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Boris Becker is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. He was the youngest player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles tournament at the age of 17. He was also the first unranked player to win the title, as well as the only German to do so. Becker also won five Grand Slam titles, 13 Masters Series titles, three Open period finals (ATP Tour Finals, WCT Finals, Grand Slam Cup), and the Olympic doubles gold medal. Let us learn more about him by reading this article.

What is the net worth of Boris Becker?

Boris Becker makes a significant amount of money and renown as a professional tennis player and coach in the sports sector. According to some web sources, his current net worth is believed to be $26 million. His salary and assets, however, have yet to be revealed. In addition, he has a career prize money of $25,080,956 and is ranked 7th all-time in tennis earnings.

What is Boris Becker famous for?

• A former world No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany.

When was Boris Becker born?

Boris Becker was born in the town of Leimen, Germany, to Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker. Since his mother was a child, he has been raised in the Catholic faith. His father was an architect and the founder of a tennis center in Leimen, where he first became interested in tennis and began to play. Similarly, he is of White ethnicity and is of German nationality.

Sports Career

• Boris began his professional tennis career in 1984, under the tutelage of Romanian-born coach Günther Bosch and Romanian management Ion Tiriac. In Munich that year, he won his first professional double title.
• He won the Tennis World Young Masters at the NEC in Birmingham in 1985, and then went on to win his first top-level singles titles at Queen’s Club the following year. His remarkable run continued when he defeated Kevin Curren in four sets to become the first unseeded player and first German to win a Wimbledon singles title.
• He became the youngest male Grand Slam singles champion at the age of 17 years and 227 days, a record that was surpassed by Michael Chang in 1989 when he won the French Open at the age of 17 years and 110 days.
• He never gave up, and he went on to win the Cincinnati Open in 2005, making him the youngest player to do it. In 1986, he successfully defended his Wimbledon championship by defeating World No. 1 Ivan Lendl in straight sets.
• In 1987, he got to World No. 2, but was upset in the second round of the Wimbledon tournament by world No. 70 player Peter Doohan.
• In the Davis Cup in 1987, he and McEnroe played for 6 hours and 22 minutes, making it one of the longest matches in tennis history. He, on the other hand, won the game 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2.
• In 1988, he won the year-end Masters championship in New York City, the WTC Finals, and the Grand Slam Singles title in 1989, and in 1989, he was named ATP Tour Player of the Year after helping Germany retain the Davis Cup.

Moore on his Career

• After defeating Ivan Lendl to win the Australian Open for the first time in his career in 1991, he became World No. 1. He won seven Tour titles the following year, including his second ATP Tour World Championships. Boris Becker’s career took a major hit in 1993 when his marriage to Barbara Feltus split apart, and he was accused of tax evasion by the German government.
• In early 2005, his degeneration progressed. In 1996, he won his sixth and last Grand Slam by defeating Chang in the Australian Open. He won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles during his career.
• He became a poker player after retiring from a professional career and has competed in the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour. He had earned more than €90,000 from poker as of 2013. Since 2003, he has worked as a BBC Wimbledon analyst.
• During the 2014 season, he was the Head Coach for Novak Djokovic, and during that time, he was responsible for 6 of Djokovic’s 12 Grand Slam victories and 14 of his 30 Masters 1000 championships. In 2016, the two separated ways. He supports the Elton John AIDS Foundation as a patron.
• He was designated the German Tennis Federation’s head of men’s tennis on August 23, 2017. He also contributes to the Wimbledon magazine program The Daily Serve on Fox Sports Australia.
• Due to his appointment as the Central African Republic’s (CAR) “Attache for Sports/Humanitarian/Cultural Affairs in the European Union,” his lawyers argued in June 2018 that their client had diplomatic immunity in the bankruptcy case.
• After concealing assets and transactions worth over £4.5 million, the bankruptcy was prolonged for another 12 years until the 16th of October 2031 on November 5, 2019.

Who is Boris Becker Married To?

Boris married actress and designer Barbara Feltus in 1993, according to his personal life. Noah Gabriel and Elias Balthasar were the couple’s two sons. Barbara found out about his child outside the marriage on January 15, 2001, and the couple divorced.

He declared the paternity of Anna, a daughter from a 1999 sexual encounter with Russian model Angela Ermakova, in February 2001.

He remarried on June 12, 2009, after proposing on a game show to Dutch model Sharley “Lilly” Kerssenberg. Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis Becker, their son, was born in February 2010. In 2018, they announced their separation after nine years of marriage.

He has been seeing British model Layla Powell since July of this year, according to sources.

How tall is Boris Becker?

Boris is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs roughly 85 kilograms, according to his physique measurements. Similarly, he has blonde hair and blue eyes. He made use of 12 (US). Furthermore, no details about his body have been revealed. We will notify you if any information is made public.