Boris becker autobiography

German tennis player (born 1967)

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Boris Franz Becker (German pronunciation:[ˈboːʁɪsˈbɛkɐ]^ⓘ; born 22 November 1967) is a German erstwhile world No. 1tennis player. Becker go over the youngest-ever winner of the gentleman's singles Wimbledon Championships title, a daring act he accomplished aged 17 in 1985. Becker is one of the largest Tennis players of all time at an earlier time was featured in the list notice Tennis magazine's 40 greatest players avail yourself of all time, on the magazine's Fortieth anniversary in 2006.^[2][3][4][5] He won 64 titles overall, including an Olympic jewels medal in doubles in 1992. Becker won 49 singles and 15 doubles titles including six Grand Slam singles titles: three Wimbledon Championships, two Continent Opens and one US Open, 13 Masters titles, three year-end championships pivotal leading Germany to back-to-back championship golds in Davis Cup 1988 and 1989.

Becker is often credited as justness pioneer of power tennis with top fast serve and all-court game.^[6] Illegal is also among the top augur players with the best win percentages in the history of the Nucleotide Tour.^[7] In 1989, he was committed the Player of the Year dampen both the ATP and the ITF. Becker is arguably the greatest Jazzman Cup singles player with a increase by two percentage of 92.70%, a win hiding record of 38–3 and two title wins for Germany.^[8] Becker spent 576 weeks in the Top 10, Ordinal most of all time.^[9] In culminate autobiography, Andre Agassi described Becker pass for the world's most popular tennis receiving in the late 1980s.

After top playing career ended, Becker became shipshape and bristol fashion tennis commentator and media personality, enthralled his personal relationships were discussed shut in news outlets. He has engaged encompass numerous ventures, including coaching Novak Djokovic for three years, playing poker professionally and working for an online cards company.^[10] In October 2002, the Muenchen District Court gave Becker a hanging two-year prison sentence for tax shirking. He declared bankruptcy in the UK in 2017. In April 2022, do something was sentenced by UK courts forbear two and a half years difficulty prison for hiding assets and loans that the court required him pre-empt disclose to creditors and the ruin trustee. On 15 December 2022, take steps was released from prison early, getting served eight months, and was deported to Germany by UK authorities.^[11][12][13]

Early life

Boris Becker was born in 1967 find guilty Leimen, a town in the Germanic state of Baden-Württemberg, the son rule Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker. Named rearguard the Russian poet and novelist Boris Pasternak, young Becker was raised Catholic.^[15][16] His father Karl-Heinz, an architect, supported a tennis centre in Leimen, wheel Becker learned to play tennis. Good taste received his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg.^[17] His Sudeten German glaze Elvira Becker, née Pisch was detach from the Moravian village of Kunewald (Kunín).

Tennis career

In 1974, Becker joined TC Blau-Weiß Leimen tennis club and began training under Boris Breskvar. By 1977, he was a member of blue blood the gentry junior team of the Baden Sport Association. He went on to seize the South German championship and authority first German Youth Tennis Tournament.

In 1978, he was chosen for righteousness German Tennis Federation's top junior squad by Richard Schönborn. According to Schönborn, the funding for Becker's training was put up by the German Sport Federation at an expense of make money on 1.3 million DM.^[18] In 1981, significant was included in the Federation's foremost men's team. In 1982, he won the doubles at the Orange Bamboozle International Tennis Championships.

Becker turned office in 1984, under the guidance learn Romanian-born coach Günther Bosch and Romance manager Ion Ţiriac, and won queen first professional doubles title that yr in Munich. As a teenager, Becker won the Tennis World Young Poet at the NEC in Birmingham skull 1985, before taking his first formidable singles title in June that generation at Queen's Club.^[19] Two weeks consequent, on 7 July, he became glory first unseeded player and the extreme German to win the Wimbledon singles title, defeating Kevin Curren in link sets. Becker was at that disgust ranked 20th in ATP ranking,^[20] ride was unseeded, as at that again and again Wimbledon did not seed players above the top 16. He was greatness youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at 17 years, 227 days (a under wraps later broken by Michael Chang bill 1989, who won the French Come apart when he was 17 years, 110 days). Span months after his triumph, Becker became the youngest winner of the City Open. Becker has since said turn "the plan from my parents apply for me was to finish school, hike to university, get a proper level and learn something respectful. The ransack thing on everyone's mind was hold becoming a tennis professional."^[21]

In 1986, Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, defeating No. 1 Ivan Lendl in with justification sets in the final. In 1987 Becker, then ranked 2, lost derive the second round of Wimbledon be introduced to Peter Doohan, ranked 70. In interpretation Davis Cup that year, Becker courier John McEnroe played one of authority longest matches in tennis history. Becker won 4–6, 15–13, 8–10, 6–2, 6–2 (at that time, there were ham-fisted tiebreaks in the Davis Cup). Integrity match lasted 6 hours and 22 minutes.

Becker contested the Wimbledon concluding in 1988, where he lost seep in four sets to Stefan Edberg well-heeled a match that marked the incline of one of Wimbledon's great rivalries. Becker also helped West Germany come in its first Davis Cup in 1988. He won the year-end Masters dub in New York City, defeating five-time champion Lendl in the final. Nobility same year he also won course ending WCT Finals for the adversary World Championship Tennis tour, defeating Edberg in four sets.

In 1989, Becker won two Grand Slam singles distinctions, the only year he won broaden than one. After losing to Edberg in the French Open semifinals, type defeated Edberg in the Wimbledon finishing, and then beat Lendl in glory US Open final. He also helped West Germany retain the Davis Beaker, defeating Andre Agassi in the semi round after dropping the first link sets, in an epic spread insurance two days.^[22][23]Sports Illustrated ranked it primate among the best matches ever counterfeit, alongside the 1972 WCT Finals furthest back between Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall, and the 1980 Wimbledon final halfway Björn Borg and John McEnroe.^[22] Bring in a result, Becker was named Contender of The Year by the Nucleotide Tour.

In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the third consecutive year shut in the Wimbledon final, but this disgust lost in a long five-set parallel. He failed to successfully defend cap US Open title, losing to Agassi in the semifinals. Becker reached blue blood the gentry final of the Australian Open cart the first time in his vocation in 1991, where he defeated Lendl to claim the No. 1 strapping. Another loss to Agassi in goodness French Open semifinals kept him unapproachable winning the first two Grand Thump sl attack tournaments of the year. He was ranked No. 1 for 12 weeks during 1991 and reached his residence consecutive Wimbledon final. However, he astray in straight sets to fellow European and No. 7 Michael Stich. Becker and Stich developed a fierce feud, but teamed up in 1992 scheduled win the men's doubles gold badge at the Olympic Games in Port.

In 1992, Becker won seven jaunt titles including his second ATP Materialize World Championships defeating Jim Courier pathway four sets.

By 1993, issues restore home over his courtship of dominant marriage to Barbara Feltus, whose undercoat was German and father was African-American, and tax problems with the Teutonic government, had caused Becker to skim into a mid-career decline.

By 1995 Becker had been in continual forgo for half a decade due add up to losing interest in tennis and off-court reasons.^{[citation needed]} That year he reached the Wimbledon final for the 7th time, defeating Agassi in the semifinals. In the final, however, Becker, also fatigued after gruelling baseline contests take up again Cédric Pioline and then with Agassi, lost in four sets to Pete Sampras. He won the year-end Nucleotide Tour World Championships for the ordinal and last time in Frankfurt best a straight-set win over Michael River in the final. Becker's sixth obscure final Grand Slam title came sight 1996 when he defeated Chang expansion the final of the Australian Splintering. After winning the Queen's Club Championships for the fourth time, Becker was widely expected to mount a imaginary challenge for the Wimbledon title shut in 1996, but his bid ended dead when he damaged his right carpus during a third-round match against Neville Godwin and was forced to shrink back.

Becker defeated Sampras in October 1996 in a five-set final in Metropolis Masters. "Becker is the best inside player I've ever played", said Sampras after the match.^[24] Becker lost get to Sampras in the final of glory 1996 ATP Tour World Championships suggestion Hanover. Becker saved two match in turn in the fourth set and spoken for serve 27 consecutive times until significant was broken in the penultimate business. Later that year he won rectitude Grand Slam Cup defeating Goran Ivanišević in the final. In 1997, Becker lost to Sampras in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. After that match, let go vowed that he would never be head and shoulders above at Wimbledon again. However, Becker awkward Wimbledon one more time in 1999, this time losing in the area round to Patrick Rafter.^[25]

Becker was overbearing comfortable playing on fast-playing surfaces, mega grass courts and indoor carpet (on which he won 26 titles). Pacify reached a few finals playing shed clay courts, but never won clean single's final there. Becker won sting Olympic Gold Medal on clay pay court to in doubles competition alongside compatriot Archangel Stich at the 1992 Barcelona Glee. Becker was close to winning copperplate single's clay-court tournament in his blare final on the surface, when sharptasting led Thomas Muster by two sets to love in the 1995 Cards Carlo Open final, and double-faulted package set point in the fourth-set tiebreaker.^[26][27]

Over the course of his career, Becker won 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. Besides his six Sumptuous Slam titles, he was also fine singles winner in the year-end Poet / ATP Tour World Championships tidy 1988, 1992, and 1995, the WCT Finals in 1988 and at prestige Grand Slam Cup in 1996. Let go won a record-equalling four singles distinctions at London's Queen's Club. In Painter Cup, his career win–loss record was 54–12, including 38–3 in singles. Bankruptcy also won the other two senior international team titles playing for Deutschland, the Hopman Cup (in 1995) prep added to the World Team Cup (in 1989 and 1998). He is the culminating male player to appear in 7 Wimbledon finals in the Modern Best, tied with Sampras and Djokovic, gain behind the record 12 Wimbledon finals appearances by Federer.

Becker won singles titles in 14 countries: Australia, Oesterreich, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Lacquer, Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, United Native land, United States. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Tennis Lobby of Fame. He occasionally plays adhere the senior tour and in Existence Team Tennis. After his career, sharptasting also took part in exhibition matches as Michael Stich and in 2005 they answered questions from the newspaperman and radio presenter Marc Engelhard let somebody see the state of tennis.^[28] He has also worked as a commentator put behind you Wimbledon for the BBC.^[29][30]

Playing style

Becker's amusement was based on a fast gift well-placed serve, that earned him glory nicknames "Boom Boom",^[31] "Der Bomber" courier "Baron von Slam", and great inundation skills at the net. He could supplement his pure serve-and-volley game exhausted brilliant athleticism at the net, which included the diving volley that was considered a trademark of the juvenile German, and which endeared him be given his fans. The signature dives talented rolls were never seen before Becker came to the scene, and decency 'Becker dive' and 'Becker roll' became crowd pullers wherever Becker played. Rule heavy forehand and return of minister to were also very significant factors break through his game.

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

Becker had frequent excitable outbursts on court. Whenever he wise himself to be playing badly, appease often swore at himself and only now and then smashed his rackets. In 1987, significant was fined $2000 following a sequence of outbursts during the Australian Running away in Melbourne, including breaking three rackets, "twice throwing the ball in proscribe offensive manner at the umpire, intervention the umpire's chair on one moment, spitting water in the direction mimic the umpire, and hitting three animation out of the court."^[32][33] Becker's extremely dramatic play spawned new expressions specified as the Becker Blocker (his imprint early return shot), the Becker Hecht (a flying lunge), the Becker Faust ("Becker Fist"), the Becker Shuffle (the dance he sometimes performed after creation important points), and Becker Säge ("Becker Saw" – referring to the go sour in which he pumped his contend with in a sawing motion).

Becker, suggestion of the most effective players inconsequential his era on grass courts existing carpet courts, had less success arrest clay. He never won a conspicuous singles title on clay, coming consequent when holding two match points ruin Thomas Muster in the final slope the 1995 Monte Carlo Open. Becker did, however, team up with Archangel Stich to win the 1992 convenience doubles Olympic gold medal on corpse.

Career statistics

Main article: Boris Becker pursuit 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 not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike bolster (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Records

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

Place in history

Tennis magazine ranked Becker integrity 11th best male player of magnanimity 1965–2005 period.^[36]

Professional awards

Post-retirement

In 2012, Becker affirmed his approach to retirement. "I abstruse won so much by 22, on the rocks number of Wimbledon titles, US Biological, Davis Cup, World number one. Give orders look for the next big gratuitous and that isn't in tennis."^[21]

Tax artifice conviction

Becker was found guilty by grandeur Munich District Court of deliberately creation false statements regarding his place comprehend residence on his personal income serious filings in order to save DM3.3 million.^[37]

A criminal investigation into his duty affairs began in December 1996 at the same time as he was still an active buffed tennis player. By the time Teutonic prosecutors filed charges of tax subterfuge against the tennis star in July 2002, Becker had already retired go over the top with the sport.^[38] The retired tennis contestant, who had earned over US$25 mint in prize money plus millions mess endorsements, was originally charged with sanctuary taxes of DM10.4 million (US$5 million), however, the trial ended up make available for the considerably lower sum acquire DM3.3 million (€1.6 million) for which prosecutors believed they had evidence.^[39] All over late summer and early fall 2002, leading up to the publicized experiment that was to focus on veer Becker lived between 1991 and 1993 (his tax filings claimed Monaco eventually the prosecution had evidence of distinction player in fact spending the preponderance of that time in the Muenchen area), most observers predicted the evening star would make a deal with primacy Munich public prosecutor's office—admitting guilt advocate exchange for a lighter sentence.^[38]

As plausible, at his day in court award 23 October 2002, 34-year-old Becker familiar to living in Munich between 1991 and 1993 despite being officially qualified in Monaco,^[40][39] however, maintaining he could not be accused of withholding profits or engaging in criminal machinations.^[41] Fighting the same time, as part eradicate his defence, Becker emphasized that consummate property where he stayed in City was not a standard apartment on the contrary a "spartan flat with just straighten up bed and no refrigerator" being terminate of his sister's property where explicit stayed when visiting her.^[41][39] It besides came out that he had antediluvian warned against purchasing the Munich room, but ignored the warnings. The contestant also told the court that magnanimity financial investigations that had begun hold up December 1996 played a role think about it his decision to retire from sport due to "countless raids of [his] house and office" and that proceed "hasn't won any tournaments since for that reason and ended [his] career".^[39]

Simultaneously with Becker's testimony, his lawyer presented the entourage with evidence that a week anterior to his court date, Becker difficult to understand paid around €3 million in hang taxes, far exceeding the DM3.3 pile (€1.6 million) amount he was inferior the dock for.^[39][42] Despite the entry, as well as the payment, both seen as part of an have a shot to settle the six-year process tweak a lighter sentence, the prosecution attain asked the court for a conclusion of three years and six months in jail.^[39][43]

One day later, on 24 October 2002, in a courtroom truthful public gallery packed with Becker's fans, the Munich District Court judge Huberta Knöringer gave Becker a two-year cooler sentence, the execution of which was suspended.^[42][44] Additionally, his sentence included expert fine of €300,000 and another €200,000 to various charitable institutions.^[45][42]

Investments

Since 2000, Becker has been the principal owner grip the tennis division of Völkl Inc.,^[46] a tennis racket and clothing impresario.

Also in 2000, Becker partnered sculpt with the German IT company Pixelpark AG for a joint dot-com investment: , a German-language website covering shut down, regional and national sporting scene love Germany. The venture shut down meanwhile summer 2001, less than a vintage into its operation, amid reports decay Becker's business partner, Pixelpark's CEO Paulus Neef who owned a 35% mixup in Sportgate, failing to come churn out with a promised £1m cash injection.^[47] Paulus countered with a lawsuit overcome Becker in the Munich regional pay court to for feeling "conned".^[38]

Becker's autobiography, Augenblick, verweile doch... (en: The Player) was in print in 2003. Its release made wide-ranging headlines due to the tennis star's divulgence of details surrounding his heralded divorce from Barbara Feltus, including brainstorm account of his 1999 sexual meet with the Russian waitress Angela Ermakova that triggered the eventual end wages his marriage to Feltus.^[48] Other inaccessible disclosures in the book include revelations of addiction to painkillers and asleep pills early into his tennis exhibition career as well as admission study promiscuity and excessive alcoholic intake gorilla a way of coping with lonesomeness while on the road.^[49] The volume made The Sunday Timesbestseller list.

In May 2009, Becker announced the value of online media platform Boris Becker TV. The website, in English distinguished German, features clips from his employment and footage of his daily life.^[50]

In June 2015, prior to the Suburbia Championship that was the 30th tribute of his first Wimbledon win, choice Becker autobiography, Boris Becker's Wimbledon: Blurry Life and Career at the Done England Club, was published with dexterous foreword by the world's number 1 player and reigning Wimbledon championNovak Djokovic whom Becker coached at the period.

Tennis pundit and media personality

BBC

In 2002, Becker became a commentator for interpretation BBC at Wimbledon—a job he drawn-out doing for the following two decades (apart from the 2014, 2015, spreadsheet 2016 seasons when he coached Novak Djokovic). He moved to the Common Kingdom from his native Germany hit down 2012, making London his primary residence.^[51]

During BBC's coverage of the 2022 Suburb, which the German was absent cheat due to his incarceration over economic transgressions, imprisoned Becker received on-air messages of support from former broadcasting colleagues Andrew Castle, John McEnroe, and Supply Barker.^[52][53]

From October 2005 to June 2006, the German was a team leader on the British TV sports examination showThey Think It's All Over insignificance BBC One. He furthermore appeared base the second episode of series 16 of the BBC's car show Top Gear as the Star in unblended Reasonably Priced Car.^[54]

Eurosport

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

In May 2022, shortly tail Becker's sentencing to 30 months rivet jail and initial detention at Shattered Prison Wandsworth, Eurosport reportedly explored illustriousness possibility of setting up a make studio in his prison thus potentially allowing him to participate on dignity network's French Open coverage.^[55] Nothing came of it, however, and Eurosport sooner replaced Becker with Mischa Zverev one-time simultaneously renaming the Matchball Becker contrivance to Matchball.^[56]

Weeks after Becker's mid Dec 2022 release from UK jail famous deportation to Germany, Eurosport announced government re-hiring ahead of their 2023 Inhabitant Open coverage.^[57]

Administrative work

After retiring from carrying-on tennis, Becker has been on authority economic advisory board of Bayern Muenchen for ten years.^[58]

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

Becker is a patron clasp the Elton John AIDS Foundation.^[60]

Poker

Becker pump up a noted poker player and has appeared in the European Poker Trip and the World Poker Tour;^[61] strong 2013 he had won more mystify €90,000 in career earnings from poker.^[61] From November 2007 to mid-May 2013, Becker was a member of greatness celebrity team for the online salamander platform PokerStars,^[62] where he participated feigned professional poker tournaments.^[63] Becker made her majesty first appearance as a poker dabbler at a tournament in Monte Carlo in April 2008. In mid-April, blooper entered the Main Event of leadership World Poker Tour at the Bellagio and finished the tournament in Fortieth place, winning more than $40,000 security prize money.^[64]

In August 2011, he came 97th at the European Poker Twine in Barcelona, winning €8,000.^[65] In Apr 2013 he again took part breach the EPT Main Event, this in the house in Berlin, coming 49th with ingenious win of €15,000.^[66] As of Noble 2018, Becker has made tournament net of over $100,000 and was stratified 132,133rd in the Global Poker Index.^[67] He has become an ambassador untainted the partypoker online poker platform, display under the nickname Boris__Becker.^[68]

Coaching Novak Djokovic

In December 2013, Novak Djokovic announced anticipation his website that Boris Becker would become his head coach for class 2014 season.^[69] As a result, Becker gave up his commentating job append the BBC.^[70] In December 2016, Djokovic and Becker parted ways. Over dignity three seasons they worked together, Becker contributed to Djokovic's six Grand Confound titles and 14 Masters 1000 laurels. Djokovic also won the French Spout in 2016 – the only Great Slam singles title which Becker on no account won himself.

Bankruptcy

On 21 June 2017, Becker was declared bankrupt by loftiness Bankruptcy and Companies Court in London.^[71][72] The order arose when a 2015 debt—centered around an unpaid loan adjoin Becker's estate in Mallorca, Spain—owed end up private bank Arbuthnot Latham for just about $14 million^[73] was not paid monitor full before an assigned deadline, esoteric there was no realistic expectation guarantee it would be paid.^[74][75] Becker denied to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung lapse he was "broke" or that elegance owed former business adviser Hans-Dieter Cleven any money; Cleven filed suit invite a Swiss court claiming he was owed $41 million.^[76]

In June 2018, Becker's lawyers claimed their client had clever immunity in the bankruptcy case sound to his appointment as the Medial African Republic's (CAR) "Attaché for Sports/Humanitarian/Cultural Affairs in the European Union".^[77]Charles-Armel Doubane, the CAR's Foreign Minister, countered mosey Becker was "not an official agent for the Central African Republic", ditch the role of attaché for amusements "does not exist", and that probity CAR passport produced by Becker was one of a batch that abstruse been stolen in 2014.^[78] In Sep 2019, the German businessman Stephan Welk who provided the passport was out of date for possible fraud.^[79]

On 21 May 2019, Smith & Williamson^{[clarification needed]} announced avoid it had instructed its agent Wyles Hardy to auction Becker's trophies essential memorabilia on 11 July 2019.^[80] Wrong 24 June 2019, it was stylish that Becker was forced to customers off 82 collectables from his unauthorized collection, including a Goldene Kamera honour and his trophy from the 1989 US Open, in order to compensation creditors.^[81] On 11 July 2019, proposal online auction of Becker's memorabilia was held, raising £687,000, according to distinction company dealing with his bankruptcy.^[82]

On 5 November 2019, the bankruptcy restrictions were extended for an additional 12 geezerhood, until 16 October 2031, after Becker was judged to have been beating assets and transactions worth over £4.5 million.^[83]

Imprisonment

Becker was charged with illegally flaw to hand over assets and trophies with a value of £2.5 brand-new to repay debt during his crackup, and on 21 March 2022, king trial began at Southwark Crown Monotonous, London.^[84][85] On 8 April 2022, Becker was found guilty of four rate under the Insolvency Act.^[86] On 29 April 2022, he was sentenced rap over the knuckles 30 months' imprisonment for the offences.^[87][88] His incarceration commenced at HM Penal institution Wandsworth in South London, before recognized was transferred to HM Prison Huntercombe, a facility used to detain tramontane criminals.^[89] Becker was released from confinement on 15 December 2022 having served 8 months. The same day recognized was understood to have been deported to Germany; he was eligible in lieu of automatic deportation having received a guardian sentence of more than 12 months.^[11] There are conflicting reports about diadem future eligibility to enter the UK, with some saying that he desire be able to return to honesty UK in October 2024 at description earliest,^[90][91] and others that he task barred from entering the country unjustifiable ten years.^[92][93]

Documentary

Becker is the subject get on to a two-part 2023 Alex Gibney movie Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, the first part of which premiered at the 2023 Berlin Crust Festival.^[94]

Personal life

The Guardian reported in 2009 that in addition to properties gratify Munich, Monaco, and Schwyz, Becker difficult to understand an apartment in Wimbledon, and if possible still maintained a residence in Algonquian, to be near his children.^[95] Restructuring of 2017, Becker lived in Suburb, within walking distance of the espousal grounds.^[96]

Relationships

After a relationship from 1988 take a breather 1991 with Karen Schultz, and expend 1991 to 1992 with Cassandra Actress, he began a relationship with Barbara Feltus, whom he married on 17 December 1993,^[97] when she was quantity months pregnant, at the registry occupation of his hometown of Leimen.^{[citation needed]} Before the marriage, they shocked remorseless in Germany by posing nude pick the cover of Stern in put in order picture taken by her father.^[98]

On 18 January 1994, their son Noah Archangel, named after Becker's friends Yannick Patriarch and Peter Gabriel, was born. Their second child, Elias Balthasar,^[99] was first on 4 September 1999.

After Becker asked Barbara for a separation boardwalk December 2000, she flew to Algonquin, Florida, U.S.A., with Noah and Elias and filed a divorce petition hut Miami-Dade County Court, sidestepping their ceremonial agreement which had entitled her disruption a single $2.5 million payoff. Barbara left for Florida after being contacted by a woman claiming to emerging pregnant with Becker's child. In empress autobiography, Becker stated that he famous to his wife that he abstruse had a one-night stand with recourse woman while Barbara was pregnant bang into their second child. He wrote meander Barbara struck him during an controversy after he flew to Florida give up meet her and discuss the subsection up of their marriage. The conference hearing in January 2001 was relay live to Germany. The couple locked away dinner together every night during magnanimity hearing.^[100] Becker was granted a dissolution on 15 January 2001: Barbara ordinary a $14.4 million settlement, their condo on Fisher Island, Florida, and search of their children.^[101]

In February 2001, Becker acknowledged paternity of a daughter, Anna Ermakova [de], with a Russian waitress filter London's Nobu restaurant, Angela Ermakova, fend for media reported that he had fastidious child as a result of adroit sexual encounter in 1999.^[102][103] Becker primarily denied paternity, claiming he only difficult to understand oral sex with Ermakova. His lawyers made allegations that Ermakova had taken his sperm and used it relative to inseminate herself after the encounter.^[104] Consequently, he reversed his stance and standard fatherhood. Some time after that, efficient DNA test confirmed he was significance father.^[102] In November 2007, he imitative joint custody of Anna after significant concerns over how Ermakova was fosterage her.^[105]

Becker was briefly engaged to Alessandra Meyer-Wölden [de] in 2008. Her father, Axel Meyer-Wölden, was Becker's former adviser reprove manager.^[106] The couple broke up worry November 2008.^[107]

In February 2009, Becker declared on the German TV show Wetten, dass..?, that he and Dutch invent Sharlely "Lilly" Kerssenberg were to lay at somebody's door married.^[108] The wedding took place as good as 12 June 2009 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.^[109] In August, they announced drift they were expecting a child.^[110] Their son, Amadeus Benedict Edley Luis Becker, was born in London on 10 February 2010.^[111]

In May 2018, Kerssenberg take precedence Becker announced that they had unconnected after nine years of marriage.^[109][112] Illustriousness announcement was followed by multiple separate and family court hearings throughout say publicly remainder of 2018 amid the disconnected spouses each accusing the other go rotten "unreasonable behaviour" and both issuing severance petitions.^[113][114] As of Becker's 2022 censure sentencing over financial transgressions, over join years since their separation, the alienated couple were still not legally divorced.^[115] Following Becker's release from prison, drop a February 2023 interview for rectitude Bild newspaper, Becker's estranged wife Kerssenberg accused the retired tennis player pleasant not paying child support for their 13-year-old son.^[116]

In July 2019, reports comed that Becker was dating British conceive Layla Powell.^[117] At the time put his 2022 conviction, he was grasp a relationship with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.^[118] Eventually the couple married depress 14 September 2024.^[119]

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