Career 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Tom Okker takes it, 7–1 on categories Okker wins on titles. Drysdale’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Drysdale 655 matches, Okker 946 matches.
Okker has 37 titles (one every 20 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Drysdale averages 15.8 games won a match to Okker’s 14.1 (12% more). Okker averages 11.2 games lost a match to Drysdale’s 14.2. Winners’ edge: Okker’s team won 71%, Drysdale’s team won 62% of the matches they played. Longevity: Okker has 946 matches across 14 seasons, Drysdale 655 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 8 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 37 total · best 1
15.8 10,357 total · best 99 Games wonper game 14.1 13,339 total · best 37
59.2 Sets won % 66.1
52.7 Games won % 55.6
0.1 27 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 67 total · best 1
1.5 949 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.7 1,616 total · best 3
Head to head 7 18 matches since 1968 11
Carpet · 9 matches Drysdale 3 Okker 6 Clay · 5 matches Drysdale 2 Okker 3 Grass · 3 matches Drysdale 1 Okker 2 Hard · 1 match Drysdale 1 Okker 0 Grand Slams · 1 match Drysdale 0 Okker 1 Finals · 2 matches Drysdale 1 Okker 1 Last meetings 12 Jan 1977 · Birmingham WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Drysdale won 6-1 7-5 7 Jan 1976 · Columbus WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Drysdale won 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5) 24 June 1974 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · Grass Okker won 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3 25 Mar 1974 · Rotterdam WCT · Semifinal · Carpet Okker won 6-3 3-6 6-3 25 Feb 1974 · Miami WCT · Semifinal · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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