the world's top ten singles players for seven consecutive years from 1968 to 1974, reaching a career high of world number 3 in 1974, and was ranked world number 1 in doubles in 1979. He won the French Open men's doubles in 1973 with John Newcombe and the US Open doubles in 1976 with Marty Riessen, and took two gold medals at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. His 68 doubles titles were a record until Todd Woodbridge passed it in 2005.