We are here with another best performance of tennis legends and today we have a good one as we will be talking about Boris Becker and this great champion has had a host of great performances throughout his career and he was also one of the most popular tennis players of his time. He has won 6 Singles Grand Slam titles and this allows us to have a Top 5 Best Performances list of this great player. Boris Becker was also a coach to Novak Djokovic and he made Novak into a killer. We will talk about his records below.
Boris Becker turned pro in 1984 and he played till 1999 that means 15 years at the top of tennis and in this time he won 6 Grand Slam titles. He has a career record of 713 wins and 214 losses which gives him a win % of 76.9% . He was also ranked number 1 in the world during his playing time as his career prize money is $25,080,956. Let’s look at the Top 5 Best Performances of this great player.
1985 Wimbledon Final vs Kevin Curren
Boris Becker had to work very hard for his first Grand Slam title and the wait came to an end in 2985 when he won the Wimbledon title when he beat Kevin Curran in a 4 set thriller. Boris won the first set 6-3 but lost the second set 6-7 and it was 1-1 then he won the next set in a tie break 7-6 and finally the 4th set 6-4 to win his first Grand Slam title which would be the starting of a great career in tennis.
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1989 Wimbledon Final vs Ivan Lendl
He had to wait 4 years for his Second Grand Slam title and the second one that he won was also the Wimbledon title and it was against Ivan Lendl and this was a 3 set affair as Boris Becker won this match in 3 sets. He won the first set 6-4 and the second set 6-3 but he had to work hard to win the 3rd which he eventually won 7-5 and won his second Wimbledon title as well. He was becoming a Wimbeldon great but he had to win the other Slams as well.
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1989 US Open Final vs Ivan Lendl
The first US Open title for Boris Becker came just after the Wimbledon title he won in 1989 and this time as well he was facing Ivan Lendl in the final but this was a much closer contest than the first time they met as this was a 4 set thriller. Boris Becker won the first set in a tie break 7-6 but lost the second set badly by 1-6 but the way he came back in the next 2 sets to win the match was commendable. He won the 3rd set 6-3 and the 4th set in another tie break by 7-6 and thus winning his first US Open title.
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1991 Australian Open Final vs Ivan Lendl
Looks like Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl were destined to meet in a Grand Slam final and this was the 3rd time they faced each other in a Grand Slam final. This was a 4 set match but this was a less close of a contest. Boris Becker lost the first set 1-6 and all looked lost but his comeback ability was in full display here as he won the next 3 sets by 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4 to win his first Australian Open title and now he had won 3 out of the 4 Grand Slam titles and he won 3 off then by beating the same opponent.
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1995 Australian Open Final vs Michael Chang
The fifth and last performances that we will talk about is the 1995 Australian Open Final which he again won in 4 sets but this time his opponent was Michael Chang and here as well Boris Becker came back he won the first 2 sets by 6-2 and 6-4 but he lost the third set by 2-6 and it looked like his opponent was coming in the match but Boris won the 4th set by 6-2 and won his second Australian Open title.
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