He was ranked as the world No. Becker won 49 career singles and 15 doubles titles, including six singles majors : three Wimbledon Championships , two Australian Opens and one US Open. He also won 13 Masters titles, three year-end championships , an Olympic gold medal in men's doubles in , and led Germany to two Davis Cup titles. Becker is the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles Wimbledon title, a feat he accomplished aged 17 in Becker is often credited as the pioneer of power tennis with his fast serve and all-court game.
He holds a win percentage of Becker is regarded by many as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, and was featured in the list of Tennis magazine's 40 greatest players of all time in After his playing career ended, Becker became a tennis commentator and media personality, and his personal relationships were discussed in news outlets.
He has engaged in numerous ventures, including coaching Novak Djokovic for three years, playing poker professionally, and working for an online poker company. He declared bankruptcy in the UK in In April , he was sentenced by UK courts to two and a half years in prison for hiding assets and loans that the court required him to disclose to creditors and the bankruptcy trustee.
On 15 December , he was released from prison early, having served eight months, and was deported to Germany by UK authorities. He received his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg. By , he was a member of the junior team of the Baden Tennis Association. Becker was at that time ranked 20th in ATP ranking, [ 19 ] and was unseeded, as at that time Wimbledon did not seed players beyond the top He was the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at 17 years, days a record later broken by Michael Chang in , who won the French Open when he was 17 years, days.
Two months after his triumph, Becker became the youngest winner of the Cincinnati Open. Becker has since said that "the plan from my parents for me was to finish school, go to university, get a proper degree and learn something respectful. The last thing on everyone's mind was me becoming a tennis professional. In , Becker successfully defended his Wimbledon title, defeating No. In Becker, then ranked 2, lost in the second round of Wimbledon to Peter Doohan , ranked Becker won 4β6, 15β13, 8β10, 6β2, 6β2 at that time, there were no tiebreaks in the Davis Cup.
