Boris Becker vs. Stefan Edberg - Wimbledon 1989 Men's Singles - Final Highlights
Boris Franz Becker German pronun cia tion bɔʁɪs bɛkɐ; born November 22, 1967 is a German former World No. 1 professional tennis player, he is a great champion singles six times; including, after being the champion of young men at Wimbledon when he was 17, he won three Wimbledon titles, he also won 13 titles in Masters Series titles in five elite within three ATP finals Tour a WCT final and a Grand Slam Cup, he is the only player to have won the final 3 late season in the open era ATP final round ATP final WCT WCT and large Slam Cup ITF Becker also won the medal Olympic gold doubles Tennis magazine ranked Becker 11 best male player of period 1965 2005 he also coached Novak Djokovic for three years from 2013.
Boris Becker was born in Leimen Germany the only son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker His mother was Catholic, and they raised as Catholic 1 2 Her father Karl-Heinz, an architect founded a tennis center in Leimen where Becker learned the Game.
Becker turned professional in 1984 under the guidance of Romanian coach-born Günther Bosch and Romanian director Ion Ţiriac and won his first professional doubles title that year in Munich German teenager, Becker won the World Youth Tennis Masters at NEC in Birmingham in 1985, before taking his first high single level in June this year the club Queen Two weeks later, on July 7, he became the first unseeded player and the first German to win the singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Kevin Curren in four sets Becker was at that time ranked 20th in the ATP rankings, was unseeded and 3, but did not then Wimbledon seed players beyond the top 16 he was the youngest man grand Slam singles champion 7008556092000000000 17 years, 227 days later a scratched disk by Michael Chang in 1989, who won the French Open when he was 700,854,598 3200000000 17 years, 110 days Two months after his triumph, Becker became the youngest winner of the Cincinnati Open Becker said since the p lan of my parents for me was to finish school, go to college, get an appropriate degree and learn something friendly the last thing the spirit of everyone was becoming a 4 tennis professional.
In 1986, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, world not beating 1 Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the final in 1987 Becker world, then ranked No. 2, was upset in the second round of Wimbledon by world No. 70 player, Peter Doohan in the Davis Cup this year, Becker and John McEnroe played one of the longest matches in tennis history Becker won June 4 15 13 8 10, 6 2, 6 2 that time, there was no tiebreaks in the Davis Cup match lasted 6 hours and 22 minutes.
Becker was back in the Wimbledon final in 1988, where he lost in four sets to Stefan Edberg in a match that marked the beginning of one of the greatest rivalries Wimbledon Becker also helped West Germany win its first Davis Cup in 1988, he won the year-end title of master in New York, beating five-time champion Lendl in the final that year, he also won WCT final end of season tour to rival Championship tennis world by beating Edberg in four sets.
In 1989, Becker won two Grand Slam titles, the only year he won more than a After losing to Edberg in the semifinals French Open, he defeated Edberg in the Wimbledon final and then beat Lendl in 'US Open final, he also helped West Germany retain the Davis Cup by defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinal round accordingly, Becker was named player of the year by the ATP Tour World No. 1 the ranking, however, still eludes him.
In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the third consecutive year in the Wimbledon final, but this time was on the losing end of a long match in five sets he also failed to defend his US Open title, losing to Agassi in the semifinals Becker reached the final of the Australian Open for the first time in his career in 1991, where he defeated Lendl to claim the World No. 1 ranking another loss to Agassi in the semifinals Open french prevented him from winning the first two tournaments of the grand Slam of the year, he was ranked world No. 1 for twelve weeks in 1991, but he never managed to finish a year with this world ranking was ranked Becker 2 at Wimbledon in 1991 and reached its fourth there, however, he lost consecutive final in straight sets to fellow countryman and German world No. 7 Michael Stich Becker and Stich developed a fierce rivalry, with the media often comparing a passionate Becker to a more stoic Stich citation needed However, Becker and Stich teamed in 1992 to win the men's doubles gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics.
In 1992, Becker won seven tour titles including his second ATP Tour World Championships defeating Jim Courier in four sets.
In 1993, home problems on her bridal wedding parade and Barbara Feltus whose mother was German and his father was African American, and tax problems with the German government, had Becker to slip into a middle down severe career.
In 1995, Becker had been steadily declining for five years this year if Becker reached the Wimbledon final for the seventh time, beating Agassi however semifinal final Becker more tired after exhausting competitive basis with Cédric Pioline and Agassi lost in four sets to Pete Sampras, he won the year-end ATP Tour world Championships for the third and last time in Frankfurt with a straight set win over Michael Chang in the sixth and final last under major Slam Becker came in 1996 when he beat Chang in the final of the Australian Open after winning the Queen of the club Championships for the fourth time, Becker was widely expected to mount a serious challenge for the Wimbledon title in 1996, but its bid ended abruptly when he damaged his right wrist during a third round match against Neville Godwin and was forced to withdraw.
Becker beat Sampras in October 1996 to a player in five sets final in Stuttgart Becker is the best interior I've ever played, Sampras said after Game 5 Becker lost to Sampras in the final of the ATP World Tour Championships 1996 in Hanover Becker saved two match points in the fourth set and held serve 27 consecutive times until it was broken in the penultimate match later this year, he won the grand Slam Cup, beating Goran Ivanisevic in the final in 1997, Becker lost to Sampras in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon After this game he vowed he would not play at Wimbledon again, however, Becker played Wimbledon again in 1999, this time losing in the fourth round to Patrick Rafter.
Becker was most comfortable playing on fast-playing surfaces, particularly grass courts and indoor carpet on which he won 26 titles it reached a few finals playing on clay courts, but has never won a clay court tournament in his professional career his best performances at the French Open was when he reached the semi-finals in 1987, 1989 and 1991 Becker was close to winning a tournament on clay in his last final on clay, when he drove Thomas Muster in straight sets in the final Masters Monte Carlo 1995 and a double fault on match point in the fourth set tiebreak.
During his career, Becker won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles Besides his six Grand Slam titles, he was also a singles winner in the year-end Masters ATP Tour World Championships in 1988, 1992 and 1995 WCT final in 1988 and the grand Slam Cup in 1996, he won a record equal to four singles titles at s Queen London club in Davis Cup his career record win-loss was 54 12, which 38 3 singles He also won the other two major titles of the international team playing for Germany, the Hopman Cup in 1995 and the world Cup team in 1989 and 98.
Becker won singles titles in 14 countries, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States In 2003, Becker was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame He plays occasionally on the main circuit and the global tennis team is also sometimes a commentator at Wimbledon for the BBC.
The game Becker was based on a fast and well-placed serve that earned him the nickname Boom Boom, 6 Der Bomber and Baron Slam and great skills Volleying net, it could complete its pure play serve and volley with brilliant athleticism at the net, which included the diving volley that was considered a mark of the young German, and which endeared him to his fans his heavy forehand and return of serve were also of very important factors in her game.
Becker occasionally deviated from his serve and volley style to try out success of the baseline, opponents who normally were at their best while remaining near the baseline Even though Becker possessed powerful shots from both wings, this strategy has often been criticized by commentators.
Becker had frequent mood swings on the ground every time he considered himself to play badly, he often swore at himself and occasionally smashed his rackets Unlike Becker John McEnroe showed rarely aggressive towards his opponents or officials also unlike McEnroe, his game and focus tended to decrease rather than strengthened following these very dramatic game explosions Becker gave birth to new expressions as the Becker blocker shot marks the return fast, the Becker Hecht a sudden movement of flight, the Becker Faust Fist Becker, Becker random dance he sometimes performed after making important points, and Becker Becker Säge Saw referring to the way he pumped his fists in a sawing motion.
Becker, one of the players most effective of his time on the courts of grass and carpet courts had less success on clay, he never won a single senior title on clay in coming closest when holding two match points against Thomas Muster in the Open 1995 final of the Monte Carlo Becker, however, team with Michael Stich to win the Olympic gold medal in 1992 men's doubles on clay.
Becker played most of his career with racquets German company Puma After production of this racquet was abandoned he bought mussels and was produced by the American company Estusa It has now his own personal line of clothing and 7 racquets.
In 2012, Becker describes his approach retirement, I had won so many 22, a number of titles at Wimbledon, US Open, the Davis Cup, the world number one Looking for the next big thing and that is n not in tennis 4 Since 2000, Becker has been the principal owner of the tennis division of Völkl Inc. 16 tennis racket manufacturer and Becker clothes published his autobiography, Augenblick, Verweile doch in the player in 2003 to October 2005 to June 2006, Becker was a team captain on the British TV sports quiz show They think it's over.
Becker is a noted poker player and has appeared in the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour; 17 by 2013 Becker won over 90 000 gains 17 poker career.
In May 2009, Becker announced the launch of the platform online media Boris Becker TV The site, in English and German, features clips of her career and images of daily life 18.
Since 2003, Becker was a commentator for the BBC at Wimbledon Becker appeared on the second episode of the series 16 of the motor show of the BBC Top Gear as the star in a Reasonably Priced Car 19.
In December 2013, Novak Djokovic announced on his website that Boris Becker became the head coach for the 2014 season 21 Consequently, Becker gave up his job commentator on the BBC 22 in three seasons, Becker helped 6 Djokovic 12 grand slam titles and 14 of his 30 Masters 1000 titles he had accomplished at that time in 2016, Djokovic and Becker separated.
Besides Munich and Monaco Schwyz Becker has a flat in London or near Wimbledon and perhaps still maintains a residence in Miami for nearly 23 children.
Becker is not related to other German professional tennis player Benjamin Becker 24 or Richard Becker.
The December 17, 1993, Becker married actress and designer Barbara Feltus January 18, 1994, their son Noah Gabriel, named after Becker's friends Yannick Noah and Peter Gabriel was born their second child, Elias Balthasar, was born on September 4, 1999, before the marriage, they shocked some in Germany by posing nude for the cover of Stern in a picture taken by her father.
After Becker asked Barbara for a separation in December 2000, she flew to Miami, Florida with Noah and Elias and filed a divorce petition in court in Miami-Dade County, dodging their prenuptial agreement that had him right to a May 2 million gain Barbara left for Florida after being contacted by a woman claiming to be pregnant with the child in his autobiography Becker, Becker said he had confessed to his wife that he had a table night with another woman while Barbara was pregnant with their second child, he wrote that Barbara was hit during an argument that took place after flew to Florida to meet with her and discuss the breakdown of their marriage 25 hearing before the trial in January 2001, was broadcast live in Germany Becker was granted a divorce Jan. 15, 2001, she received a 14-4 million settlement, their condo on the island excluded Fisher sive and custody of Noah and Elias citation needed.
In February 2001, Becker acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna, was born March 22, 2000, with Russian model Angela Ermakova In October 2009, he confirmed media reports that the child was the result of an encounter sex in 1999 in a London restaurant 26 He had been drinking following losing a main draw singles match at Wimbledon championship, in what had been a return to the place of his greatest success paternity Becker initially denied, but admitted he was the child's father after a DNA test in November 2007, he obtained joint custody of Anna after expressing concerns over how her mother is raising her 27.
Becker was briefly engaged to Alessandra Meyer-Wolden in 2008 of his father, Axel Meyer-Wolden, was a counselor and director of Becker in the 1990s 28 The couple broke up in November 2008 TV personality She later married Oliver Pocher 29.
In February 2009, the German ZDF television Wetten, dass Becker announced that he and the German model Sharlely Lilly Kerssenberg were married June 12, 2009 in St. Moritz, Switzerland 30 31 In August 2009, they announced they were expecting children 32 in February 2010, their son, Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis Becker was born in London 33 the baby is named after the uncle's wife Edley Becker, and his friend, Mexican-Cuban millionaire Luis Garcia Fanjul is also the godfather of the child.
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