Boris Franz Becker (* 22 November 1967 in glues with Heidelberg) is a former German professional tennis player. It won altogether 49 tournaments in the single (under it six Grand Slam tournaments, of it alone three times the tournament of Wimbledon) as well as 15 titles in the double. Also after the end of its tennis career Becker is strongly in the media present.

Biografie

Tennis career

Becker triumphed to Kevin Curren on 7 July 1985 as first Germans, first ungesetzter and with 17 years youngest tennis players of all times with the most important tennis tournament of the world in Wimbledon with 3:1 sentences in the final against the South African (today Americans). With this victory Becker was also the up to then youngest winner with a Grand Slam tournament at all. The victory worked like a for Beckers career and for the German tennis, which was promoted within shortest time to the most popular spectator haven of the Germans after the football. Becker was to 1990 four times to the sportsman of the yearly and achieved an unusual popularity. Beckers coach Bosch (until 1987) and its manager ion Tiriac (until 1993) became likewise a broader public admit.

1986 and 1989 repeated Becker with victories over Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg its triumph in Wimbledon, whose Centre Court he called in the meantime its "living room ". In the years 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1995 he was subject in each case in the final of Wimbledon, whereby the defeat was surely 1991 the schmerzlichste against Michael pass. 1988 won a German team the Daviscup for the first time under its guidance. In the following year this title could be defended. 1989 won Becker also US open in the final against Ivan Lendl.

1991 won Becker the Australian open and transferred for the first time the guidance in the tennis world rank list, which he stopped in that year altogether 12 weeks long. In the final of Wimbledon it was subject to Michael pass in three sentences. One year later won Becker in the double as well as pass the olympic gold medal. 1996 triumphed to Becker again with the Australian open. After 10 active years thereby its career was terminated, and Becker made particularly with private one headlines.

Private

On 17 December 1993 Becker married the actress and Designerin Barbara Feltus, with which he has two sons, Noah Gabriel (* 18 January 1994) and Elias Balthasar (* 5 September 1999). The marriage became divorced on 15 January 2001.

On 8 February 2001 the result of a paternity test showed that it also father of Anna Ermakova (* 22. March 2000) is. Nut/mother of the child is the Russian-asiatic Model Angela Ermakova. Details in connection with the generation of the child ("broom closet affair "and "seed robbery ") came to the public and employed for a long time the media. In July 2001 Becker agreed to pay five million dollar maintenance for its daughter.

After these Liason and further short partnerships (among other things with the singer Sabrina Setlur) Becker with the French dancer Caroline Rocher, which was engaged of the Bavarian state State of Munich than choir dancer, lived scarcely three years to July 2005 together, then he communicated the separation in an interview with the magazine Gala.

Boris Becker was accused and condemned in the past in Munich of tax evasion. To the load was put to it as constant place of residence untruthfully Monaco to have indicated to live actually however with its sister Sabine in Munich. Becker was condemned during this process to a payment of tax arrears in million height and a probation sentence.

Beckers biography "instant, stays nevertheless "to 2003 was published. In the media Becker remains further present also after the completion of its tennis career not only due to its for far parts of the public interesting private life, but also because of various medialer activities (it among other things moderated a Talkshow in the DSF). Lately it goes particularly as a Werbefigur for the most different marks into action.

Play way

Becker was characterised particularly by its fast and variable impact and a good net play. This offensive play way made it together with Stefan Edberg the best Serve&Volley player in the second half of the 1980er years. A further strength Beckers was its hard struck first option.

Its fast offensive play brought in at the beginning of its career the pointed name for it "Bum Bum Becker ". Its pressureful and variable play could develop Becker particularly on fast place linings (in resounded in particular and on lawns).

A characteristic of Beckers play was "the Becker Hecht ", in the Hechtsprung of struck Volley. Boris Becker was due to its emotional play with the fans world-wide likes. It had as a player an enormous will and a large nerve strength. The clenched fist after won Big POINTs was called "Becker fist ", its Return with direct point gain as "Becker blocker ".

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