Becker, Boris
Tennis
b. Nov. 22, 1967, Leimen, Germany
Becker exploded onto the tennis scene in 1985, when he became the youngest male, at seventeen, ever to win the Wimbledon singles championship. His victory was considered a fluke by some because none of the top seeds reached the final that year; Becker won a four-set over unheralded Kevin Curren to take the title.
However, Becker proved it was no fluke by winning the championship again in 1986, this time beating Ivan Lendl. Then he reached the finals four years in a row, from 1988 through 1991, though he won the title just once, in 1989.
Becker also won the U. S. Open in 1989 and the Australian Open in 1991. His last major victory came in the 1996 Australian Open.
Becker was a finalist in the ATP Masters four times, winning the championship in 1988, and he won the ATP Tour World Championships Finals in 1992 and 1995.
During his career, Becker had 49 tournament singles wins, ninnth all-time, and he ranks third in career earnings with $25,080,956.