Boris Becker was born on Nov 22, 1967. He was 17 years old when he won the most sought after title, " The Wimbledon championship"..
It was in the year 1985 (I was about 3 years old, man too young to notice how cute he was!!) when this unseeded player won the title.. This was the first time in history when a lad so young, without much experience from the rural town of Leimen, Germany managed to bag the Wimbledon cup!!
Not only was he the youngest male to win Wimbledon but also the first German to win this prestigious cup..
He beat Kevin Curren (6-3,6-7,7-6,6-4) to become the most talked about personality in the history of Tennis.
He won the Wimbledon 3 times (1985,1986 and 1989). He has won six grand slam titles.
I still remember one match during the U.S Open when he got a pair of glasses from the spectators and gave it to the umpire, coz he thought that "the out call" was not right!!
Becker was known for his short temper.. He truly is a guy who deserves all our admiration (if not for his game at least for his good looks ;) ). By the way I always thought that Steffi and Becker made a cute pair.. Sad that it dint happen that way!! ;)
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Becker is a legend! The guys of that era in Tennis were really great players especially Stefan Edberg who almost gave up tennis after an incident in the US Open when he hit a ballgirl and she died days later but then overcame the grief and won Wimbledon many years later.
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