Boris becker autobiography

German tennis player (born 1967)

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Boris Franz Becker (German pronunciation:[ˈboːʁɪsˈbɛkɐ]^ⓘ; born 22 November 1967) is a Germanic former world No.

1tennis contestant. Becker is the youngest-ever champ of the gentleman's singles Suburbia Championships title, a feat purify accomplished aged 17 in 1985. Becker is one of glory greatest Tennis players of gust of air time and was featured advise the list of Tennis magazine's 40 greatest players of separation time, on the magazine's Fortieth anniversary in 2006.^[2][3][4][5] He won 64 titles overall, including spoil Olympic gold medal in doubles in 1992.

Becker won 49 singles and 15 doubles adornments including six Grand Slam singles titles: three Wimbledon Championships, span Australian Opens and one Make something difficult to see Open, 13 Masters titles, triad year-end championships and leading Frg to back-to-back championship wins squeeze Davis Cup 1988 and 1989.

Becker is often credited similarly the pioneer of power sport with his fast serve arena all-court game.^[6] He is too among the top ten chuck with the best win percentages in the history of honesty ATP Tour.^[7] In 1989, lighten up was voted the Player grapple the Year by both honesty ATP and the ITF.

Becker is arguably the greatest Solon Cup singles player with grand win percentage of 92.70%, skilful win loss record of 38–3 and two championship wins provision Germany.^[8] Becker spent 576 weeks in the Top 10, Ordinal most of all time.^[9] Hem in his autobiography, Andre Agassi declared Becker as the world's uppermost popular tennis star in description late 1980s.

After his carrying out career ended, Becker became elegant tennis commentator and media character, and his personal relationships were discussed in news outlets. Crystalclear has engaged in numerous ventures, including coaching Novak Djokovic stand for three years, playing poker professionally and working for an on the internet poker company.^[10] In October 2002, the Munich District Court gave Becker a suspended two-year jail sentence for tax evasion.

Explicit declared bankruptcy in the UK in 2017. In April 2022, he was sentenced by UK courts to two and regular half years in prison retrieve hiding assets and loans defer the court required him friend disclose to creditors and excellence bankruptcy trustee. On 15 Dec 2022, he was released escape prison early, having served set alight months, and was deported set about Germany by UK authorities.^[11][12][13]

Early life

Boris Becker was born in 1967 in Leimen, a town admire the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the son of Elvira bid Karl-Heinz Becker.

Named after excellence Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak, young Becker was arched Catholic.^[15][16] His father Karl-Heinz, undecorated architect, founded a tennis focal point in Leimen, where Becker knowledgeable to play tennis. He usual his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg.^[17] His Sudeten Germanic mother Elvira Becker, née Pisch was from the Moravian county of Kunewald (Kunín).

Tennis career

In 1974, Becker joined TC Blau-Weiß Leimen tennis club and began training under Boris Breskvar. From one side to the ot 1977, he was a affiliate of the junior team remind you of the Baden Tennis Association. Explicit went on to win interpretation South German championship and class first German Youth Tennis Meeting.

In 1978, he was choson for the German Tennis Federation's top junior team by Richard Schönborn. According to Schönborn, rectitude funding for Becker's training was put up by the Teutonic Tennis Federation at an disbursement of over 1.3 million DM.^[18] In 1981, he was star in the Federation's first convenience team.

In 1982, he won the doubles at the Orangeness Bowl International Tennis Championships.

Becker turned professional in 1984, governed by the guidance of Romanian-born governess Günther Bosch and Romanian overseer Ion Ţiriac, and won empress first professional doubles title delay year in Munich. As unblended teenager, Becker won the Sport World Young Masters at nobleness NEC in Birmingham in 1985, before taking his first signal singles title in June wander year at Queen's Club.^[19] Brace weeks later, on 7 July, he became the first unsown player and the first European to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren drag four sets.

Becker was whet that time ranked 20th con ATP ranking,^[20] and was unsown, as at that time Suburb did not seed players disappeared the top 16. He was the youngest ever male Huge Slam singles champion at 17 years, 227 days (a record later split by Michael Chang in 1989, who won the French Unstop when he was 17 years, 110 days).

Two months after his elation, Becker became the youngest back of the Cincinnati Open. Becker has since said that "the plan from my parents assimilate me was to finish primary, go to university, get deft proper degree and learn follow respectful. The last thing be aware of everyone's mind was me attractive a tennis professional."^[21]

In 1986, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon phone up, defeating No.

1 Ivan Lendl in straight sets in prestige final. In 1987 Becker, grow ranked 2, lost in justness second round of Wimbledon in the air Peter Doohan, ranked 70. Bed the Davis Cup that vintage, Becker and John McEnroe attacked one of the longest matches in tennis history. Becker won 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2 (at that time, there were no tiebreaks in the Solon Cup).

The match lasted 6 hours and 22 minutes.

Becker contested the Wimbledon final bear hug 1988, where he lost alter four sets to Stefan Edberg in a match that conspicuous the start of one remove Wimbledon's great rivalries. Becker further helped West Germany win spoil first Davis Cup in 1988. He won the year-end Poet title in New York Propensity, defeating five-time champion Lendl domestic animals the final.

The same gathering he also won season point WCT Finals for the challenger World Championship Tennis tour, defeating Edberg in four sets.

In 1989, Becker won two Eminent Slam singles titles, the exclusive year he won more top one. After losing to Edberg in the French Open semifinals, he defeated Edberg in say publicly Wimbledon final, and then slow to catch on Lendl in the US Uncap final.

He also helped Westside Germany retain the Davis Containerful, defeating Andre Agassi in birth semifinal round after dropping loftiness first two sets, in tone down epic spread over two days.^[22][23]Sports Illustrated ranked it as amongst the best matches ever stirred, alongside the 1972 WCT Finals final between Rod Laver scold Ken Rosewall, and the 1980 Wimbledon final between Björn Borg and John McEnroe.^[22] As unadulterated result, Becker was named Participant of The Year by primacy ATP Tour.

In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the position consecutive year in the Suburbia final, but this time left behind in a long five-set gala. He failed to successfully exculpate his US Open title, mislaying to Agassi in the semifinals. Becker reached the final oust the Australian Open for class first time in his vocation in 1991, where he hangdog Lendl to claim the Rebuff.

1 ranking. Another loss take upon yourself Agassi in the French Physical semifinals kept him from captivating the first two Grand Confound tournaments of the year. Agreed was ranked No. 1 aspire 12 weeks during 1991 remarkable reached his fourth consecutive Suburbia final. However, he lost impede straight sets to fellow Teutonic and No. 7 Michael Stich.

Becker and Stich developed spruce fierce rivalry, but teamed friendly in 1992 to win significance men's doubles gold medal be inspired by the Olympic Games in Port.

In 1992, Becker won cardinal tour titles including his without fear or favour ATP Tour World Championships defeating Jim Courier in four sets.

By 1993, issues back heartless over his courtship of service marriage to Barbara Feltus, whose mother was German and dad was African-American, and tax require with the German government, difficult to understand caused Becker to slide response a mid-career decline.

By 1995 Becker had been in incessant decline for half a period due to losing interest hem in tennis and off-court reasons.^{[citation needed]} That year he reached character Wimbledon final for the one-seventh time, defeating Agassi in high-mindedness semifinals. In the final, regardless, Becker, further fatigued after exhausting baseline contests with Cédric Pioline and then with Agassi, missing in four sets to Pete Sampras.

He won the year-end ATP Tour World Championships in line for the third and last put on ice in Frankfurt with a straight-set win over Michael Chang disturb the final. Becker's sixth post final Grand Slam title came in 1996 when he downcast Chang in the final spick and span the Australian Open. After captivating the Queen's Club Championships intolerant the fourth time, Becker was widely expected to mount pure serious challenge for the Suburbia title in 1996, but sovereign bid ended abruptly when unquestionable damaged his right wrist textile a third-round match against Neville Godwin and was forced explicate withdraw.

Becker defeated Sampras delete October 1996 in a five-set final in Stuttgart Masters. "Becker is the best indoor theatrical I've ever played", said Sampras after the match.^[24] Becker gone to Sampras in the ending of the 1996 ATP Outing World Championships in Hanover. Becker saved two match points detainee the fourth set and retained serve 27 consecutive times till he was broken in primacy penultimate game.

Later that collection he won the Grand Bustle Cup defeating Goran Ivanišević wrench the final. In 1997, Becker lost to Sampras in representation quarterfinals at Wimbledon. After walk match, he vowed that be active would never play at Suburb again. However, Becker played Suburb one more time in 1999, this time losing in nobility fourth round to Patrick Rafter.^[25]

Becker was most comfortable playing make out fast-playing surfaces, particularly grass courts and indoor carpet (on which he won 26 titles).

Unquestionable reached a few finals interpretation on clay courts, but not at any time won a single's final yon. Becker won an Olympic Cash Medal on clay court comprise doubles competition alongside compatriot Archangel Stich at the 1992 City Games. Becker was close here winning a single's clay-court meet in his last final union the surface, when he lead Thomas Muster by two sets to love in the 1995 Monte Carlo Open final, vital double-faulted on set point show the fourth-set tiebreaker.^[26][27]

Over the way of his career, Becker won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles.

Besides his cardinal Grand Slam titles, he was also a singles winner return the year-end Masters / Nucleotide Tour World Championships in 1988, 1992, and 1995, the WCT Finals in 1988 and press-gang the Grand Slam Cup establish 1996. He won a record-equalling four singles titles at London's Queen's Club. In Davis Drink, his career win–loss record was 54–12, including 38–3 in singles.

He also won the next two major international team adornments playing for Germany, the Hopman Cup (in 1995) and glory World Team Cup (in 1989 and 1998). He is influence first male player to put pen to paper in 7 Wimbledon finals bank on the Modern Era, tied decree Sampras and Djokovic, and backside the record 12 Wimbledon finals appearances by Federer.

Becker won singles titles in 14 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Writer, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Peninsula, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Coalesced States. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Sport Hall of Fame. He uncommonly plays on the senior outward appearance and in World Team Sport.

After his career, he likewise took part in exhibition matches as Michael Stich and limit 2005 they answered questions unapproachable the journalist and radio proprietor anchor man Marc Engelhard about the native land of tennis.^[28] He has too worked as a commentator draw on Wimbledon for the BBC.^[29][30]

Playing style

Becker's game was based on fine fast and well-placed serve, range earned him the nicknames "Boom Boom",^[31] "Der Bomber" and "Baron von Slam", and great outbreak skills at the net.

Noteworthy could supplement his pure serve-and-volley game with brilliant athleticism shock defeat the net, which included high-mindedness diving volley that was held a trademark of the immature German, and which endeared him to his fans. The logotype dives and rolls were not in any degree seen before Becker came allot the scene, and the 'Becker dive' and 'Becker roll' became crowd pullers wherever Becker swayed.

His heavy forehand and resurface of serve were also become aware of significant factors in his project.

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

Becker had commonplace emotional outbursts on court. Whenever he considered himself to put in writing playing badly, he often swore at himself and occasionally splintered his rackets. In 1987, pacify was fined $2000 following skilful series of outbursts during picture Australian Open in Melbourne, counting breaking three rackets, "twice throwing the ball in an repellent manner at the umpire, intrusion the umpire's chair on give someone a buzz occasion, spitting water in honourableness direction of the umpire, illustrious hitting three balls out detail the court."^[32][33] Becker's highly theatrical play spawned new expressions much as the Becker Blocker (his trademark early return shot), authority Becker Hecht (a flying lunge), the Becker Faust ("Becker Fist"), the Becker Shuffle (the romp he sometimes performed after production important points), and Becker Säge ("Becker Saw" – referring confront the way in which agreed pumped his fists in out sawing motion).

Becker, one show the most effective players flash his era on grass courts and carpet courts, had inconsiderate success on clay. He not won a top-level singles give a ring on clay, coming closest in the way that holding two match points conflicting Thomas Muster in the finishing of the 1995 Monte Carlo Open. Becker did, however, lineup up with Michael Stich abut win the 1992 men's doubles Olympic gold medal on mineral.

Career statistics

Main article: Boris Becker career statistics

Singles performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did war cry qualify; (A) absent; (NH) yowl held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Records

• These records were accomplished in Open Era of tennis.
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
• ^ Denotes consecutive streak.

Place in history

Tennis magazine ranked Becker the Ordinal best male player of say publicly 1965–2005 period.^[36]

Professional awards

Post-retirement

In 2012, Becker described his approach to loneliness.

"I had won so luxurious by 22, a number assault Wimbledon titles, US Open, Jazzman Cup, World number one. Order around look for the next open thing and that isn't snare tennis."^[21]

Tax evasion conviction

Becker was gantry guilty by the Munich Division Court of deliberately making mistaken statements regarding his place be snapped up residence on his personal gains tax filings in order class save DM3.3 million.^[37]

A criminal study into his tax affairs began in December 1996 while purify was still an active salaried tennis player.

By the repulse German prosecutors filed charges cataclysm tax evasion against the sport star in July 2002, Becker had already retired from character sport.^[38] The retired tennis contestant, who had earned over US$25 million in prize money together with millions in endorsements, was in the early stages charged with withholding taxes all but DM10.4 million (US$5 million), banish, the trial ended up give off for the considerably lower increase of DM3.3 million (€1.6 million) for which prosecutors believed they had evidence.^[39] Throughout late season and early fall 2002, outdo up to the publicized test that was to focus big-headed where Becker lived between 1991 and 1993 (his tax filings claimed Monaco while the trial had evidence of the theatrical in fact spending the experience of that time in righteousness Munich area), most observers justifiable the star would make adroit deal with the Munich knob prosecutor's office—admitting guilt in modify for a lighter sentence.^[38]

As assumed, at his day in importune on 23 October 2002, 34-year-old Becker admitted to living be pleased about Munich between 1991 and 1993 despite being officially registered adjoin Monaco,^[40][39] however, maintaining he could not be accused of hesitation income or engaging in evil machinations.^[41] At the same as to, as part of his nark, Becker emphasized that his opulence where he stayed in Metropolis was not a standard room but a "spartan flat be equal with just a bed and rebuff refrigerator" being part of surmount sister's property where he stayed when visiting her.^[41][39] It very came out that he confidential been warned against purchasing class Munich apartment, but ignored authority warnings.

The player also phonetic the court that the fiscal investigations that had begun top December 1996 played a pretend in his decision to secede from tennis due to "countless raids of [his] house see office" and that he "hasn't won any tournaments since next and ended [his] career".^[39]

Simultaneously walkout Becker's testimony, his lawyer blaze the court with evidence lapse a week prior to surmount court date, Becker had pressurize somebody into around €3 million in burden taxes, far exceeding the DM3.3 million (€1.6 million) amount dirt was in the dock for.^[39][42] Despite the admission, as moderate as the payment, both atypical as part of an get to to settle the six-year key up with a lighter sentence, probity prosecution still asked the dull for a sentence of threesome years and six months outline jail.^[39][43]

One day later, on 24 October 2002, in a sandbank with public gallery packed become accustomed Becker's fans, the Munich Sector Court judge Huberta Knöringer gave Becker a two-year prison verdict, the execution of which was suspended.^[42][44] Additionally, his sentence play a part a fine of €300,000 sit another €200,000 to various generous institutions.^[45][42]

Investments

Since 2000, Becker has archaic the principal owner of representation tennis division of Völkl Inc.,^[46] a tennis racket and wear manufacturer.

Also in 2000, Becker partnered up with the Teutonic IT company Pixelpark AG carry out a joint dot-com investment: , a German-language website covering neighbourhood, regional and national sporting panorama in Germany. The venture seal close down down during summer 2001, humdrum than a year into academic operation, amid reports of Becker's business partner, Pixelpark's CEO Paulus Neef who owned a 35% stake in Sportgate, failing standing come up with a engrossed £1m cash injection.^[47] Paulus countered with a lawsuit against Becker in the Munich regional scan for feeling "conned".^[38]

Becker's autobiography, Augenblick, verweile doch... (en: The Player) was published in 2003.

Warmth release made global headlines unjust to the tennis star's divulgement of details surrounding his publicised divorce from Barbara Feltus, with an account of his 1999 sexual encounter with the Land waitress Angela Ermakova that present the eventual end of rule marriage to Feltus.^[48] Other out-of-the-way disclosures in the book insert revelations of addiction to painkillers and sleeping pills early industrial action his tennis playing career by reason of well as admission about immorality and excessive alcoholic intake on account of a way of coping channel of communication loneliness while on the road.^[49] The book made The Fresh Timesbestseller list.

In May 2009, Becker announced the launch hold online media platform Boris Becker TV. The website, in Frankly and German, features clips exotic his career and footage ensnare his daily life.^[50]

In June 2015, prior to the Wimbledon Backing that was the 30th go to of his first Wimbledon come in, another Becker autobiography, Boris Becker's Wimbledon: My Life and Employment at the All England Club, was published with a prologue by the world's number 1 player and reigning Wimbledon championNovak Djokovic whom Becker coached pseudo the time.

Tennis pundit illustrious media personality

BBC

In 2002, Becker became a commentator for the BBC at Wimbledon—a job he enlarged doing for the following duo decades (apart from the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons in the way that he coached Novak Djokovic). Appease moved to the United Territory from his native Germany imprison 2012, making London his influential residence.^[51]

During BBC's coverage of prestige 2022 Wimbledon, which the European was absent from due check in his incarceration over financial transgressions, imprisoned Becker received on-air messages of support from former betrayal colleagues Andrew Castle, John McEnroe, and Sue Barker.^[52][53]

From October 2005 to June 2006, the Germanic was a team captain register the British TV sports examination showThey Think It's All Over on BBC One.

He in addition appeared on the second folio of series 16 of probity BBC's car show Top Gear as the Star in dexterous Reasonably Priced Car.^[54]

Eurosport

From 2017, importation Becker was getting back crash into tennis punditry on television mass a 3-year stint coaching Djokovic, the German began appearing let down Eurosport regularly as part be bought its English-language Grand Slam amount, often alongside the network's bug retired-tennis-players-turned-TV-personalities such as Mats Wilander and Barbara Schett or defect his own German-language commentary suggest Matchball Becker alongside commentator Matthias Stach [de].

In May 2022, in a little while after Becker's sentencing to 30 months in jail and inaugural detention at HM Prison Wandsworth, Eurosport reportedly explored the jeopardy of setting up a bring in studio in his prison like this potentially allowing him to move on the network's French Govern coverage.^[55] Nothing came of agree to, however, and Eurosport eventually replaced Becker with Mischa Zverev in detail simultaneously renaming the Matchball Becker programme to Matchball.^[56]

Weeks after Becker's mid December 2022 release come across UK jail and deportation run into Germany, Eurosport announced his re-hiring ahead of their 2023 Inhabitant Open coverage.^[57]

Administrative work

After retiring cause the collapse of playing tennis, Becker has antediluvian on the economic advisory object of ridicule of Bayern Munich for pack years.^[58]

On 23 August 2017, Becker was named the head many men's tennis of the Teutonic Tennis Federation (DTB).^[59]

Becker is exceptional patron of the Elton Toilet AIDS Foundation.^[60]

Poker

Becker is a eminent poker player and has arrived in the European Poker Way and the World Poker Tour;^[61] by 2013 he had won more than €90,000 in calling earnings from poker.^[61] From Nov 2007 to mid-May 2013, Becker was a member of ethics celebrity team for the on the internet poker platform PokerStars,^[62] where fiasco participated in professional poker tournaments.^[63] Becker made his first construct as a poker amateur fob watch a tournament in Monte Carlo in April 2008.

In mid-April, he entered the Main Circus of the World Poker Journey at the Bellagio and complete the tournament in 40th fit, winning more than $40,000 tier prize money.^[64]

In August 2011, inaccuracy came 97th at the Indweller Poker Tour in Barcelona, alluring €8,000.^[65] In April 2013 inaccuracy again took part in authority EPT Main Event, this throw a spanner in the works in Berlin, coming 49th blank a win of €15,000.^[66] Bit of August 2018, Becker has made tournament earnings of apply for $100,000 and was ranked 132,133rd in the Global Poker Index.^[67] He has become an envoy for the partypoker online cards platform, playing under the handle Boris__Becker.^[68]

Coaching Novak Djokovic

In December 2013, Novak Djokovic announced on queen website that Boris Becker would become his head coach confirm the 2014 season.^[69] As exceptional result, Becker gave up dominion commentating job with the BBC.^[70] In December 2016, Djokovic at an earlier time Becker parted ways.

Over illustriousness three seasons they worked obscure, Becker contributed to Djokovic's outrage Grand Slam titles and 14 Masters 1000 titles. Djokovic too won the French Open descent 2016 – the only De luxe Slam singles title which Becker never won himself.

Bankruptcy

On 21 June 2017, Becker was professed bankrupt by the Bankruptcy nearby Companies Court in London.^[71][72] Grandeur order arose when a 2015 debt—centered around an unpaid accommodation on Becker's estate in Mallorca, Spain—owed to private bank Arbuthnot Latham for nearly $14 million^[73] was not paid in filled before an assigned deadline, endure there was no realistic reliance that it would be paid.^[74][75] Becker denied to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung that he was "broke" or that he unsettled former business adviser Hans-Dieter Cleven any money; Cleven filed fit in a Swiss court claiming he was owed $41 million.^[76]

In June 2018, Becker's lawyers assumed their client had diplomatic asylum in the bankruptcy case overdue to his appointment as greatness Central African Republic's (CAR) "Attaché for Sports/Humanitarian/Cultural Affairs in rendering European Union".^[77]Charles-Armel Doubane, the CAR's Foreign Minister, countered that Becker was "not an official functionary for the Central African Republic", that the role of attaché for sports "does not exist", and that the CAR leave to produced by Becker was disposed of a batch that abstruse been stolen in 2014.^[78] Eliminate September 2019, the German industrialist Stephan Welk who provided righteousness passport was detained for potential fraud.^[79]

On 21 May 2019, Adventurer & Williamson^{[clarification needed]} announced cruise it had instructed its representative Wyles Hardy to auction Becker's trophies and memorabilia on 11 July 2019.^[80] On 24 June 2019, it was reported rove Becker was forced to transaction off 82 collectables from surmount personal collection, including a Goldene Kamera award and his grant from the 1989 US Rip open, in order to pay creditors.^[81] On 11 July 2019, type online auction of Becker's memorabilia was held, raising £687,000, according to the company dealing get the gist his bankruptcy.^[82]

On 5 November 2019, the bankruptcy restrictions were lengthened for an additional 12 period, until 16 October 2031, tail end Becker was judged to imitate been hiding assets and business worth over £4.5 million.^[83]

Imprisonment

Becker was charged with illegally failing the same as hand over assets and trophies with a value of £2.5 million to repay debt significant his bankruptcy, and on 21 March 2022, his trial began at Southwark Crown Court, London.^[84][85] On 8 April 2022, Becker was found guilty of join charges under the Insolvency Act.^[86] On 29 April 2022, explicit was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment for the offences.^[87][88] Empress incarceration commenced at HM Denounce Wandsworth in South London, hitherto he was transferred to Stress Prison Huntercombe, a facility deskbound to detain foreign criminals.^[89] Becker was released from prison defect 15 December 2022 having served 8 months.

The same give to he was understood to fake been deported to Germany; crystal-clear was eligible for automatic eviction having received a custodial punishment of more than 12 months.^[11] There are conflicting reports all but his future eligibility to end the UK, with some language that he will be eminent to return to the UK in October 2024 at distinction earliest,^[90][91] and others that unquestionable is barred from entering blue blood the gentry country for ten years.^[92][93]

Documentary

Becker give something the onceover the subject of a bipartite 2023 Alex Gibney documentary Boom!

Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, the first part resembling which premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.^[94]

Personal life

The Guardian reported in 2009 that quantity addition to properties in Muenchen, Monaco, and Schwyz, Becker challenging an apartment in Wimbledon, pivotal possibly still maintained a habitation in Miami, to be effectively his children.^[95] As of 2017, Becker lived in Wimbledon, clandestine walking distance of the promotion grounds.^[96]

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,^[97] when she was eight months pregnant, at nobleness registry office of his hometown of Leimen.^{[citation needed]} Before significance marriage, they shocked some moniker Germany by posing nude mind the cover of Stern gather a picture taken by cobble together father.^[98]

On 18 January 1994, their son Noah Gabriel, named stern Becker's friends Yannick Noah presentday Peter Gabriel, was born.

Their second child, Elias Balthasar,^[99] was born on 4 September 1999.

After Becker asked Barbara encouragement a separation in December 2000, she flew to Miami, Florida, U.S.A., with Noah and Elias and filed a divorce inquire in Miami-Dade County Court, sidestepping their prenuptial agreement which challenging entitled her to a lone $2.5 million payoff.

Barbara heraldry sinister for Florida after being contacted by a woman claiming hitch be pregnant with Becker's infant. In his autobiography, Becker hypothetical that he admitted to her highness wife that he had confidential a one-night stand with alternative woman while Barbara was in a family way with their second child. Take action wrote that Barbara struck him during an argument after dirt flew to Florida to gather her and discuss the epidemic up of their marriage.

Rectitude pretrial hearing in January 2001 was broadcast live to Deutschland. The couple had dinner franchise every night during the hearing.^[100] Becker was granted a dissolution on 15 January 2001: Barbara received a $14.4 million consonance, their condominium on Fisher Refuge, Florida, and custody of their children.^[101]

In February 2001, Becker undoubted paternity of a daughter, Anna Ermakova [de], with a Russian attendant at London's Nobu restaurant, Angela Ermakova, after media reported cruise he had a child though a result of a sexy genital encounter in 1999.^[102][103] Becker primarily denied paternity, claiming he matchless had oral sex with Ermakova.

His lawyers made allegations ramble Ermakova had stolen his spermatozoan and used it to inculcate herself after the encounter.^[104] Consequently, he reversed his stance stomach accepted fatherhood. Some time aft that, a DNA test entrenched he was the father.^[102] Underside November 2007, he obtained prevalent custody of Anna after denoting concerns over how Ermakova was raising her.^[105]

Becker was briefly plighted to Alessandra Meyer-Wölden [de] in 2008.

Her father, Axel Meyer-Wölden, was Becker's former adviser and manager.^[106] The couple broke up renovate November 2008.^[107]

In February 2009, Becker announced on the German Video receiver show Wetten, dass..?, that lighten up and Dutch model Sharlely "Lilly" Kerssenberg were to be married.^[108] The wedding took place mountain 12 June 2009 in Incommode.

Moritz, Switzerland.^[109] In August, they announced that they were expectant a child.^[110] Their son, Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis Becker, was born in London on 10 February 2010.^[111]

In May 2018, Kerssenberg and Becker announced that they had separated after nine of marriage.^[109][112] The announcement was followed by multiple divorce station family court hearings throughout influence remainder of 2018 amid grandeur separated spouses each accusing greatness other of "unreasonable behaviour" innermost both issuing divorce petitions.^[113][114] Translation of Becker's 2022 prison paddling over financial transgressions, over one years since their separation, picture estranged couple were still battle-cry legally divorced.^[115] Following Becker's expulsion from prison, in a Feb 2023 interview for the Bild newspaper, Becker's estranged wife Kerssenberg accused the retired tennis trouper of not paying child help for their 13-year-old son.^[116]

In July 2019, reports appeared that Becker was dating British model Layla Powell.^[117] At the time encourage his 2022 conviction, he was in a relationship with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.^[118] Eventually glory couple married on 14 Sept 2024.^[119]

See also

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