Boris Becker

Boris is a six-time Grand Slam Champion, former World Number One and to this day the youngest-ever winner of the men’s singles title at Wimbledon.

As a 17-year-old, Becker took the sports world by storm in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in June at the Queen's Club and then, two weeks later on 7th July, became the first unseeded player, the first German and the youngest player ever to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets. The following year, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, defeating the then-World No. 1 Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the final.

Boris next appeared in the Wimbledon final in 1988 when he lost in four sets to Stefan Edberg in a match that marked the start of one of Wimbledon's great rivalries, a rivalry that the pair now have the chance to resume on the ATP Champions Tour. He avenged the defeat a year later, a year that was possibly the best of Becker's career. After losing to Edberg in the French Open semi-finals, he defeated the Swede in straight sets in the Wimbledon final, and then beat Lendl in the final of the US Open. He also helped West Germany win the Davis Cup for the second consecutive year, winning both singles and doubles rubbers against Sweden in the final.

The World No. 1 ranking, however, was to elude him until 1991. By beating Ivan Llendl in the Australian Open final in January that year, Becker assumed the number one spot, which he retained for a total of 12 weeks. He won the Olympic doubles gold medal a year later with Michael Stich. Becker’s final Grand Slam title again came in Australia in 1996. He beat Michael Chang in the final.

Since retiring in 1991, Becker has written his aurobiography, ‘The Player’, worked as a commentator for the BBC, and become the owner of a tennis racquet and clothing manufacturing business.

ATP Career and Grand Slam Record.

Boris serves on the advisory board of Bayern Munich, the football team that he supports.
In July 2007, Boris was a presenter at the London leg of the ‘Live Earth’ concerts.
He delivered a much-quoted response when questioned about his loss to Peter Doohan when defending his Wimbledon title in 1987. "I lost a tennis match. Nobody died," he said.
Despite his years of success, he never won a clay-court title.

Boris has won three titles on the ATP Champions Tour, all three coming in Graz in consecutive years from 2002 to 2004.
In his first final in 2002, Boris battled past John McEnroe in the group stages of the tournament before overcoming Czech Australian Open Champion Petr Korda in the final. In the 2003 final, Boris defeated Mats Wilander, and in 2004 he overcame Thomas Muster.