1969 U.S. Professional Indoor – Doubles

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Doubles
1969 U.S. Professional Indoor
Champions Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Okker
Flag of the United States.svg Marty Riessen
Runners-up Flag of Australia.svg John Newcombe
Flag of Australia.svg Tony Roche
Final score 8–6, 6–4
Events
Singles Doubles
  1968  · U.S. Professional Indoor ·  1970  

Tom Okker and Marty Riessen won the title, defeating John Newcombe and Tony Roche 8–6, 6–4 in the final.

Tom Okker Dutch tennis player

Thomas Samuel Okker is a Dutch former tennis player who was active from the mid-1960s until 1980. He was ranked among the world's top 10 singles players for seven consecutive years, 1968–74, reaching a career high of World No. 3 in 1974. He also was ranked World No. 1 in doubles in 1969.

Marty Riessen US tennis player

Marty Riessen played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings in September 1974, though was ranked as high as World No. 8 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph in 1971, before the computer rankings. Renowned for his doubles play, Riessen was also a regular doubles partner of Australian tennis great Margaret Court, winning six of his seven major mixed titles and a career grand slam alongside her. Additionally a winner of two men's doubles grand slams, his highest doubles ranking was No. 3 on March 3, 1980.

John Newcombe Australian tennis player

John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former tennis player from Australia who is one of the few men to have attained a world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors he won seven singles titles and a former record 17 men's doubles titles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors. Tennis magazine rated him the 10th best male player of the period 1965–2005.

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Seeds

  1. Flag of Australia.svg John Newcombe / Flag of Australia.svg Tony Roche (Final)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Robert Lutz / Flag of the United States.svg Stan Smith (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Flag of Australia.svg J Newcombe
Flag of Australia.svg T Roche
w/o  
  Flag of Australia.svg I Fletcher
Flag of Denmark.svg T Ulrich
   
1 Flag of Australia.svg J Newcombe
Flag of Australia.svg T Roche
134 13
  Flag of Australia.svg R Emerson
Flag of Australia.svg R Laver
11 611
  Flag of the United States.svg EB Buchholz
Flag of the United States.svg D Ralston
8 4  
  Flag of Australia.svg R Emerson
Flag of Australia.svg R Laver
106 
1 Flag of Australia.svg J Newcombe
Flag of Australia.svg T Roche
6 4  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg T Okker
Flag of the United States.svg M Riessen
86 
  Flag of the United States.svg RP Gonzales
Flag of Australia.svg K Rosewall
w/o  
  Flag of the United States.svg A Ashe
Flag of the United States.svg C Pasarell
   
  Flag of the United States.svg RP Gonzales
Flag of Australia.svg K Rosewall
3 4  
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg T Okker
Flag of the United States.svg M Riessen
66 
  Flag of the Netherlands.svg T Okker
Flag of the United States.svg M Riessen
107 
2 Flag of the United States.svg R Lutz
Flag of the United States.svg S Smith
8 5  

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