Boris Franz Becker is a former German tennis player and one of the most successful tennis players
Boris Becker
@Former World No. 1 Tennis Star, Career and Life
Nov 22, 1967
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: November 22, 1967
- Nationality: German
- Famous: Former World No. 1 Tennis Star, Sportspersons, Coaches, Tennis Players
- Spouses: Sharlely
- Known as: Boris Franz Becker
- Birth Place: Leimen, West Germany
- Height: 190cm
Boris Becker born at
Leimen, West Germany
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Birth Place
On 17 December 1993, Becker married actress and designer Barbara Feltus. The couple had two sons, Noah Gabriel and Elias Balthasar together. The couple divorced each other on 15 January 2001 after Barbara came to know about Becker’s child outside of marriage.
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Personal Life
In February 2001, Becker acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna, the result of a sexual encounter in 1999 with Russian model Angela Ermakova.
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Personal Life
Becker remarried on 12 June 2009 after proposing to Dutch model Sharlely "Lilly" Kerssenberg on a game show. In February 2010 they welcomed a son, Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis Becker.
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Personal Life
Boris Becker was born on 22 November 1967 in Leimen, Germany to Karl-Heinz Becker, an architect and Elvira Becker.
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Childhood & Early Life
Becker’s father built a tennis club (Blau-Weiss Tennisklub) in their town where Becker learned to play as a child.
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Childhood & Early Life
Young Boris started playing competitively at the age of eight and at 11 he was playing in the adult divisions. He trained under Gunther Bosch.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1984, he got a manager, Ion Tiriac, who was also a famous coach. The same year he won his first doubles title in Munich.
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Childhood & Early Life
In 1985, Boris Becker won the Tennis World Young Masters at the NEC in Birmingham and first top-level singles title in June at Queen’s Club.
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Career
On 7 July 1985, his first breakthrough happened when he became the first unseeded German player to win the Wimbledon singles title by defeating Kevin Curren.
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Career
In 1986, Becker effectively defended his Wimbledon title by defeating Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the final.
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Career
In 1987 he was defeated in the second round of Wimbledon by the world no. 70 player, Peter Doohan.
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Career
In the 1987 Davis Cup, Becker and John McEnroe created a record by playing one of the longest matches ever which ended with Becker’s victory.
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Career
Since 2000, Becker has been the owner of the tennis division of Völkl Inc.
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Post Retirement Activities
Since 2003, he has been a commentator for the BBC at Wimbledon.
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Post Retirement Activities
He also serves on the advisory board of the German club, Bayern Munich.
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Post Retirement Activities
Since 2014, he has been working as Novak Djokovic’s coach and has contributed to 5 of his 11 grand slam titles and 10 of his 26 masters 1000 titles.
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Post Retirement Activities