Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker (b. November 22 1967 in Leimen, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, an Olympic Gold Medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon. Since retiring from the professional tour, colorful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines.

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Becker is the only son of an architect who built the tennis center where Becker and another German tennis great, Steffi Graf, played against each other as children.

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Becker turned professional in 1984, and won his first professional doubles title that year in Munich.

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As a redheaded teenager in 1985, Becker took the tennis world by storm. He won his first top-level singles title in June that year at Queen's Club and then, two weeks later, become the first unseeded player and the youngest ever male player to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in the final in four sets. At the time he was Wimbledon's first German champion, and the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at 17 years, 7 months (a record broken four years later by Michael Chang who won the French Open when he was 17 years, 3 months). Becker's game was based on an all-action style and a huge serve that earned him the nickname "Boom Boom". His desire to throw himself at anything and everything with acrobatic diving volleys during his matches particularly endeared him to the crowds. His heavy forehand and powerful return of serve were also very significant factors in his game.

1967: 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

Leimen: Leimen is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. The town is about five miles south of Heidelberg, and is the area's industial centre....

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