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Boris Becker

Also known as Boris Franz Becker

German tennis player (born 1967)

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Boris Franz Becker is a German tennis player, businessperson, sports commentator, and chess player. Born on November 22, 1967, in Leimen, he is right-handed and stands 190 centimeters tall. His professional tennis career included a singles record of 713–214 and a doubles record of 254–136. He represented the Germany Davis Cup team and participated in the men's doubles event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Becker has received several awards, including the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, the Steiger Award, the BBC World Sport Star of the Year, and induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is married to Barbara Becker and speaks both English and German. His residences have included Schwyz, Munich, Wimbledon, and Zurich.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1961
Works: 11

Top works

Geschichte in Landschaften =
Dusseldorf in fruhen Photographien 1855-1914
Boris Becker
Boris Becker
Berlin 1978-1987

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Leimen, Germany

Known for

Celebrity Bear Hunt — Self - Contestant2025
Nasty — Self - Winner of 6 Grand Slam Singles Titles2024
La Revuelta — Self - Guest2024
Boris Becker: The Rise and Fall — Self2023
Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker — Self2023
Novak Djokovic: Refuse to Lose2022
Vandaag Inside — Self2022
Hätten Sie’s gewusst — Self2019
LUKE! Die Greatnightshow — Self2019
Bestbesetzung — Self2019

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Germany
Active from: 1967-11-22

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 85
Total plays: 411

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,989x
The cBio Cancer Genomics Portal: An Open Platform for Exploring Multidimensional Cancer Genomics Data
· 2012 · cited 15,174x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,999x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,803x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,255x

via Crossref · CC0

Sports profile

Sport: Tennis
Team: _Retired Tennis
Position: Tennis Player
Nationality: Germany

via TheSportsDB

~30 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Boris Franz Becker ( German: [ˈboːʁɪs ˈbɛkɐ] ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former professional tennis player, tennis coach and a commentator. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Becker is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time, winning 49 career singles and 15 doubles titles, including six singles majors: three Wimbledon Championships, two Australian Opens and one US Open. He also won 13 Masters titles, three year-end championships, an Olympic gold medal in men's doubles in 1992, and led Germany to two Davis Cup titles in 1988 and 1989. Becker is the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles Wimbledon title, a feat he accomplished aged 17 years, 7 months and 15 days in 1985.

Becker is often credited as the pioneer of power tennis with his fast serve and all-court game. He is among the top ten players with the best win percentages in the Open Era. In 1989, he was voted the Player of the Year by both the ATP and the ITF. He holds a win percentage of 92.70% in Davis Cup singles rubbers, a win loss record of 38–3 and two championships for Germany. In his autobiography, Andre Agassi described Becker as the world's most popular tennis star in the late 1980s. Becker was featured at number 18 in the list of Tennis magazine's 40 greatest players of all time in 2006.

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