Boris Becker is a German former professional tennis player, celebrated coach, commentator and keynote speaker specialising in leadership, motivation, resilience and peak performance. A former world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam singles champion, one of his greatest achievement was becoming the youngest men’s Wimbledon singles champion, aged just 17, in 1985.
Born in Leimen, West Germany, Boris developed his game at the tennis centre founded by his father, architect Karl-Heinz Becker. He joined TC Blau-Weiß Leimen in 1974 and trained under Boris Breskvar before entering the Baden Tennis Association’s junior programme. Selected for the German Tennis Federation’s leading junior team in 1977, Boris won the South German Championship and the first German Youth Tennis Tournament. His international potential became clear when he secured the 1982 Orange Bowl doubles title. Boris turned professional in 1984 under coach Günther Bosch and manager Ion Ţiriac, winning his first professional doubles title in Munich that year. In June 1985, he claimed his first leading singles title at Queen’s Club. Just two weeks later, the unseeded teenager became the first German man to win Wimbledon singles, beginning one of the most recognisable careers in international tennis.
Boris successfully defended Wimbledon in 1986 and later captured a third title at the All England Club in 1989. Across his career, he won six Grand Slam singles championships, comprising three Wimbledon titles, two Australian Opens and one US Open, alongside 49 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. Boris led West Germany to its first Davis Cup title in 1988 and helped the nation retain the trophy in 1989, finishing with an exceptional 38 wins from 41 Davis Cup singles matches. His outstanding 1989 season earned him the titles of ATP Player of the Year and ITF World Champion. Boris became ATP world No. 1 after winning the 1991 Australian Open and partnered Michael Stich to win Olympic men’s doubles gold at Barcelona 1992. He also secured three year-end championships, the WCT Finals, the Grand Slam Cup, the Hopman Cup and two World Team Cup titles. Following his retirement in 1999, Boris became a respected broadcaster, tennis analyst and media personality. As Novak Djokovic’s head coach from 2013 to 2016, he helped the Serbian champion win six Grand Slam titles and complete a career Grand Slam. Boris was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003 and later coached Holger Rune. In 2025, he received a SPORT BILD lifetime achievement award, marking 40 years since his historic Wimbledon victory.
Boris offers audiences an honest perspective on winning, losing, leadership and starting again. As a speaker, Boris explores mental toughness, preparation, self-belief, decision-making, teamwork, accountability and the discipline required to perform consistently. His combination of sporting authority and personal candour gives audiences practical lessons they can apply to their own careers. Engaging, internationally recognised and experienced in front of global audiences, Boris delivers a memorable keynote on the choices, habits and relationships that shape long-term performance.
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Books
The Player
Inside: Winning, Losing and Starting Again
Boris Becker's Wimbledon: My Life and Career at the All England Club
Boris Becker's official speaker topics are listed below:
- Adaptability
- Building Winning Teams
- Coaching Champions
- Competitive Mindset
- Decision-Making
- Developing Talent
- Discipline
- Goal Setting
- Handling Setbacks
- High-Performance Culture
- Lessons from Elite Tennis
- Lessons from Wimbledon
- Life After Sport
- Managing Expectations
- Mental Toughness
- Motivation
- Overcoming Adversity
- Peak Performance
- Performing Under Pressure
- Personal Leadership
- Personal Reinvention
- Preparation
- Resilience
- Self-Belief
- Starting Again
- Success and Failure
- Sustaining Success
- Team Leadership
- Winning and Losing
- 2026 - Delivered a virtual keynote at AREC on resilience, discipline and performing under pressure
- 2025 - Received the SPORT BILD lifetime achievement award, recognising 40 years since his first Wimbledon victory
- 2025 - Appointed brand ambassador for Enso Webworks
- 2024 - Discharged from his United Kingdom bankruptcy following an agreed settlement
- 2023 - Returned to Eurosport as a tennis commentator and analyst
- 2023 - Became coach to Holger Rune
- 2017 - Appointed Head of Men’s Tennis at the German Tennis Federation
- 2017 - Joined Eurosport’s Grand Slam coverage as a commentator and analyst
- 2016 - Helped Novak Djokovic complete the career Grand Slam by winning the French Open
- 2016 - Completed three seasons as Novak Djokovic’s head coach, contributing to six Grand Slam victories and 14 Masters 1000 titles
- 2015 - Published ‘Boris Becker’s Wimbledon, My Life and Career at the All England Club’
- 2013 - Appointed head coach of Novak Djokovic
- 2003 - Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- 2003 - Published his autobiography ‘The Player’
- 2002 - Became a BBC Wimbledon commentator
- 1999 - Played his final professional match at Wimbledon
- 1998 - Won the World Team Cup with Germany
- 1996 - Won his second Australian Open singles title and sixth Grand Slam championship
- 1996 - Won the Queen’s Club Championships for a fourth time
- 1996 - Won the Stuttgart Masters
- 1996 - Won the Grand Slam Cup
- 1995 - Reached his seventh Wimbledon singles final
- 1995 - Won his third ATP Tour World Championship
- 1995 - Won the Hopman Cup representing Germany
- 1992 - Won Olympic men’s doubles gold with Michael Stich
- 1992 - Won his second ATP Tour World Championship
- 1991 - Won his first Australian Open singles title
- 1991 - Became the world’s No. 1 ranked men’s singles player
- 1989 - Won his third Wimbledon singles championship
- 1989 - Won his first US Open singles championship
- 1989 - Helped West Germany retain the Davis Cup
- 1989 - Won the World Team Cup with West Germany
- 1989 - Named ATP Player of the Year
- 1989 - Named ITF World Champion
- 1988 - Helped West Germany win its first Davis Cup
- 1988 - Won his first year-end Masters championship
- 1988 - Won the WCT Finals
- 1986 - Successfully defended the Wimbledon singles championship
- 1986 - Won three titles across three continents within three weeks
- 1985 - Became the youngest men’s Wimbledon singles champion in history
- 1985 - Became the first German and first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon men’s singles title
- 1985 - Won his first leading singles title at Queen’s Club
- 1985 - Won the Tennis World Young Masters
- 1985 - Named ATP Most Improved Player
- 1984 - Turned professional and won his first professional doubles title
- 1982 - Won the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships doubles title
- 1977 - Selected for the German Tennis Federation’s leading junior team
- 1977 - Won the South German Championship and first German Youth Tennis Tournament
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