Borris Becker
Generanl info
BORIS BECKER (GER)
Birthdate: November 22, 1967 Turned pro: 1984
Birthplace: Leimen, Germany
Residence: Leimen, Germany
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 6'3" (1.90m) Weight: 187 (85kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Career prize money: $21,966,402
Highest singles ranking: 1 (January 28, 1991)
Highest doubles ranking: 6 (September 22, 1986)
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YEAR-END RANKING HISTORY
1996: 6 1993: 11 1990: 2 1987: 5 1984: 65 1995: 5 1992: 5 1989: 2 1986: 2 1983: 563 1994: 3 1991: 3 1988: 4 1985: 6
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Prize money: $2,438,007
Matches won-lost: 38-14 (singles), 5-6 (doubles)
Singles Winner: Australian Open, Queen's, Vienna,
Stuttgart-indoor. Finalist: ATP Tour World Championship.
Semifinalist: Antwerp, Munich. Doubles Semifinalist:
Antwerp(w/KUHNEN).
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The active career titles leader (48) on the ATP Tour won four titles, including his sixth career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open (d. Chang)...It was his first Slam title since the Œ91 Australian Open...Withdrew from the French Open because of a torn thigh muscle in his right leg...Came back at the Queen's Club in London and won his seventh career grasscourt title without dropping a set (d. Edberg)...In 3rd RD match at Wimbledon, suffered a partial tear of the ulnar extensor tendon in his right wrist against Godwin...Retired in the match after the first point of a first-set tie-breaker...Missed 10 weeks and returned Sept. 9 in Bucharest where he retired again in 1st RD...One month later in Vienna, posted impressive wins over Woodforde, Stich, Rosset, Martin and Siemerink to win his first title since June...After Vienna, withdrew from a 2nd RD match in Ostrava because of pain in his wrist...Showed no signs of injury at the Mercedes Super 9 stop in Stuttgart where he defeated Rusedski, Enqvist, Gustafsson and Chang (all in straight sets) before coming back to beat No. 1 Sampras in five sets...Served 29 aces in final...Qualified for his sixth ATP Tour World Championship in seven years and advanced to his fourth final in five years, losing in an epic five-set (four-hour) match to Sampras....Finished No. 5 on ATP Tour MatchFacts in 1st serve points won (81 percent) and No. 6 in service games won (85 percent)...Compiled a 7-3 record vs. Top 10 opponents...Active leader with 29 career indoor titles.
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1984 ‹ Reached Australian Open QF...1985 ‹ Became youngest at 17 years, 7 months to win Wimbledon (d. Curren)...Began his reign in the Top 10 after the victory...1986 ‹ Repeated Wimbledon title (d. Lendl)...1987 ‹ Defeated J. McEnroe in 6 hours, 20 minutes in Davis Cup, two minutes shy of the longest match in the Open Era (between McEnroe and Wilander)...1988 ‹ Won his first Masters title (d. Lendl)...Won career-high seven titles in eight finals...Capped the year by leading Germany to its first Davis Cup title over defending champion Sweden...1989 ‹ Won third Wimbledon title (d. Edberg) and first U.S. Open title (d. Lendl)...SF at French Open, falling to Edberg in five sets...Stopped McEnroe in SF of the Masters, but was defeated by Edberg in final...Led Germany to second straight Davis Cup title...1990 ‹ Ranked in Top 3 every week...Reached QF or better at 16 of 18 events and a career-high 10 finals, winning five...Advanced to the Wimbledon final for fifth time in six years, falling to Edberg in five sets...Reached SF of the ATP Tour World Championship, falling to eventual champion Agassi...1991 ‹ Captured his fifth Grand Slam crown by defeating Lendl in the final of the Australian Open...Moved to No. 1 on the ATP Tour Rankings on Jan. 28 for three weeks after the victory, making him the ninth No. 1-ranked player...Ranked No. 1 a total of 12 weeks during the year...Reached Monte Carlo, Wimbledon and Indianapolis finals...1992 ‹ Won five titles indoors, including Mercedes Super 9 in Paris and ATP Tour World Championship, finishing with a 29-4 indoor record...1993 ‹ Titlist at Doha (d. Ivanisevic) and Milan (d. Bruguera), and finalist at Indianapolis (l. to Courier)...Finished as No. 2 German behind Stich after eight straight years on top...1994 ‹ Won four titles in seven finals...Won titles in Los Angeles (d. Woodforde) and New Haven (d. Rosset)...Won his fourth Stockholm Open title, becoming the first player in the Tour Era (since 1990) to beat the top three players in one tournament ‹ No. 1 Sampras (SF), No. 2 Ivanisevic (F) and No. 3 Stich (QF)...Qualified for ATP Tour World Championship and reached the title match, losing in four sets to Sampras...1995 ‹ Finished in Top Five for the ninth time in last 10 years, capping the year with his second ATP Tour World Championship title (d. Chang) in Frankfurt...Won in Marseille (d. D. Vacek)...Attempted to win in Milan for the third consecutive year, but lost the title match 7-6 in the third to Kafelnikov...Posted a 9-2 record on grass, reaching the SF at Queen's (l. to Forget) and final at Wimbledon (l. to Sampras), his first title match at the All England Club since 1991...En route to the final, defeated Pioline in the QF 9-7 in the fifth and No. 1 Agassi in SF after trailing 6-2, 4-1...The two met again in the U.S. Open SF with the American winning in four sets...In November, reached final at Paris-indoor (l. to Sampras)...Earned a career-high $3,712,358.
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CAREER TITLES (44)
1985 ‹ Queen's, Wimbledon, Cincinnati; 1986 ‹ Chicago, Wimbledon, Toronto, Sydney-indoor, Tokyo-indoor, Paris-indoor; 1987 ‹ Indian Wells, Milan, Queen's; 1988 ‹ Indian Wells, WCT Finals-Dallas, Queen's, Indianapolis, Tokyo-indoor, Stockholm, Masters; 1989 ‹ Milan, Philadelphia, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Paris-indoor; 1990 ‹ Brussels, Stuttgart-indoor, Indianapolis, Sydney-indoor, Stockholm; 1991 ‹ Australian Open, Stockholm; 1992 ‹ Brussels, Rotterdam, Basel, Paris-indoor, ATP Tour World Chp.-Frankfurt; 1993 ‹ Doha, Milan; 1994 ‹ Milan, Los Angeles, New Haven, Stockholm; 1995 ‹ Marseille, ATP Tour World Chp.-Frankfurt. 1996 ‹ Australian Open, Queenıs, Vienna, Stuttgart-indoor. FINALIST (25): 1985 ‹ London-indoor, Masters; 1986 ‹ WCT Finals-Dallas, Stratton Mountain, Masters; 1987 ‹ Cincinnati; 1988 ‹ Wimbledon; 1989 ‹ Monte Carlo, Masters; 1990 ‹ Hamburg, Queen's, Wimbledon, Tokyo-indoor, Paris-indoor; 1991 ‹ Monte Carlo, Wimbledon, Indianapolis; 1993 ‹ Indianapolis; 1994 ‹ Rome, Sydney-indoor, ATP Tour World Chp.-Frankfurt; 1995 ‹ Milan, Monte Carlo, Wimbledon, Paris-indoor; 1996 ‹ ATP Tour World Chp.-Hannover.
CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (14). FINALIST (11).
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GRAND SLAM HISTORY
CAREER
RECORD 96 95 94 93 92 91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84
AUS. OPEN 29-8 won 1ST -- 1ST 3RD won QF 4TH -- 4TH -- 2ND QF
FRENCH OPEN 26-9 -- 3RD -- 2ND -- SF 1ST SF 4TH SF QF 2ND --
WIMBLEDON 64-10 3RD rup SF SF QF rup rup won rup 2ND won won 3RD
U.S. OPEN 37-10 -- SF 1ST 4TH 4TH 3RD SF won 2ND 4TH SF 4TH --
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ATP TOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
CAREER RECORD 96 95 94 92 91 90 20-7 rup won rup won RR SF
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Played tennis and soccer as a child, giving up soccer in favor of tennis at age 12...Father is an architect who is responsible for building a tennis center near the Becker home in Leimen...A three- time West Germany junior champion (1982-84)...Named ATP Most Improved Player of the Year in 1985 and ATP Player of the Year in 1989...A member of the German Davis Cup team since 1985, leading the squad to Cup titles in 1988-89...Has career record of 50-10 in Davis Cup play, including a 36-3 mark in singles (only losses to Casal in 1985, '87 & Haarhuis in '95)...Has worked with a number of coaches during his pro career (Gunther Bosch, Bob Brett, Tomas Smid, Gunther Bresnik, Nick Bollettieri)...Wife Barbara (married Dec. 17, 1993); son, Noah Gabriel (born Jan. 18 1994)...Coached by Mike DePalmer Jr. since August 1995 (after parting ways with Bollettieri).
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