Boris Becker, who rocked the tennis world in 1985 when he became the youngest man to win a grand slam singles title, turned 50 this week. The first of six grand slam titles he would go on to win, ...

At precisely 2 p.m. Monday, the 1985 All England Tennis Championships at Wimbledon begin. As far as I’m concerned, there isn’t a better athletic event. Wimbledon’s annual fortnight is the essence of ...

WIMBLEDON, England Boris Becker still calls July 7 his second birthday, his personal moon landing, the day his life and in some ways tennis changed forever. On that date 25 years ago, Becker became ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of TENNIS Magazine's founding in 1965. To commemorate the occasion, we'll look back each Thursday at one of the 50 moments that have defined the last half-century ...

The Wimbledon fortnight is over, and as usual, there were a lot of different stories, not all of them concerned with who won and lost the tennis matches. Two things guaranteed at Wimbledon every year ...

Unseeded teenager Boris Becker faced the eighth seed Kevin Curren in the 1985 Wimbledon final. At the beginning of 1984, 16-year-old German Boris Becker was ranked 563 in the world. By the end of the ...

BORIS BECKER believes he shot himself in the foot by winning Wimbledon at 17. The German became the youngest ever men’s champion in 1985, and nobody younger has toppled him in the 40 years ...

The ultimate trip for tennis fans may be a pilgrimage to England to watch the world’s top players compete on the grass courts of Wimbledon. Some lucky Americans can be there this summer when last year ...

Boris Becker, on trial for failing to hand over valuable memorabilia and other assets in his bankruptcy proceedings, says he wishes he still had all of it. Last week, the 54-year-old former tennis ...

John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova won, teen-age sensation Gabriela Sabatini rallied from a set down and four other players advanced to the second round. Those are not the highlights of Tuesday’s ...