Boris Becker First Wimbledon Win
A west german teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the wimbledon tennis tournament.
Boris becker first wimbledon win. The young german sealed the trophy with a 6 3 6 7 7 6 6 4 victory over curren. Becker was back in the wimbledon final in 1988 where he lost in four sets to stefan edberg in a match that marked the start of one of wimbledon s great rivalries. Boris becker was the youngest ever winner of wimbledon in 1985 boris franz becker owes his second name to his grandfather who died on the eve of the 1985 championships. Becker also helped west germany win its first davis cup in 1988.
He won the year end masters title in new york city defeating five time champion lendl in the final. The centre court was a mixture of the french open and wimbledon clay in the middle and grass on the. 7 6 7 2 1 6 6 3 7 6 7 4 loss. The 1985 final was won by becker in four sets.
Becker became the first unseeded player and the first german to win the wimbledon singles title as well as the youngest ever male grand slam singles champion at 17 years 7 months and 15 days. It was my first wimbledon win and i hope it will not be my last said becker. Boris becker in full boris franz becker born november 22 1967 leimen near heidelberg west germany now germany german tennis player who on july 7 1985 at age 17 became the youngest champion in the history of the men s singles at wimbledon at the same time he became the only unseeded player and the only german ever to win the title as well as the youngest person ever to win any. Who won the 1985 wimbledon final.
6 0 7 6 7 1 6 4 win. Becker is also the first german ever to win the title and the first unseeded player. Boris becker career statistics at the international tennis federation this page was.