Boris Becker

This article is about the tennis player. For the photographer of the same name, see Boris Becker (photographer) .

Boris Becker
Boris Becker at the Radio Regenbogen Award 2019
Nickname:	Boom-Boom-Boris, Bobele
Nation:	Germany
Birthday:	November 22, 1967
Size:	191 cm
1st professional season:	1984
Resignation:	June 25, 1999
Playing hand:	right, one-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 25,080,956
singles
Career record:	713: 214
Career title:	49
Highest ranking:	1 (January 28 1991)
Weeks as No. 1:	12
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	254: 136
Career title:	15th
Highest ranking:	6 (September 22, 1986)
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA (see web links )

Boris Franz Becker (born November 22, 1967 in Leimen ) is a former German tennis player and Olympic champion . He won a total of 49 tournaments in singles - including six Grand Slam tournaments, three of which were the Wimbledon tournament  - and 15 titles in doubles . He led the world rankings for twelve weeks and is still the youngest Wimbledon winner in the history of the tournament. In 1985 he was the first German to win a single Grand Slam title in the Open Era . From 2013 to 2016 he was Novak Đoković's coach .

Tennis career

chronology

Becker joined the Blau-Weiß Leimen tennis club in 1974 and joined Boris Breskvar's training group . As early as 1977 he was accepted into the youth team of the Baden Tennis Association. He won the southern German championship and the first German youngest tennis tournament. He was classified in 1978 by Richard Schönborn for the top youth squad of the DTB . According to Schönborn, Boris Becker's training was funded by the DTB with over 1.3 million DM. In 1981 he was accepted into the 1st men's team of the DTB. In 1982 he won doubles at the Orange Bowl , an unofficial youth World Cup in Miami. In 1984 Becker reached the third round in his first participation in the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon before he was eliminated due to an injury. At the Australian Open in the same year he reached the quarterfinals.

In 1985 he became Junior World Champion and won his first tennis Grand Prix at the Queen's Club in London. On July 7, 1985 at the age of 17 he was the first unset player, the first German and the youngest winner to win the final of the Wimbledon Championships with 3-1 sets in the final against Kevin Curren . With this victory, Becker was also the youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament to date . The victory was significant for Becker's career as well as for German tennis, which in the following period became the most popular spectator sport after football . Becker was voted German Sportsman of the Year and achieved exceptional popularity. His trainer Günther Bosch (until 1987) and his manager Ion Țiriac (until 1993) also became known to a wider public. In the following year (1986) Becker was again junior world champion and celebrated tournament victories in Toronto , Sydney , Tokyo and Paris . In Wimbledon he was able to repeat his triumph against Ivan Lendl and he was again voted Sportsman of the Year in Germany. In 1988 he won seven Grand Prix tournaments. The Davis Cup went to a German team for the first time under his leadership . In the final of Wimbledon he lost to Stefan Edberg . In 1989 he was the only German to win the final in New York City against Ivan Lendl at the US Open . He won against Stefan Edberg for the third time in the final of Wimbledon, whose Center Court he now referred to as his "living room". He defended the Davis Cup with the German team and was voted Sportsman of the Year for the third time.

In 1990 Becker lost the Wimbledon final against Edberg, but celebrated various tournament victories and was voted German athlete of the year for the fourth time. In 1991 he lost again the final of Wimbledon, this time straight in three sets against Michael Stich , but won the Australian Open in Melbourne. For the first time he took the lead in the world rankings , which he held for a total of twelve weeks that year. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona he won the gold medal in doubles with Michael Stich. He also won the ATP World Championship in Frankfurt. In 1994 he won the ATP tournament in Milan and in 1995 the ATP World Championship again, but that year he lost the Wimbledon final against Pete Sampras . Becker won the Australian Open in 1996 and the Grand Slam Cup in Munich . A year later, in 1997, Becker was elected team boss of the Davis Cup team. He also headed the Mercedes Junior Team . In 1999 Boris Becker retired from professional sport, six weeks before Steffi Graf .

At the end of 2013 he became the coach of the then world number two Novak Đoković , whom he led to six Grand Slam victories by 2016. Đoković completed his career grand slam by winning the French Open , while he reached the top of the world rankings again in July 2014. On December 6, 2016, Novak Đoković announced the end of the collaboration with Becker.

On August 23, 2017, Becker was introduced as the "Head of Men's Tennis" of the German Tennis Federation and in this position took over the management of top male tennis in Germany.

Style of play

Boris Becker in Cincinnati in 1994

Becker distinguished himself above all through his fast and variable serve and good net play. This offensive style of play made him, together with Stefan Edberg, the best serve and volley player in the second half of the 1980s. Another strength of his was the hard hit forehand .

His fast offensive game earned him the nickname "Boom-Boom-Boris" at the beginning of his career, a nickname that later gave its name to an ice cream . Becker was able to develop his powerful and variable game mainly on fast courts - especially in the hall (supreme court and carpet) and on grass.

One of the hallmarks of his game was the “Becker pike”, also known as the “Becker roll”, a volley struck in a pike jump. Boris Becker was popular worldwide because of his emotional game. The clenched fist after points won was referred to as the “Becker fist”, his return - especially the backhand return , which was struck hard and well placed, with almost no backhand movement - with direct point gain as the “Becker blocker”.

Becker's trainer

At the beginning of his career, Becker's coach was initially Günther Bosch , who replaced Boris Breskvar in 1984, who had looked after Becker from 1975 to 1984. Bosch held this position until 1987, when Ion Țiriac temporarily took over the training. In 1987 Frank Dick Beckers, who was exclusively responsible for fitness, was a brief trainer. Between 1987 and 1991 Bob Brett held the position of trainer, who was finally replaced by Niki Pilic for three months. From 1991 to 1992 Tomáš Šmíd trained the Leimener. Eric Jelen temporarily in 1992 and from 1992 to May 1993 Günter Bresnik were other coaches. From August 1995 Mike DePalmer was Becker's trainer.

successes

Becker reached the finals eight times and won three times (1988, 1992, 1995) at the Masters (until 1989) and the ATP World Championship (from 1990), the last major tournament of the season. At the grass tournament at Wimbledon he won three times and reached the final four more times. He lost his last final at his favorite tournament in 1995 to Pete Sampras . He celebrated further Grand Slam successes at the US Open in 1989 and the Australian Open in 1991 and 1996. A victory at the French Open was denied to him, despite three semi-finals, as was an ATP tournament victory on clay .

successes

Legend Grand Slam (6) Olympic Games (1) ATP World Championship (3) Super 9 series (7) ATP Tour (47)

Victories by covering Hard Court (21) Grass (7) Sand (3) Carpet (33)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Covering	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 16, 1985	Queen's Club (1)	race	Johan Kriek	6: 2, 6: 3
2.	July 7, 1985	Wimbledon (1)	race	Kevin Curren	6: 3, 6: 7 4 , 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
3.	August 25, 1985	Cincinnati	Hard court	Mats Wilander	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	March 30, 1986	Chicago	carpet	Ivan Lendl	7: 6, 6: 3
5.	July 6, 1986	Wimbledon (2)	race	Ivan Lendl	6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 5
6th	17th August 1986	Toronto	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
7th	October 19, 1986	Sydney Indoor (1)	Hard court	Ivan Lendl	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0
8th.	October 26, 1986	Tokyo Indoor (1)	carpet	Stefan Edberg	7: 6, 6: 1
9.	November 2nd 1986	Paris Indoor (1)	carpet	Sergio Casal	6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 6
10.	February 22, 1987	Indian Wells (1)	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 6: 4, 7: 5
11.	April 5th 1987	Milan (1)	carpet	Miloslav Mečíř	6: 4, 6: 3
12th	June 15, 1987	Queen's Club (2)	race	Jimmy Connors	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
13th	March 6, 1988	Indian Wells (2)	Hard court	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	7: 5, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4
14th	April 2nd, 1988	Dallas WTC	carpet	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
15th	June 12, 1988	Queen's Club (3)	race	Stefan Edberg	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 3
16.	August 7, 1988	Indianapolis (1)	Hard court	John McEnroe	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	October 23, 1988	Tokyo Indoor (2)	carpet	John Fitzgerald	7: 6, 6: 4
18th	November 6, 1988	Stockholm (1)	Hard court	Peter Lundgren	6: 4, 6: 1, 6: 1
19th	5th December 1988	new York	carpet	Ivan Lendl	5: 7, 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6
20th	February 19, 1989	Milan (2)	carpet	Alexander Volkov	6: 1, 6: 2
21st	February 26, 1989	Philadelphia	carpet	Tim Mayotte	7: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
22nd	July 9, 1989	Wimbledon (3)	race	Stefan Edberg	6: 0, 7: 6 1 , 6: 4
23	September 10, 1989	US Open	Hard court	Ivan Lendl	7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
24.	5th November 1989	Paris Indoor (2)	carpet	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 3
25th	February 18, 1990	Brussels (1)	carpet	Carl-Uwe Steeb	7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2
26th	February 25, 1990	Stuttgart Indoor (1)	carpet	Ivan Lendl	6: 2, 6: 2
27.	19th August 1990	Indianapolis (2)	Hard court	Peter Lundgren	6: 3, 6: 4
28.	October 7, 1990	Sydney Indoor (2)	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	7: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
29	October 28, 1990	Stockholm (2)	carpet	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 6: 0, 6: 3
30th	January 27, 1991	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Ivan Lendl	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4
31.	October 27, 1991	Stockholm (3)	carpet	Stefan Edberg	3: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
32.	February 16, 1992	Brussels (2)	carpet	Jim Courier	6: 7, 2: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
33.	March 1, 1992	Rotterdam	carpet	Alexander Volkov	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 2
34.	4th October 1992	Basel	Hard court	Petr Korda	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 4
35.	November 8, 1992	Paris Indoor (3)	carpet	Guy Forget	7: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
36.	November 22, 1992	Frankfurt (1)	carpet	Jim Courier	6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 5
37.	January 10, 1993	Doha	Hard court	Goran Ivanišević	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 5
38.	February 14, 1993	Milan (3)	carpet	Sergi Bruguera	6: 3, 6: 3
39.	February 13, 1994	Milan (4)	carpet	Petr Korda	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
40.	August 7, 1994	los Angeles	Hard court	Mark Woodforde	6: 2, 6: 2
41.	August 21, 1994	New Haven	Hard court	Marc Rosset	6: 3, 7: 5
42.	October 30, 1994	Stockholm (4)	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3, 7: 6
43.	February 12, 1995	Marseille	carpet	Daniel Vacek	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5
44.	November 19, 1995	Frankfurt (2)	carpet	Michael Chang	7: 6, 6: 0, 7: 6
45.	January 28, 1996	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Michael Chang	6: 2, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 2
46.	June 16, 1996	Queen's Club (4)	race	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 7: 6
47.	October 13, 1996	Vienna	carpet	Jan Siemerink	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 3
48.	October 27, 1996	Stuttgart Indoor (2)	carpet	Pete Sampras	3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
49.	December 8, 1996	Munich	carpet	Goran Ivanišević	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Covering	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 20, 1984	Munich	sand	Wojciech Fibak	Florin Segărceanu Eric Fromm	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
2.	March 23, 1986	Brussels (1)	carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd	7: 6, 7: 5
3.	October 19, 1986	Sydney Indoor	Hard court	John Fitzgerald	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6: 4, 7: 6
4th	March 29, 1987	Brussels (2)	carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Chip Hooper Mike Leach	7: 6, 7: 6
5.	April 5th 1987	Milan (1)	carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
6th	November 15, 1987	Frankfurt	carpet	Patrik Kühnen	Scott Davis David Godfather	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	February 21, 1988	Milan (2)	carpet	Eric Jelen	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	March 6, 1988	Indian Wells (1)	Hard court	Guy Forget	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6: 4, 6: 4
9.	March 19, 1989	Indian Wells (2)	Hard court	Jakob Hlasek	Kevin Curren David Godfather	7: 6, 7: 5
10.	March 11, 1990	Indian Wells (3)	Hard court	Guy Forget	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
11.	February 16, 1992	Brussels (3)	carpet	John McEnroe	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6: 3, 6: 2
12th	April 26, 1992	Monte Carlo	sand	Michael Stich	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6: 4, 6: 4
13th	August 8, 1992	Barcelona	sand	Michael Stich	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 3
14th	January 10, 1993	Doha	Hard court	Patrik Kühnen	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6: 2, 6: 4
15th	February 19, 1995	Milan (3)	carpet	Guy Forget	Petr Korda Karel Nováček	6: 2, 6: 4

statistics

competition	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	total	Victories
Australian Open	VF	1R	-	AF	-	AF	VF	S.	3R	1R	-	1R	S.	1R	-	-	29: 9	2
French Open	-	2R	VF	HF	AF	HF	1R	HF	-	2R	-	3R	-	-	-	-	26: 9	-
Wimbledon	3R	S.	S.	2R	F.	S.	F.	F.	VF	HF	HF	F.	3R	VF	-	AF	71:12	3
US Open	-	AF	HF	AF	2R	S.	HF	3R	AF	AF	1R	HF	-	-	-	-	37:10	1
Grand Slam victories / defeats	6: 2	11: 3	16: 2	11: 4	10: 3	22: 2	15: 4	20: 3	9: 3	9: 4	5: 2	13: 4	9: 1	4: 2	0-0	3: 1	163: 40
Indian Wells Masters	-	-	-	S.	S.	AF	HF	-	-	-	-	HF	1R	-	-	-	17: 4	2
Miami Masters	-	2R 1	3R 2	1R	-	-	2R	2R	AF	2R	2R	-	-	-	-	2R	9: 7	-
Monte Carlo Masters	-	2R	-	1R	1R	F.	VF	F.	AF	1R	-	F.	AF	1R	VF	2R	21:12	-
Rome Masters	-	HF	VF	-	1R	-	-	-	-	AF	F.	-	-	AF	-	-	15: 6	-
Hamburg Masters	2R	-	1R	-	HF	HF	F.	-	HF	AF	1R	1R	AF	AF	1R	-	16:12	-
Canada Masters	-	-	S.	HF	-	-	-	-	-	AF	-	-	-	-	-	-	9: 2	1
Cincinnati Masters	-	S.	-	F.	-	HF	-	HF	-	-	AF	1R	-	-	-	-	19: 5	1
Stockholm Masters	-	-	-	-	S.	AF	S.	S.	VF	AF	S.	AF 3	S 4	2R 4	AF 4	-	33: 6	5
Paris Masters	-	-	S.	-	-	S.	F.	AF	S.	VF	VF	F.	1R	2R	1R	-	29: 7	3
ATP world championship	-	F.	F.	RR	S.	F.	HF	RR	S.	-	F.	S.	F.	-	-	-	36:13	3
Grand Slam Cup	not carried out						-	-	-	1R	VF	HF	S.	1R	-	-	7: 4	1
Tournament victories	-	3	6th	3	7th	5	5	2	5	2	4th	2	5	-	-	-	49
Year-end world rankings	66	6th	2	5	4th	2	2	3 5	5	11	3	4th	6th	62	69	131

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⁴ found in Stuttgart instead of
^five within the year a total of twelve weeks World Rankings First

Life

origin

Boris Becker with his mother Elvira at the Radio Regenbogen Award 2019

Boris Becker is the son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker († 1999). He has a sister, Sabine Becker-Schorp.

Marriages and relationships

Boris Becker and Barbara Feltus at a reception in Augustusburg Castle in Brühl, October 1992

On December 17, 1993, Becker married the actress and jewelry designer Barbara Feltus . From this marriage, which was divorced on January 15, 2001, two sons come: Noah (born January 18, 1994) and Elias (born September 4, 1999).

In addition, Becker is the father of Anna Ermakova (born 22 March 2000), which consists of a brief encounter with the one from Russia coming British woman Angela Ermakova (* 1968, Russian Анжела Ермакова Anschela Yermakova emerged). Becker initially denied the possibility of paternity, but paid maintenance after a legal dispute. Becker later said in the episode of the television talk show Piers Morgan ’s Life Stories dedicated to him that the place of procreation was a staircase between the toilets of Nobu , a London restaurant . Alluding to this conception circumstances "Sex in the broom closet" to became household word .

Becker then had a few short relationships, including with Sabrina Setlur and Heydi Núñez Gómez . From August to November 2008 he was engaged to Alessandra Meyer-Wölden , the daughter of his manager who died in 1997. On June 12, 2009, Becker married the Dutch model Sharlely Kerssenberg (* 1976) in St. Moritz , with whom he had a brief relationship in 2007. Since then, Kerssenberg has been known under the name Lilly Becker. The couple bought a house in the Wimbledon district of London in 2009 , but kept their primary residence in Zurich . Their son was born in February 2010, and the couple separated in May 2018.

Business activities

Until March 31, 2017, Becker owned three Mercedes dealerships in Stralsund , Greifswald and Ribnitz-Damgarten . An advertising contract with Mercedes-Benz as a “brand ambassador” was prematurely terminated by the company. He is co-partner of Völkl Tennis GmbH and co-founder and partner of Boris Becker GmbH in Küsnacht, Switzerland .

From the beginning of his tennis career, Becker was often an advertising medium for various brands, including for a beer brand and an online poker portal. Commercials with the mottos “Am I already in?” (For the Internet provider AOL , 1999) and “Hello, this is Boris Becker became known. I have a question ”(for the legal protection insurance DAS , 2006).

Becker was also involved in the Internet portal Sportgate, which filed for bankruptcy in 2001. In 2007 he was sentenced to pay damages in the amount of 108,000 euros. The subsequent investigation on suspicion of attempted fraudulent proceedings was discontinued in 2009 after payment of a sum of 40,000 euros. In 2012, Becker was sentenced to pay 800,000 euros to a partner in the insolvent New Food AG.

The manager of his business activities was Ion Țiriac from 1984 to 1993 , then Axel Meyer-Wölden until 1996.

Activities in the media

Becker is a tennis expert and commentator for the British television broadcaster BBC . In Germany he was a reporter for Premiere and for DSF . In 2004 he moderated the talk show Becker 1: 1 , which was discontinued relatively quickly. From December 1, 2006, he competed in the program Sofaduell - The PlayStation Sports Quiz against three residents of a shared apartment for a sports quiz duel. He also works as a columnist for the Handelsblatt (Germany), for the Blick (Switzerland) and for The Times (Great Britain) as well as team captain for They think it's all over at the BBC. 2016 he appeared as an expert category Sport in the ZDF telecast The Quiz Champion on.

Becker's autobiography Moment, But Dwell was published in 2003. Even after his tennis career, Becker remains in the media not only because of his private life, but also because of various media activities.

In mid-November 2007 he published a book called Was Kinder stark , an educational guide for parents who raise children in blended families.

At the beginning of 2009 he took on the star in the ProSieben show Schlag and was defeated by the candidate.

With Boris-Becker.TV , he launched his own video platform on the Internet in May 2009. One of the declared aims was to convey one's own perspective on private, business and social issues without the influence of third-party media.

Another autobiography, the publication of which he later regretted, Becker published in 2013 under the title Life is not a game .

After the end of his collaboration with Novak Đoković , Becker has been working as an expert and co-commentator for Eurosport at the side of Matthias Stach since the Australian Open 2017 . He signed a contract with Eurosport that ran until 2020. In autumn 2020 it was announced that the contract with Eurosport had been extended until 2023.

In 2020 he appeared on the game show Did you know? as an expert on whiskey . He took part in the XXL edition of asked - hunted which was broadcast in July 2020 .

poker

Boris Becker
Boris Becker (2018)
Personal information
Nickname	Boris BeckerTeam partypoker
Poker tournaments
Highest live prize money	040,855  $
Total live prize money	$ 111,416
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	none
Cash placements	1
Main Event of the European Poker Tour
title	none
Cash placements	2
Last updated: April 8, 2020

From November 2007 to mid-May 2013, Becker was the advertising medium for the online poker platform PokerStars . During this time he took part in professional poker tournaments as part of Team PokerStars . Becker made his first appearance as a poker amateur at a tournament in April 2008 in Monte-Carlo . In mid-April 2009 he made the money at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas and finished the tournament in 40th place for over 40,000 US dollars in prize money. At the end of August 2011 he cashed for the first time at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Barcelona and finished 97th for 8,000 euros . In April 2013 he cashed again at the EPT Main Event and landed in Berlin on 49th place for 15,000 euros. In total, Becker has tournament prize money of more than 100,000 US dollars; he secured his last prize money to date at the beginning of November 2016. From December 2016 to the beginning of 2019 he was an ambassador for the online platform partypoker and performed there under the nickname Boris__Becker .

tax evasion

The District Court of Munich I sentenced him on October 24, 2002 for tax evasion to two years' imprisonment, the execution of which was suspended. In addition, he was sentenced to a fine of 300,000 euros (500 daily rates of 600 euros each) and placed on probation to transfer a fine of 200,000 euros to various charitable institutions.

Becker deliberately made false statements in his tax returns in order to save 3.3 million marks. At the beginning of the trial, the athlete admitted that he lived in Munich between 1991 and 1993, although he was officially registered in Monaco. Becker said: "I knew and knew the dangers and I accepted that". However, he emphasized that he could not be accused of withholding income or engaging in criminal machinations.

At the same time, Becker emphasized that he did not occasionally live in a classic apartment in Munich, but in a spartan room. He was also warned to buy the apartment, but ignored the warnings. The court found that Becker paid around three million euros for the period from 1991 to 1995 to settle his tax debt as mitigating the penalty. In addition, the process took eight years and was a heavy burden for Becker.

Bankruptcy proceedings

In the summer of 2017, financial claims from Becker's former business partner Hans-Dieter Cleven in the amount of 36.5 million euros became public. In the first instance, a court in Zug confirmed Cleven's claims as “basically justified. [..] However, no notice of termination or a termination agreement had been issued. Therefore, the repayment from Becker is not yet due. ”Cleven appealed to the higher court of the canton of Zug . At the same time, he filed for bankruptcy proceedings against Becker in Great Britain . There, Becker was declared insolvent on June 21, 2017 by a judge at the London High Court . In an interview published by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on November 4, 2017, Boris Becker vehemently denied being insolvent or owed Mr Cleven money at all, with the words "It is insane to believe that I am broke", rather the other way around , and also declares that the bankruptcy proceedings only concern him privately; his company Becker Private Office in London and his company BB SARL in Switzerland are not directly affected. In 2019, the competent court extended the insolvency proceedings in parts until 2031.

An auction of Becker's trophies in July 2019 generated proceeds of around 771,000 euros. Some of these were replicas, and according to Becker, the originals were lost.

In September 2020, the British state bankruptcy service accused Becker of failing to comply with its information obligations in 19 cases in the course of its insolvency proceedings; Becker declared himself innocent.

Alleged appointment to the diplomatic service

Becker was appointed Special Attaché for Sports and Cultural Affairs in the European Union in April 2018 by Faustin Archange Touadéra , President of the Central African Republic , one of the poorest countries in the world . In June 2018 it became known that Becker wanted to use what he believed to be diplomatic immunity , which he enjoyed as an attaché , to avoid foreclosure in the course of the insolvency proceedings decided in Great Britain in 2017. The alleged accreditation was contradicted by the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic, Charles Armel Doubane , who had not signed such a document. Accreditation in the Central African Republic requires the signature of the state president as well as that of the foreign minister. Doubane said that Becker was not a diplomat in the country and that it did not want his financial problems to be linked to his unofficial work for the republic. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the passport presented by Becker is a forgery. According to his lawyer, Becker then wanted to receive a Belgian diplomatic passport.

Others

• In 1996 a sea ​​snail was named in honor of Becker: Bufonaria borisbeckeri Parth, 1996 (Mollusca: Gastropoda : Bursidae).
• After his tennis career, Becker was on the economic advisory board of FC Bayern Munich for around ten years .
• In 2004 he founded the Cleven Becker Foundation together with the entrepreneur Hans-Dieter Cleven, but resigned from the Board of Trustees at the turn of the year 2011/12. He is chairman of the Laureus Sports for Good Foundation . He is also a founding member of the Laureus World Sports Awards .
• As an ambassador for World AIDS Day, Becker was active in 2005 under the motto “Together against AIDS”. Becker is also a board member of the Elton John Aids Foundation .
• In the computer animation film Himmel und Huhn from 2005, Becker spoke the role of the sports teacher.
• Wax figures of his exist in Madame Tussauds in London and since 2008 in Berlin .
• In June 2017, Becker sold the racket from his last Wimbledon game from 1999 on the ZDF program Bares für Rares . The antique dealer Julian Schmitz-Avila bought the racket for 10,000 euros, but was sent a different model. According to Becker's attorney, this happened accidentally.
• There are also different statements about the EUR 10,000 sales proceeds that Becker wanted to donate to the aid organization Ein Herz für Kinder . According to Becker's lawyer , this was not done because of the negative reporting by the Bild newspaper, which is behind the organization: "The amount was donated in full to a non-profit organization, but not to 'Ein Herz für Kinder'." which organization the money should have been donated.
• According to the former Becker manager Ion Țiriac, the prize money only amounted to approx. 15-20% of the income, the rest mainly consisted of sponsorship and advertising contracts.

Records

• 1985 youngest previous Wimbledon winner and youngest ever winner of a Grand Slam tournament at the time. In 1989 the last mentioned record was broken by Michael Chang .
• Also in 1985 youngest match winner in a Davis Cup final, with double winner.
• Won three tournaments on three different continents within 14 days (October 19 to November 2, 1986).
• Becker won ten more matches after a 2-0 set deficit, which was later also achieved by Aaron Krickstein and Roger Federer .
• In 1990 he won four titles in one season in the ATP championship series (ATP 500 series), which he shares with Stefan Edberg and Juan Martín del Potro .

Awards

• Germany's Sportsman of the Year : 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990
• Europe's Sportsman of the Year : 1986, 1989
• Silver bay leaf : 1985
• Bambi : 1985
• German Television Award : 1999 ( special award , together with Steffi Graf ), 2018 ( best sports program / commentators , together with Matthias Stach )
• Steiger Award 2006
• Induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island (USA): 2003
• "Legende des Sports" at the German Sports Press Ball 2008
• Superbrands 2009/2010
• Connoisseur of the year 2011 (award from Busche Verlagsgesellschaft )
• Inclusion in the Hall of Fame of German Sports of the German Sports Aid Foundation in 2015

Becker at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013

Fonts

• Wait a minute ... Bertelsmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-570-00780-4 (autobiography)
• What makes children strong. Zabert Sandmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89883-194-9 (guide)
• Life is not a game (with Christian Schommers). FA Herbig, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7766-2718-3 (autobiography)

Web links

Commons : Boris Becker  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Beckerfaust  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Boris Becker  - in the news

• Boris Becker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• ATP profile of Boris Becker (English)
• ITF profile of Boris Becker (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Boris Becker (English)
• Boris Becker in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Profile Becker on the ATP Champions Tour homepage
• Literature by and about Boris Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Meike Fechner: Boris Becker. Tabular curriculum vitae in the LeMO ( DHM and HdG )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard Schönborn: The open letter to Becker. Welt.de, November 24, 2017.
2. ↑ hdg.de/lemo
3. ↑ bang: Becker becomes new coach Djokovic . tennisnet.com
4. ↑ Philipp Joubert: Wimbledon winner Djokovic: Liberation in the living room of the coach. In: Spiegel Online . July 6, 2014, accessed October 4, 2017 . 
5. ^ Novak and coach Boris Becker end cooperation. Accessed December 17, 2016 . 
6. ↑ DTB integrates Boris Becker in top sport - new role for Barbara Rittner , dtb-tennis.de. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
7. ↑ Who will finally kick Boris in the butt? In: Sport-Bild , May 26, 1993, p. 40 f.
8. ↑ This is Mike DePalmer . In: Sport-Bild , June 26, 1996, p. 50
9. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Sad Boris: Karl-Heinz Becker died - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Panorama. Retrieved June 21, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Boris Becker's sister Sabine Becker Schorp arrives at the Regina Pacis ... | WireImage Germany | 88431300. Retrieved June 21, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Alexei Shestakov: Жизнь и судьба Анжелы Ермаковой. Чернокожей девушки с русской душой. . In: Kommersant . February 3, 2001, accessed January 8, 2018 (Russian, title translation: Life and Fate of Angela Yermakova. A black girl with a Russian soul. ). 
12. ^ Berliner Morgenpost October 16, 2009 ; accessinterviews.com October 15, 2009 ( Memento from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Boris Becker has a new house in London . merkur-online.de
14. ↑ Lilly and Boris Becker split up spiegel.de on May 29, 2018
15. ↑ Mercedes-Benz resigns from Boris Becker . In: FAZ , January 11, 2014; accessed on January 12, 2014.
16. ↑ Boris Becker pays for it . manager-magazin.de
17. ↑ The tennis racket is not enough . stuttgarter-zeitung.de
18. ↑ Christopher Hemscheidt: Everything Becker or what? Evening newspaper , Munich, September 17, 2010
19. ↑ n-tv.de August 14, 2014
20. ↑ Australian Open 2017: Tennis legend Boris Becker becomes Eurosport expert . In: Eurosport Germany . December 7, 2016 ( eurosport.de [accessed January 21, 2017]).
21. ↑ Boris Becker to 2020 expert at Eurosport - praise for Zverev
22. ↑ Alexander Krei: Contract extended: Boris Becker remains Eurosport expert. In: DWDL.de . October 7, 2020, accessed October 7, 2020.
23. ↑ Legend at the end? on focus.de from October 21, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2020.
24. ↑ Boris Becker no longer on PokerStars , pokerolymp.com from November 4, 2013, accessed on January 11, 2020.
25. ↑ Seventh Annual Five Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 2, 2017.
26. ↑ EPT - 8 - Barcelona (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 2, 2017 (English).
27. ↑ EPT - 9 - Berlin (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 2, 2017 (English).
28. ↑ Boris Becker in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 2, 2017 (English).
29. ↑ Boris Becker - Team partypoker ( Memento from November 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on partypoker.com, accessed on January 11, 2020.
30. ↑ Becker trial: suspended sentence and warning: tennis idol has to prove himself to be a good taxpayer . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . October 24, 2002, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 25, 2017]).
31. ↑ Petra Philippsen: Boris Becker in Wimbledon: Refuge in Dreamland. In: tagesspiegel.de . July 9, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 . 
32. ↑ ^{a b} Tax process: Public prosecutor wants to see Becker behind bars. In: Spiegel Online . October 23, 2002, accessed October 4, 2017 . 
33. ↑ Tax evasion Boris Becker received two years probation. In: www.mz-web.de. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, October 24, 2012, accessed on February 5, 2018 . 
34. ↑ brt: debt dispute with Boris Becker: Clevens public accounting. In: Spiegel Online . July 19, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 . 
35. ↑ brt / AFP: millionaire lawsuit : ex-partner of Boris Becker appeals. In: Spiegel Online . July 13, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 . 
36. ↑ Reinhard Keck: Boris Becker: The tennis legend lives so lavishly despite bankruptcy. In: Focus Online . July 21, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017 . 
37. ↑ Boris Becker declared bankrupt over 'substantial' long-standing debt , The Telegraph, June 21, 2017.
38. ↑ Boris Becker listed in the public Individual Insolvency Register , The Insolvency Service, June 21, 2017.
39. ↑ Ibrahim Naber: Hans-Dieter Cleven: The man who demands 36 million euros from Boris Becker. In: welt.de . July 6, 2017, accessed October 4, 2017 . 
40. ^ Daniel Germann: Boris Becker: «It is insane to believe that I am broke» | NZZ . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 4, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 6, 2017]).
41. ↑ Boris Becker's trophies will now be auctioned
42. ^ ^{A b} Thilo Neumann: Career on sale . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 2019, pp. 32-40 ( online - 13 July 2019 ).
43. ↑ Becker pleads innocent - tennis idol face seven years imprisonment , focus.de from September 24, 2020
44. ↑ Boris Becker is now a diplomat in Brussels
45. ↑ http://www.manager-magazin.de/koepfe/boris-becker-diplomatische-immunitaet-soll-insolvenzverfahren-verhahrung-a-1213091.html Strategy in insolvency proceedings. Boris Becker clings to diplomatic immunity , manager-magazin.de from June 15, 2018 (accessed June 15, 2018)
46. ↑ Boris Becker's lawyer on insolvency proceedings: “Admittedly unusual” . In: Spiegel Online . June 15, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed June 16, 2018]).
47. ↑ Immunity in bankruptcy proceedings: Is Boris Becker a diplomat at all? Spiegel online, June 18, 2018
48. ↑ Central African Republic denies diplomatic immunity Becker, welt.de, June 18, 2018.
49. ↑ New application: Will Boris Becker now get a Belgian diplomatic passport?
50. ↑ Boris Becker: Praise for Bayern, criticism of Chelsea - Goal.com . In: Goal.com . January 19, 2012 ( goal.com [accessed June 21, 2017]).
51. ↑ http://www.cleven-stiftung.com/de/news-artikel/Neuer-Stiftungsname-diesleichen-Ziele.html | "Cleven Foundation: New foundation name, same goals"
52. ↑ Becker sold the wrong bat on ZDF ", Welt online from December 29, 2017
53. ↑ Becker hands over the wrong tennis racket in "Bares für Rares", Stern online from December 29, 2017
54. ^ Report 'Boris Becker' by NDR from January 15, 2019
55. ^ Davis Cup - Result
56. ↑ Laureate 1999 ›German Television Award 2018. Accessed on January 27, 2018 . 
57. ↑ 2018 Best Sports Program / Commentators ›German Television Award 2018. Accessed on January 27, 2018 . 
58. ↑ Five other members in the “Hall of Fame of German Sports” . ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) DOSB, September 7, 2015; accessed on September 20, 2015.