Biography
Boris Becker - Tennis Legend, still the youngest Wimbledon champion, the Golden Medist of the 1992 Olympic Games, in the past - the first racket of the world. Unlike many athletes, he did not refuse fame, always with pleasure communicating with the press, did not hide his personal life (even the most scandalous moments). After completing his career, Boris Becker became a coach, and then became interested in poker.Childhood and youth
Boris Franz Becker was born on November 22, 1967 in Lymena, German Democratic Republic (GDR). Elvira's parents and Karl-Heinz raised him by Catholic.
As a child, Boris Becker dreamed of becoming an archaeologist: he was attracted to travel and explore the places for a long-being forgotten by man. The mother wished for him the future of the doctor, and his father supported any undertaking.
Embed from getty imagesIn 1974, a tennis center was built on the projects of the elder Becker-Elder in Lymen. The architect invited his family to the opening. The demonstration performances were so fascinated by the 7-year-old Boris Beckker, which he asked his parents to arrange him into the section. So began a brilliant career of the first racket of the world.
Personal life
Boris Becker's personal life - a solid scandal: No Roman tennis player has passed the mention of the first pages of world tabloids.
On December 17, 1993, Boris Becker's wife became a model of Barbara Pletus, German Nationality, but black, like most of the tennis player. In the registry office she was with clearly rounded belly. Just a month later, on January 18, 1994, the firstborn of Bekckers Noa Gabriel appeared on the world, and Elias Baltazar was born on September 4, 1999.
In the biography "Life is not a game" (2013) Boris Becker wrote that the marriage with Barbara Pheltus broke out due to treason: the tennis player spent a chalnior night with an unknown woman, which did not fail to tell his wife. The marriage process ended on January 15, 2001, deprived Boris Becker $ 14.4 million, condominium on Fisher Island, Florida, and custody of children.
We did not have time to forget the news about the divorce, as Boris Becker was in the center of the new scandal: the media calculated his extramarital daughter. Anna was born in 2000 after a fleeting "dating" of tennis player with Russian Angela Yermakova.
At first, Boris Becker defended his innocence, and in February 2001 he accepted his daughter. Paternity confirmed the DNA test. In November 2007, the tennis player achieved joint guardianship over Anna, since he did not like the methods of educating Angela Ermakova.
In 2008, Boris Becker made an offer to Alessandre Meyer-Völden, the daughter of his manager Fathers Axel Meyer-Völden. Lovers broke up in November of the same year, and without playing the wedding.
On June 12, 2009, Lilly Kerssenberg, a model from Holland, became Lilly Becker. On February 10, 2010, she gave birth to tennis in the son of Amadeus Benedict Edly Luis Becker. In May 2018, the marriage collapsed.
Since July 2019, Boris Beckker connects relations with Leyla Powell, a model from the UK. The athlete itself official statements about the novel did not yet do.
Tennis
Starting a professional career in 1984, Boris Becker tried to conquer several tournaments of a series of a big helmet. As a result, Wimbledon German tennis player left at the stage of qualification, and at the open championship of Australia reached the quarterfinal.In 1985, Boris Becker became the youngest Wimbledon champion: he was 17 years old and 227 days at the time of the congregation of the Cup. Among the record holders of the tournaments of the Large Helmet of German only Michael Chang, who won Roland Garros at the age of 17 and 110 days.
In 1986, Boris Becker successfully defended Wimbledon's title, beating Ivan Landla in the final. By the way, it was a debut time when the first racket of the world was submitted by the tennisist. The German itself headed the rating of the Association of Professional Tennis players (ATP) only in 1991, but before he managed to win in opponents who possess the status of the first racket of the world.
In 1988, Boris Becker became the first native of the GDR, winning the Davis Cup. The triumph was repeated in the next season. And in 1989, the tennisist managed to win on Wimbledon immediately and at the US Open Championship. This is an unprecedented achievement: before and in the future, Boris Becker conquered only one large helmet tournament in the season.
Embed from getty imagesAfter the victory at the open championship of Australia in 1991 and gaining the long-awaited status of the first racket of the world in the career of Boris Becker, difficulties have come. The most significant achievement of that period is gold at the 1992 Olympic Games, which the tennis player won in a pair with Michael Castich.
In 1996, Boris Becker partially interrupted a series of failures. He won the Australian Open Championship, but lost Wimbledon to the strongest opponent Peit Sampras. Later, German tennis player said so:
"Undoubtedly, he has the best filing of everyone with whom I met."Boris Becker completed his career on June 25, 1999. On his account 49 individual victories (including 6 in the Tournaments of the Grand Slam) and 15 pairs.
Unable to keep on the side of the sport, in December 2013, Boris Becker became the coach Novak Djokovich. Thanks to the advice of the former first racket of the world, tennis player from Serbia managed to adjust the game of Rafael Nadal, one of the best athletes of modernity, as Boris Becker believes, and won 6 tournaments of a big helmet. Boris Becker and Novak Jokovic broke up in December 2016.
Boris Becker now
After leaving professional tennis, Boris Becker was seriously interested in poker. In April 2008, he first took part in the PokerStars tournament and succeeded, earning $ 40 thousand prizes.
According to the calculations of Global Poker Index, for 5 years (up to the appointment by coach Novak Djokovich) Boris Becker earned more than $ 100 thousand in tournaments.
Tracting for gambling, noisy parties and luxury items in 2017 brought Boris Becker before bankruptcy. According to tabloids, the once richest tennis player owes the private jar of Arbuthnot Latham more than $ 14 million.
From paying such a large amount, Boris Becker tried to pay off the diplomatic position - the attache of the Central African Republic (CAR) on sports, humanitarian and cultural issues in the European Union. In June 2018, representatives of the CAR stated that this post does not exist, and a certificate presented by Boris Becker is a fake.
The trial led to the sale of property. In June 2019, Boris Becker was allowed from a hammer of 82 subjects from a personal collection, including the 1989 Open Championship Cup. The auction brought about $ 860 thousand to the debtor. Also, ARBUTHNOT LATHAM bank took the cottage from Boris Beckker to Mallorca, which in Spain.
Despite financial difficulties, Boris Becker continues to enjoy life, as reported in "Instagram". Now he is posting his photos with children, friends, colleagues.
Heirs Boris Becker pays special attention. So, on March 22, 2020, he congratulated his extramarital daughter Anna from the 20th birthday, and at the end of February, the same year boasted the fact that Elias was driving, his second son from Barbara Pheltus, for the Chelsea match.
Achievements
- 1985, 1986, 1989 - Wimbledon Tournament Champion
- 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990 - Winner of the Athlete Award in Germany
- 1988, 1989 - Davis Cup Champion
- 1989 - Champion of the US Open Championship
- 1991, 1996 - Champion of the Australian Open Championship
- 1992 - Champion of the Olympic Games in the Paired Difference (with Michael Castich)