He won more Paris Masters titles than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal but retired without a Grand Slam

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were unable to obtain as much success at the Paris Masters as they did at other tournaments.

Federer and Nadal are two of the biggest ATP gamers of all time, having won a mixed 42 Grand Slams and 64 Masters 1000 titles.

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Despite their success at ATP 1000 tournaments, they only won one Paris Masters title between them, with Federer successful his sole title at the occasion in 2011, while Nadal never won the Paris Masters in his profession.

Federer and Nadal may not have discovered too much success at the Paris Masters in their careers, but Dutch participant Tom Okker won more titles at the occasion than both gamers mixed.

Tom Okker has more Paris Masters titles than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal mixed

Okker won the inaugural Paris Masters in 1969, which was then held on carpet instead of laborious courts, without dropping a single set.

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The Dutchman did not have a profitable title defence in 1970, as Okker was crushed in the first spherical of the Paris Masters, but he did come close to successful the title in 1973 after reaching the semi-finals before shedding to eventual champion Ilie Nastase.

Okker would then win his second title at the Paris Masters in 1975, which culminated in a dramatic five-set closing victory over Arthur Ashe, in a match where he was two-sets-to-one down. It has been over 50 years since Okker’s second Paris Masters victory, but he is still one of only seven gamers to have won a number of singles titles at the event.

While Federer and Nadal have only won one title at the occasion, their greatest rival Novak Djokovic has dominated the Paris Masters, successful a file seven titles. This is 4 more than the next two best gamers at the Paris Masters, with both Boris Becker and Marat Safin successful three titles at the occasion.

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Okker is one of 4 gamers who has won two titles at the Paris Masters, becoming a member of Brian Gottfried, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. Okker only made one more look at the Paris Masters in 1976, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Tom Okker’s Grand Slam file after failing to win a title

Although Okker achieved success at the Paris Masters, he was never ready to transition this into successful a Grand Slam singles title, despite coming close.

Okker reached at least the semi-finals of all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in his profession, and he even reached the closing of the US Open in 1968. Okker won a five-set closing against the aforementioned Ashe at the Paris Masters, but he was crushed by the American in this US Open closing.

Although he was never ready to win a Grand Slam singles title, Okker did claim two Grand Slam doubles titles at Roland Garros in 1973 and the US Open in 1976, which he won alongside John Newcombe and Marty Riessen, respectively, and he was also doubles world quantity one in 1979.

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Okker did also have a singles profession to be proud of, successful 35 ATP titles, including two Paris Masters, and reaching a career-high rating of world quantity three before he retired from tennis in 1981.