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Date of birth: 22 November 1967
Place of birth: Leimen near Heidelberg
Height: 190 cm
Career: 64 tournament victories in singles and doubles, including 6 Grand Slam titles, 12 weeks as no. 1 in the world rankings

Career as athlete
Boris Becker became a legend in his sport. As the youngest Wimbledon champion of all time and six-time Grand Slam tournament winner, he assumed a place in the history of tennis. An unparalleled success story: Olympic gold medallist, Davis Cup winner, number one ranked player in the world, four times Sportsman of the Year in Germany.

At the Masters (up to 1989) and ATP World Championship (as of 1990), the last big tournament of the season, Becker was able to reach the final eight times and win it three times (1988, 1992, 1995). At the Grass Courts Championship in Wimbledon, he won three times and reached the final another four times. He lost his last final in what he affirms as his favourite competition to Pete Sampras in 1995. He celebrated further Grand Slam successes at the US Open in 1989 and the Australian Open in 1991 and 1996.

Becker was famous above all for his fast and variable serve and good play at the net. At the start of his career, his offensive playing style brought him the nickname "Boom-Boom Becker". A feature of Becker's game was the "Becker dive", also known as the "Becker roll", a volley that was hit while diving. His emotional style of play made Boris Becker popular with fans worldwide. As a player, he had an enormous will to win and great strength of nerve. The clenched fist after winning big points became know as the "Becker fist".

Career following sport
Due to Becker, German tennis rose to become the most popular spectator sport after football within a short period of time. With the end of his active career as a professional athlete, Boris Becker set new goals and established himself as an entrepreneur, among other things as owner of three Mercedes-Benz dealerships and as co-founder of the Agency for Sports Marketing Boris Becker & Co. He also created his own brand, thus expanding his media presence. Endorser, pundit, commentator, author and columnist – the 42-year-old knows his way around the world of communication very well, and is a welcome partner.

Involvement
Boris Becker also uses his unbroken popularity intensively for charities. For example, he wants to bring children in particular closer to sport. As co-founder of the Cleven-Becker Foundation and Chairman of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation Germany, he is among other things involved in encouraging up-and-coming talent from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.

He would like to help provide children and youth with better opportunities. As a founding member of the Laureus World Sports Academy, Becker and 45 other sporting legends (Ed Moses, John McEnroe, Franz Beckenbauer among others) support in an honorary capacity the idea of using sport as a means for social transformation. The fight against AIDS is also a matter close to the heart of the tennis legend: he is involved as a Board Member of the Elton John Aids Foundation, for example.