Boris Becker

Boris Franz Becker (German: [ˈboːʁɪs ˈbɛkɐ] ⓘ

; born 22 November 1967) is a German former
Boris Becker
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 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. [2][3][4][5] 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 in 1985.

Becker is often credited as the pioneer of power tennis with his fast serve and all-court game.[6] He is
among the top ten players with the best win percentages in the Open Era.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] Becker in 2019
Full name Boris Franz Becker
After his playing career ended, Becker became a tennis commentator and media personality, and his
personal relationships were discussed in news outlets. He has engaged in numerous ventures, including Country (sports) West Germany (1984–
coaching Novak Djokovic for three years, playing poker professionally, and working for an online poker 1990)
company.[13] In October 2002, the Munich District Court gave Becker a suspended two-year prison Germany (1990–1999)
sentence for tax evasion. He declared bankruptcy in the UK in 2017. In April 2022, he was sentenced by Born 22 November 1967
UK courts to two and a half years in prison for hiding assets and loans that the court required him to Leimen, Baden-
disclose to creditors and the bankruptcy trustee. On 15 December 2022, he was released from prison early,
Württemberg, West
having served eight months, and was deported to Germany by UK authorities.[14][15][16] Germany
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]

Early life Turned pro 1984 (amateur 1983)

Retired 1999
Boris Becker was born in 1967 in Leimen, a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the son of Plays Right-handed (one-handed
Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker. Named after the Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak,[17] young backhand)
Becker was raised Catholic.[18][19] His father Karl-Heinz, an architect, founded a tennis centre in Leimen,
Coach Günther Bosch (1976–87)
where Becker learned to play tennis. He received his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in
Heidelberg.[20] His Sudeten German mother Elvira Becker, née Pisch was from the Moravian village of Ion Țiriac (1984–93)
Kunewald (Kunín). Bob Brett (1987–91)
Tomáš Šmíd (1991–92)
Eric Jelen (1992, 1993)
Tennis career
Günter Bresnik (1992–93)
In 1974, Becker joined TC Blau-Weiß Leimen tennis club and began training under Boris Breskvar. By Nick Bollettieri (1993–95)
1977, he was a member of the junior team of the Baden Tennis Association. He went on to win the South Mike De Palmer (1995–99)
German championship and the first German Youth Tennis Tournament.
Prize money US$25,080,956
In 1977, he was chosen for the German Tennis Federation's top junior team by Richard Schönborn. 17th all-time leader in
According to Schönborn, the funding for Becker's training was put up by the German Tennis Federation at
earnings
an expense of over 1.3 million DM.[21] In 1981, he was included in the Federation's first men's team. In
1982, he won the doubles at the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships. Int. Tennis HoF 2003 (member page (https://
www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-
Becker turned professional in 1984, under the guidance of Romanian-born coach Günther Bosch and famers/inductees/boris-beck
Romanian manager Ion Ţiriac, and won his first professional doubles title that year in Munich. As a er/))
teenager, Becker won the Tennis World Young Masters at the NEC in Birmingham in 1985, before taking Singles
his first top-level singles title in June that year at Queen's Club.[22] Two weeks later, on 7 July, he became
Career record 713–214 (76.9%)
the first unseeded player and the first German to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren
Career titles 49
in four sets. In the third round against Joakim Nystrom, Nystrom had twice served for the match before
Becker won.[23] Becker was at that time ranked 20th in ATP ranking,[24] and was unseeded, as at that time Highest ranking No. 1 (28 January 1991)
Wimbledon did not seed players beyond the top 16. He was the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles Grand Slam singles results
champion at 17 years, 227 days (a record later broken by Michael Chang in 1989, who won the French Australian Open W (1991, 1996)
Open when he was 17 years, 110 days). Two months after his triumph, Becker became the youngest winner
French Open SF (1987, 1989, 1991)
of the Cincinnati Open. Becker has since said that "the plan from my parents for me was to finish school,
go to university, get a proper degree and learn something respectful. The last thing on everyone's mind was Wimbledon W (1985, 1986, 1989)
me becoming a tennis professional."[25] US Open W (1989)
Other tournaments
In 1986, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, defeating No. 1 Ivan Lendl in straight sets in
Tour Finals W (1988, 1992, 1995)
the final with "a typically awesome array of sledgehammer serves and blockbuster groundstrokes".[26] In
1987 Becker, then ranked 2, lost in the second round of Wimbledon to Peter Doohan, ranked 70. In the Grand Slam Cup W (1996)
WCT Finals W (1988)
Davis Cup that year, Becker and John McEnroe played one of the longest matches in tennis history. Becker Olympic Games 3R (1992)
won 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2 (at that time, there were no tiebreaks in the Davis Cup). The match lasted Doubles
6 hours and 22 minutes.
Career record 254–136 (65.1%)
Becker contested the Wimbledon final in 1988, where he lost in four sets to Stefan Edberg in a match that Career titles 15
marked the start of one of Wimbledon's great rivalries. Becker also helped West Germany win its first Highest ranking No. 6 (22 September 1986)
Davis Cup in 1988. He won the year-end Masters title in New York City, defeating five-time champion
Grand Slam doubles results
Lendl in the final. The same year he also won season ending WCT Finals for the rival World Championship
Australian Open QF (1985)
Tennis tour, defeating Edberg in four sets.
Other doubles tournaments
In 1989, Becker lost to Edberg in the French Open semifinals. He defeated Edberg in the Wimbledon final, Olympic Games W (1992)
"volleying flawlessly and returning serve so well the Swede never had opportunities to take control with his
Team competitions
vaunted net play, made few mistakes and won almost every crucial point".[27] Becker then beat Lendl in the
US Open final to win two Grand Slam singles titles in a year for the only time in his career. Lendl admitted Davis Cup W (1988, 1989)
afterwards "I had good stamina but was missing a little bit of my explosive energy".[28] He also helped Hopman Cup W (1995)
West Germany retain the Davis Cup, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinal round after dropping the first Coaching career (2013–2016, 2023-2024)
two sets, in an epic spread over two days.[29][30] Sports Illustrated ranked it as among the best matches
Novak Djokovic (2013–2016)
ever played, alongside the 1972 WCT Finals final between Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall, and the 1980
Holger Rune (2023–2024)
Wimbledon final between Björn Borg and John McEnroe.[29] As a result, Becker was named Player of The
Year by the ATP Tour. Coaching achievements
Coachee singles 25
In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the third consecutive year in the Wimbledon final, but this time lost in a
titles total
five-set match. He failed to successfully defend his US Open title, losing to Agassi in the semifinals.
List of notable tournaments
Becker reached the final of the Australian Open for the first time in his career in 1991, where he defeated
(with champion)
Lendl to claim the No. 1 ranking. Becker won the match with "his more dynamic play at the net, frolicking
on the hard court as if it were Wimbledon's grass".[31] Another loss to Agassi in the French Open semifinals Career Grand Slam (Djokovic)
kept him from winning the first two Grand Slam tournaments of the year. He was ranked No. 1 for 12 2× Australian Open (Djokovic)
weeks during 1991 and reached his fourth consecutive Wimbledon final. However, he lost in straight sets to French Open (Djokovic)
fellow German and No. 7 Michael Stich. Becker and Stich developed a fierce rivalry, but teamed up in 2× Wimbledon (Djokovic)
1992 to win the men's doubles gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.
US Open (Djokovic)

In 1992, Becker won seven tour titles including his second ATP Tour World Championships defeating Jim 2× ATP World Tour Finals (Djokovic)
Courier in four sets. By 1993, issues back home over Becker's courtship of and marriage to Barbara Feltus, 14× ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (Djokovic)
whose mother was German and father was African-American, and tax problems with the German Medal record
government, had caused Becker to slide into a mid-career decline.
Men's tennis
In 1995, Becker reached the Wimbledon final for the seventh time. He won a baseline contest with Cédric Representing Germany
Pioline in the quarter finals in five sets. Against Andre Agassi in the semi-finals, Becker was down a set Olympic Games
and two breaks, but eventually won in four sets.[32] He lost the final in four sets to Pete Sampras, losing his
1992 Barcelona Men's doubles
serve five times. "Unfortunately, he owns the Centre Court now. I used to own it a few years back, but it
belongs to him now" said Becker afterwards. [33] Becker won the year-
end ATP Tour World Championships for the third and last time in Frankfurt with a straight-
set win over Michael Chang in the final.

In 1996, Becker's sixth and final Grand Slam title came as he defeated Chang in the final of
the Australian Open. After winning the Queen's Club Championships for the fourth time,
Becker was widely expected to mount a serious challenge for the Wimbledon title in 1996,
but his bid ended abruptly when he damaged his right wrist during a third-round match Becker with his mother Elvira
against Neville Godwin and was forced to withdraw. Becker defeated Sampras in October at the Radio Regenbogen
1996 in a five-set final in Stuttgart Masters. "Becker is the best indoor player I've ever Awards, 2019
played", said Sampras after the match.[34] Becker lost to Sampras in the final of the 1996
ATP Tour World Championships in Hanover, although Becker saved two match points in
the fourth set and held serve 27 consecutive times until he was broken in the penultimate game. Later that year he won the
Grand Slam Cup defeating Goran Ivanišević in the final.
Becker in 1994 In 1997, Becker lost to Sampras in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. After that match, he vowed that he would never play at
Wimbledon again.

However, Becker played Wimbledon one more time in 1999, this time losing in the fourth round to the number two seed, Patrick Rafter at Centre Court.[35]
Becker received a standing ovation from the Royal Box in what was his final appearance at the tournament.[36]

Becker was most comfortable playing on fast-playing surfaces, particularly grass courts and indoor carpet (on which he won 26 titles). He reached a few singles
finals playing on clay courts but never managed to win a title on such surface; he also reached the semi-finals of the French Open thrice. Becker won an
Olympic Gold Medal on clay court in doubles competition alongside compatriot Michael Stich at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Becker was close to winning a
singles clay-court tournament in his last final on the surface, when he led Thomas Muster by two sets to love in the 1995 Monte Carlo Open final, and double-
faulted on match point in the fourth-set tiebreaker.[37][38]

Over the course of his career, Becker won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. Besides his six Grand Slam titles, he was also a singles winner in the year-end
Masters / ATP Tour World Championships in 1988, 1992, and 1995, the WCT Finals in 1988 and at the Grand Slam Cup in 1996. He won a record-equaling four
singles titles at London's Queen's Club. In Davis Cup, his career win–loss record was 54–12, including 38–3 in singles. He also won the other two major
international team titles playing for Germany, the Hopman Cup (in 1995) and the World Team Cup (in 1989 and 1998). He is the first male player to appear in 7
Wimbledon finals in the Modern Era, tied by Sampras in 2000, and behind the 10 Wimbledon finals reached by Djokovic and the record 12 Wimbledon finals
appearances by Federer.

Becker won singles titles in 14 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, United States. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He occasionally plays on the senior tour and in World Team
Tennis. After his career, he also took part in exhibition matches as Michael Stich and in 2005 they answered questions from the journalist and radio presenter
Marc Engelhard about the state of tennis.[39] He has also worked as a commentator at Wimbledon for the BBC.[40][41]

Playing style
Becker's game was based on a fast and well-placed serve, that earned him the nicknames "Boom Boom",[42] "Der Bomber"
and "Baron von Slam", and great volleying skills at the net. He could supplement his pure serve-and-volley game with
brilliant athleticism at the net, which included the diving volley that was considered a trademark of the young German, and
which endeared him to his fans. The signature dives and rolls were never seen before Becker came to the scene, and the
'Becker dive' and 'Becker roll' became crowd pullers wherever Becker played. His heavy forehand and return of serve were
also very significant factors in his game.

Becker occasionally deviated from his serve-and-volley style to try to out-hit, from the baseline, opponents who normally
were at their best while remaining near the baseline. Even though Becker possessed powerful shots from both wings, this
strategy was often criticized by commentators.

Becker had frequent emotional outbursts on court. Whenever he considered himself to be playing badly, he often swore at
himself and occasionally smashed his rackets. In 1987, he was fined $2000 following a series of outbursts during the
Australian Open in Melbourne, including breaking three rackets, "twice throwing the ball in an offensive manner at the
umpire, hitting the umpire's chair on one occasion, spitting water in the direction of the umpire, and hitting three balls out of
Becker at Stars & Cars,
the court."[43][44] Becker's highly dramatic play spawned new expressions such as the Becker Blocker (his trademark early
Stuttgart, 2007
return shot), the Becker Hecht (a flying lunge), the Becker Faust ("Becker Fist"), the Becker Shuffle (the dance he sometimes
performed after making important points), and Becker Säge ("Becker Saw" – referring to the way in which he pumped his
fists in a sawing motion).

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline

Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify;
(A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

West Germany Germany

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 19

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open A QF 2R NH 4R A 4R QF W 3R 1R A 1R W 1R A A

French Open A A 2R QF SF 4R SF 1R SF A 2R A 3R A A A A

Wimbledon A 3R W W 2R F W F F QF SF SF F 3R QF A 4

US Open A A 4R SF 4R 2R W SF 3R 4R 4R 1R SF A A A A

Win–loss 0–0 6–2 11–3 16–2 11–4 10–3 22–2 15–4 20–3 9–3 9–4 5–2 13–4 9–1 4–2 0–0 3–

Year-end championships

Tennis Masters Cup DNQ F F RR W F SF RR W DNQ F W F did not qualify

WCT Finals did not qualify F A W A discontinued

Win–loss 0–0 0–0 3–1 6–2 1–2 7–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 5–2 6–2 7–2 0–1 0–0 0–

Year-end ranking 563 66 6 2 5 4 2 2 3 5 11 3 4 6 62 69 13

Records
These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.
Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
^ Denotes consecutive streak.
 Championship Years Record accomplished Player tied
Youngest Wimbledon singles
1985 Stands alone
Wimbledon champion[45]
1985 unseeded winner of singles title Goran Ivanišević
3 titles in three weeks across three
Grand Prix 1986 Stands alone
continents (Sydney, Tokyo, Paris)[46]
ATP Championship Juan Martín del Potro
1990 4 titles won in a single season
series Stefan Edberg
1988,
1990–
Stockholm Open 4 singles titles John McEnroe
1991,
1994

Place in history
Tennis magazine ranked Becker the 11th best male player of the 1965–2005 period.[47]

Professional awards
ITF World Champion: 1989.
ATP Player of the Year: 1989.
ATP Most Improved Player: 1985.

Post-retirement
In 2012, Becker described his approach to retirement. "I had won so much by 22, a number of Wimbledon titles, US Open,
Davis Cup, World number one. You look for the next big thing and that isn't in tennis."[25]

Tax evasion conviction

Becker was found guilty by the Munich District Court of deliberately making false statements regarding his place of
residence on his personal income tax filings in order to save DM3.3 million.[48]

A criminal investigation into his tax affairs began in December 1996 while he was still an active professional tennis player.
By the time German prosecutors filed charges of tax evasion against the tennis star in July 2002, Becker had already retired
from the sport.[49] The retired tennis player, who had earned over US$25 million in prize money plus millions in
endorsements, was originally charged with withholding taxes of DM10.4 million (US$5 million), however, the trial ended up
being for the considerably lower sum of DM3.3 million (€1.6 million) for which prosecutors believed they had evidence.[50] Becker photographed by
Throughout late summer and early fall 2002, leading up to the publicized trial that was to focus on where Becker lived Studio Harcourt
between 1991 and 1993 (his tax filings claimed Monaco while the prosecution had evidence of the player in fact spending the
majority of that time in the Munich area), most observers predicted the star would make a deal with the Munich public
prosecutor's office—admitting guilt in exchange for a lighter sentence.[49]

As predicted, at his day in court on 23 October 2002, 34-year-old Becker admitted to living in Munich between 1991 and 1993 despite being officially
registered in Monaco,[51][50] however, maintaining he could not be accused of withholding income or engaging in criminal machinations.[52] At the same time,
as part of his defence, Becker emphasized that his property where he stayed in Munich was not a standard apartment but a "spartan flat with just a bed and no
refrigerator" being part of his sister's property where he stayed when visiting her.[52][50] It also came out that he had been warned against purchasing the Munich
apartment, but ignored the warnings. The player also told the court that the financial investigations that had begun in December 1996 played a role in his
decision to retire from tennis due to "countless raids of [his] house and office" and that he "hasn't won any tournaments since then and ended [his] career".[50]

Simultaneously with Becker's testimony, his lawyer presented the court with evidence that a week prior to his court date, Becker had paid around €3 million in
back taxes, far exceeding the DM3.3 million (€1.6 million) amount he was in the dock for.[50][53] Despite the admission, as well as the payment, both seen as
part of an attempt to settle the six-year process with a lighter sentence, the prosecution still asked the court for a sentence of three years and six months in
jail.[50][54]

One day later, on 24 October 2002, in a courtroom with public gallery packed with Becker's fans, the Munich District Court judge Huberta Knöringer gave
Becker a two-year prison sentence, the execution of which was suspended.[53][55] Additionally, his sentence included a fine of €300,000 and another €200,000
to various charitable institutions.[56][53]

Investments
Since 2000, Becker has been the principal owner of the tennis division of Völkl Inc.,[57] a tennis racket and clothing manufacturer.

Also in 2000, Becker partnered up with the German IT company Pixelpark AG for a joint dot-com investment: Sportgate.de, a German-language website
covering local, regional and national sporting scene in Germany. The venture shut down during summer 2001, less than a year into its operation, amid reports of
Becker's business partner, Pixelpark's CEO Paulus Neef who owned a 35% stake in Sportgate, failing to come up with a promised £1m cash injection.[58] Paulus
countered with a lawsuit against Becker in the Munich regional court for feeling "conned".[49]
Becker's autobiography, Augenblick, verweile doch... (en: The Player) was published in 2003. Its release made global headlines due to the tennis star's
divulgence of details surrounding his publicized divorce from Barbara Feltus, including an account of his 1999 sexual encounter with the Russian waitress
Angela Ermakova that triggered the eventual end of his marriage to Feltus.[59] Other personal disclosures in the book include revelations of addiction to
painkillers and sleeping pills early into his tennis playing career as well as admission about promiscuity and excessive alcoholic intake as a way of coping with
loneliness while on the road.[17][60] The book made The Sunday Times bestseller list.

In May 2009, Becker announced the launch of online media platform Boris Becker TV. The website, in English and German, features clips from his career and
footage of his daily life.[61]

In June 2015, prior to the Wimbledon Championship that was the 30th anniversary of his first Wimbledon win, another Becker autobiography, Boris Becker's
Wimbledon: My Life and Career at the All England Club, was published with a foreword by the world's number 1 player and reigning Wimbledon champion
Novak Djokovic whom Becker coached at the time.

Tennis pundit and media personality

BBC
In 2002, Becker became a commentator for the BBC at Wimbledon—a job he continued doing for the following two decades (apart from the 2014, 2015, and
2016 seasons when he coached Novak Djokovic). He moved to the United Kingdom from his native Germany in 2012, making London his primary
residence.[62]

During BBC's coverage of the 2022 Wimbledon, which the German was absent from due to his incarceration over financial transgressions, imprisoned Becker
received on-air messages of support from former broadcasting colleagues Andrew Castle, John McEnroe, and Sue Barker.[63][64]

From October 2005 to June 2006, the German was a team captain on the British TV sports quiz show They Think It's All Over on BBC One. He furthermore
appeared on the second episode of series 16 of the BBC's car show Top Gear as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car.[65]

Eurosport
From 2017, as Becker was getting back into tennis punditry on television following a 3-year stint coaching Djokovic, the German began appearing on Eurosport
regularly as part of its English-language Grand Slam coverage, often alongside the network's other retired-tennis-players-turned-TV-personalities such as Mats
Wilander and Barbara Schett or on his own German-language commentary show Matchball Becker alongside commentator Matthias Stach.

In May 2022, shortly after Becker's sentencing to 30 months in jail and initial detention at HM Prison Wandsworth, Eurosport reportedly explored the
possibility of setting up a home studio in his prison thus potentially allowing him to participate on the network's French Open coverage.[66] Nothing came of it,
however, and Eurosport eventually replaced Becker with Mischa Zverev while simultaneously renaming the Matchball Becker programme to Matchball.[67]

Weeks after Becker's mid December 2022 release from UK jail and deportation to Germany, Eurosport announced his re-hiring ahead of their 2023 Australian
Open coverage.[68]

Administrative work
After retiring from playing tennis, Becker has been on the economic advisory board of Bayern Munich for ten years.[69]

On 23 August 2017, Becker was named the head of men's tennis of the German Tennis Federation (DTB).[70]

Becker is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.[71]

Poker
Becker is a noted poker player and has appeared in the European Poker Tour and the World Poker Tour;[72] by 2013, he had won more than €90,000 in career
earnings from poker.[72] From November 2007 to mid-May 2013, Becker was a member of the celebrity team for the online poker platform PokerStars,[73]
where he participated in professional poker tournaments.[74] Becker made his first appearance as a poker amateur at a tournament in Monte Carlo in April 2008.
In mid-April, he entered the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio and finished the tournament in 40th place, winning more than $40,000 in prize
money.[75]

In August 2011, he came 97th at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona, winning €8,000.[76] In April 2013, he again took part in the EPT Main Event, this time
in Berlin, coming 49th with a win of €15,000.[77] As of August 2018, Becker has made tournament earnings of over $100,000 and was ranked 132,133rd in the
Global Poker Index.[78] He has become an ambassador for the partypoker online poker platform, playing under the nickname Boris__Becker.[79]

Coaching Novak Djokovic

In December 2013, Novak Djokovic announced on his website that Boris Becker would become his head coach for the 2014 season.[80] As a result, Becker gave
up his commentating job with the BBC.[81] In December 2016, Djokovic and Becker parted ways. Over the three seasons they had worked together, Becker
contributed to Djokovic's six Grand Slam titles and 14 Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic also won the French Open in 2016 – the only Grand Slam singles title
which Becker never won himself.

Bankruptcy
On 21 June 2017, Becker was declared bankrupt by the Bankruptcy and Companies Court in London.[82][83] The order arose when a 2015 debt—centered
around an unpaid loan on Becker's estate in Mallorca, Spain—owed to private bank Arbuthnot Latham for nearly $14 million[84] was not paid in full before an
assigned deadline, and there was no realistic expectation that it would be paid.[85][86] Becker denied to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung that he was "broke" or that he
owed former business adviser Hans-Dieter Cleven any money; Cleven filed suit in a Swiss court claiming he was owed $41 million.[87]

In June 2018, Becker's lawyers claimed their client had diplomatic immunity in the bankruptcy case owing to his appointment as the Central African Republic's
(CAR) "Attaché for Sports/Humanitarian/Cultural Affairs in the European Union".[88] Charles-Armel Doubane, the CAR's Foreign Minister, countered that
Becker was "not an official diplomat for the Central African Republic", that the role of attaché for sports "does not exist", and that the CAR passport produced
by Becker was one of a batch that had been stolen in 2014.[89] In September 2019, the German businessman Stephan Welk who provided the passport was
detained for possible fraud.[90]

On 21 May 2019, Smith & Williamson announced that it had instructed its agent Wyles Hardy to auction Becker's trophies and memorabilia on 11 July 2019.[91]
On 24 June 2019, it was reported that Becker was forced to auction off 82 collectables from his personal collection, including a Goldene Kamera award and his
trophy from the 1989 US Open, in order to pay creditors.[92] On 11 July 2019, an online auction of Becker's memorabilia was held, raising £687,000, according
to the company dealing with his bankruptcy.[93]

On 5 November 2019, the bankruptcy restrictions were extended for an additional 12 years, until 16 October 2031, after Becker was judged to have been hiding
assets and transactions worth over £4.5 million.[94]

Imprisonment
Becker was charged with illegally failing to hand over assets and trophies with a value of £2.5 million to repay debt during his bankruptcy, and on 21 March
2022, his trial began at Southwark Crown Court, London.[95][96] On 8 April 2022, Becker was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act.[97] On 29
April 2022, he was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for the offences.[98][99] His incarceration commenced at HM Prison Wandsworth in South London,
before he was transferred to HM Prison Huntercombe, a facility used to detain foreign criminals.[100] Becker was released from prison on 15 December 2022
having served 8 months. The same day he was understood to have been deported to Germany; he was eligible for automatic deportation having received a
custodial sentence of more than 12 months.[14] There are conflicting reports about his future eligibility to enter the UK, with some saying that he would be able
to return to the UK in October 2024 at the earliest,[101][102] and others that he is barred from entering the country for ten years.[103][104]

Documentary
Becker is the subject of a two-part 2023 Alex Gibney documentary Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, the first part of which premiered at the 2023
Berlin Film Festival.[105] In 2021, there was a biopic film released on Boris Becker, titled Der Rebell – Von Leimen nach Wimbledon.

Personal life
The Guardian reported in 2009 that in addition to properties in Munich, Monaco, and Schwyz, Becker had an apartment in Wimbledon, and possibly still
maintained a residence in Miami, to be near his children.[106] As of 2017, Becker lived in Wimbledon, within walking distance of the championship
grounds.[107]

Relationships
After a relationship from 1988 to 1991 with Karen Schultz, and from 1991 to 1992 with Cassandra Hepburn, he began a
relationship with Barbara Feltus, whom he married on 17 December 1993,[108] when she was eight months pregnant, at the
registry office of his hometown of Leimen. Before the marriage, they shocked some in Germany by posing nude for the cover
of Stern in a picture taken by her father.[109]

In January 1994, their son was born. Their second child was born in September 1999.[110]

After Becker asked Barbara for a separation in December 2000, she flew to Miami, Florida, U.S.A., with Noah and Elias and
filed a divorce petition in Miami-Dade County Court, sidestepping their prenuptial agreement which had entitled her to a
single $2.5 million payoff. Barbara left for Florida after being contacted by a woman claiming to be pregnant with Becker's
child. In his autobiography, Becker stated that he admitted to his wife that he had had a one-night stand with another woman
while Barbara was pregnant with their second child. He wrote that Barbara struck him during an argument after he flew to
Florida to meet her and discuss the break up of their marriage. The pretrial hearing in January 2001 was broadcast live to
Germany. The couple had dinner together every night during the hearing.[111] Becker was granted a divorce on 15 January
2001: Barbara received a $14.4 million settlement, their condominium on Fisher Island, Florida, and custody of their
children.[112]

In February 2001, Becker acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna Ermakova, with a Russian waitress at London's Nobu Becker with Barbara Feltus in
restaurant, Angela Ermakova, after media reported that he had a child as a result of a sexual encounter in 1999.[113][114] 1992
Becker initially denied paternity, claiming he only had oral sex with Ermakova. His lawyers made allegations that Ermakova
had stolen his sperm and used it to inseminate herself after the encounter.[115] Subsequently, he reversed his stance and
accepted fatherhood. Some time after that, a DNA test confirmed he was the father.[113] In November 2007, he obtained joint custody of Anna after expressing
concerns over how Ermakova was raising her.[116]

Becker was briefly engaged to Alessandra Meyer-Wölden in 2008. Her father, Axel Meyer-Wölden, was Becker's former adviser and manager.[117] The couple
broke up in November 2008.[118]

In February 2009, Becker announced on the German TV show Wetten, dass..?, that he and Dutch model Sharlely "Lilly" Kerssenberg were to be married.[119]
The wedding took place on 12 June 2009 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[120] In August, they announced that they were expecting a child.[121] Their son, Amadeus
Benedict Edley Luis Becker, was born in London on 10 February 2010.[122]
In May 2018, Kerssenberg and Becker announced that they had separated after nine years of marriage.[120][123] The
announcement was followed by multiple divorce and family court hearings throughout the remainder of 2018 amid the
separated spouses each accusing the other of "unreasonable behaviour" and both issuing divorce petitions.[124][125] As of
Becker's 2022 prison sentencing over financial transgressions, over four years since their separation, the estranged couple
were still not legally divorced.[126] Following Becker's release from prison, in a February 2023 interview for the Bild
newspaper, Becker's estranged wife Kerssenberg accused the retired tennis player of not paying child support for their 13-
year-old son.[127]

In July 2019, reports appeared that Becker was dating British model Layla Powell.[128] At the time of his 2022 conviction, he
was in a relationship with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.[129] Eventually the couple married on 14 September 2024.[130]

See also
Becker–Edberg rivalry Becker with Lilian de Carvalho
in 2024

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Further reading
Becker, Boris (2005). The Player. London: Bantam. ISBN 0-553-81716-7.
Kaiser, Ulrich; Breskvar, Boris (1987). Boris Becker's Tennis: The Making of a Champion. New York: Leisure Press. ISBN 0-88011-290-5.

External links
Official website (http://www.borisbecker.com)
Boris Becker (https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/B028/overview) at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Boris Becker (https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/boris-becker/800178273/ger) at the International Tennis Federation
Boris Becker (https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800178273) at the Davis Cup
Boris Becker (https://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/inductees/boris-becker) at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Boris Franz Becker (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/boris-franz-becker) at Olympics.com
Boris Franz Becker (https://web.archive.org/web/20210118081947/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/athletes/detail/boris-franz-becker/) at
OlympicChannel.com (archived)
Boris Becker (https://web.archive.org/web/20200814064029/https://www.olympic.org/boris-becker) at Olympic.org (archived)
Boris Becker (https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/138) at Olympedia

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