Boris Becker net worth, majors, and bankruptcy

Boris Becker net worth, majors, and bankruptcy

Legendary tennis player Boris Franz Becker popularly known as Boris Becker is one of the greatest athletes of all time. He won the men's single at Wimbledon aged 17 and went on to have an illustrious career. In 2017, the tennis champion was declared bankrupt and had to auction some of his properties to pay off the debt. So how did a a tennis star go from riches to rags?

Boris Becker

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Not many athletes can boast of winning a major title in any sport at the age of 17. Boris Becker, a German international and former tennis player is among the few who can claim to have achieved such a great feat. Boris not only won the men's title but also became the youngest player in the competition's history ever to do so. He is also among the few tennis players in history to ever feature in the top ten list of best players in German and rank as the best world top 10 player consecutively for almost a decade (1985-1993). Boris managed to occupy the number one spot on that list in 1991 when he won the Australian Open.

How good was Boris on that tennis court? Boris Becker's majors

Aside from being the youngest person to win the tennis men's title at Wimbledon, Boris was also the second-youngest player to be inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame (2003). Boris won six major single's title with the first arriving when he was only 17. However, those were not his only achievements. He also won five year-end championships as well as a doubles gold Olympic medal. Boris was also awarded 13 Master Series titles before retiring as a pro tennis player in 1999.

Boris Becker net worth

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Boris won the US Open, ATP, French Open, Wimbledon titles, the Australian Open, WTF, and several Cincinnati titles. The rate at which the titles came was terrific as well. Boris was the second-best tennis player in the world barely two years after his first game as a professional tennis player. He was at the Wimbledon Grand Slam Final seven times winning three titles.

Boris is also in the history books as the player with the tenth-best major singles match-winning percentage in history at 80.3%. He boasts a fantastic career record of 967-350, a 254-136 doubles record, and a 713-214 singles record. He also won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games for the men's double. Boris has ended his time on the tennis court with 64 career titles, and the record for second-longest stat for consecutive matches won (22).

What is Boris Becker's net worth after such a colorful career?

Boris earned a lot of money from his wins and participation in tennis tournaments as well as other activities such as pоker. Aside from the career prize money earned after every year of his contract, he also received money from endorsements from multimillion-dollar companies such as Estusa and Puma as well as advertisements. As of 2018, boris becker net worth was $10 million. His career earnings from tennis are well documented at $25,080,956 with most of that money coming from title wins. It might not be much compared to the $200-plus million earned by a player like Novak Djokovic (still playing), but at one point, Boris was on the richest tennis player list.

For starters, in 1997 Boris earned $114,928 in prize money with that figure rising to $213,690 the following year. From 1988 to 1996, Boris' net earnings per year had hit a million-plus. 1996 was one of his best years both on the tennis court and financially after earning $3,690,000 in prize money. After retiring from tennis, Boris began a new career as a professional pоker player from 2009 to 2013. He appeared in a variety of advertisements as well as pоker tournaments and claims to have made over $100,000.

Boris Becker bankruptcy

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He filed for bankruptcy, is boris becker broke?

The Boris Becker bankruptcy story hit the airwaves almost the same day the former tennis player filed for the same (June 21, 2017). The UK Bankruptcy and Companies Court released the statement declaring Boris bankrupt after a long-standing debt complaint was filed. It turns out Boris reportedly owed a private bank $54 million.

According to the bank, only a certain portion of the amount had been paid, and they had lost hope of receiving the rest. It is not the first time Boris was involved in a financial scandal. His country demanded $7 million in taxes from the former tennis player back in 2001. Boris also went through a divorce in the same year, which reportedly cost the tennis Hall of Famer in excess of $10 million. He also lost a $2 home on Fisher Island in Florida to his ex-wife. He has married twice and has four sons.

Boris Becker, a former German professional tennis player has managed to achieve what most upcoming athletes can only dream of. He earned over 100 million playing tennis and from other endorsements. Apart from the bankruptcy issue, the last couple of decades have been turbulent for the athlete as he has had to face various financial issues. However, Boris is turning his life around and enjoys success as a tennis commentator and coach.


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