Boris Becker was a former German Tennis player. He was born on 22nd November 1967 to a German Family. In his initial stages Becker played for West Germany from 1984-1990, then from 1990-1999 he played for Germany. He was one of the most successful tennis professionals, had won 6 Grand Slam Titles. Becker’s 6 titles consisted of 3 Wimbledon Championships (1985,1986 & 1989), 2 Australian Open Titles (!991 & 1996) & a solitary US Open in 1989. French Open eluded Boris which he would rue a lot.
The specialty of Boris Becker was his serve, his serve was one of the finest & best & took humdinger points through aces. Boris is the first male player to feature in 7 Wimbledon finals, tied with Pete Sampras & Novak Djokovic. Boris has changed his profession from a player to Coach as he has coached the Sensation Novak Djokovic for a span of 3 years
Boris was born in Leimen, a town in the German state Baden-Wurttemberg. The journey of Boris Becker may sound a bit easy but it was filled with a lot of stones. Boris had won 49 titles & was a force to reckon with. Boris had defeated big heavy-weights via his elegant play. He was raised as a Catholic.
Boris was raised as a Catholic, his father Karl-Heinz & his mother Elvira. Boris is often seen giving credit to his parents, as he says that his professional life’s architect are his parents.
Boris’s father Karl-Heinz who was an architect, had founded a tennis Centre in Leimen, where Boris learned to play tennis. Boris got a huge advantage by practicing in Leimen. In 1974 Boris joined TC Blau-Weib Leimen Tennis Club & began training under Boris Breskvar, In 1977, he became the member of the junior team of the Baden Tennis Association. Later he went on to win the South German Championship & the first German Youth Tennis Tournament.
In 1978, he was chosen/elected for the German Tennis Federation’s top junior team by Richard Schonborn. According to Schonborn, the funding for Becker’s training was put up by the German Tennis Federation at an expense of over 1.3 Million DM (Currency of Germany Deutsche Mark). In 1981, he was inducted in Federation’s first men’s team. In 1982, he had won the doubles at the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships.
Boris tuned Professional in 1984, under the guidance of Romanian Born Coach Gunther Gunther Bosch & Romanian Manager Ion Tiriac, and won his first professional doubles title that year in Munich. Boris was a sincere student of Tennis which definitely made him one of the Greatest of all the time
Boris got a nickname of “Boom Boom” based on a fast & well placed serve. His serves were so puissant. Boris possessed powerful shots from both the wings, yet the strategy was often criticized by commentators as.
Boris was a bit short-tempered & emotional. Due to such behaviour he often swore at himself & occasionally smashed his rackets, In 1987 season he was fined $2000 following a series of outbursts during the Australian Open in Melbourne, including breaking 3 rackets: twice throwing the ball in an offensive manner at the umpire, hitting the umpire’s chair on one occasion, spitting water in the direction of the umpire & hitting 3 balls out of the court.
Becker’s highly dramatic play spawned new expressions such as Becker Blocker. These chaotic actions damaged the Sport. Becker was one of the most effective as well as brilliant player of his era. His prowess was on grass courts & carpet courts, he wasn’t quite effective on clay (*French Open). He didn’t taste success in French Open which was the only land-mark he missed.
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