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Can You Beat This Boris Becker Challenge?

Amruta Deshpande
Well, you will find out soon with this quiz!
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Boris Becker is a retired and former world no. 1 professional tennis player born on 22nd November 1967.
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Boris Becker was born in Leimen, a town in the German state Baden-Württemberg.
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Nick Bolletieri is an American tennis coach who has trained players like Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Jim Courier & Mary Pierce
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Boris Becker is the son of Elvira Becker, who hailed from the Moravian village of Kunín and Karl-Heinz Becker, an architect who built a tennis center in Leimen.
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Boris Becker won his first professional doubles title in 1984 under the guidance of Romanian-born coach Günther Bosch & Romanian Manager Ion Ţiriac.
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Boris Becker became the first German and the youngest ever male Grand Slam singles champion at 17 years, 227 days after defeating Kevin Curren in 1985.
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The Davis Cup match against John McEnroe lasted 6 hours 22 minutes with Becker emerging the winner 4-6, 15-13, 8-10,6-2, 6-2.
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In 1989, after losing to Stefan Edberg in the French Open semifinals, he defeated him in the Wimbledon final and then beat Ivan Lendl in the US Open final.
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Becker has won the Australian Open (1991 & 1996), US Open (1989) and the Wimbledon (1985, 1986 & 1989). He never won the French Open.
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Becker is the first male player to appear in seven Wimbledon finals, tied with Pete Sampras (7) & behind record 11 Wimbledon finals appearances by Roger Federer.
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Becker contributed to Djokovic's six Grand Slam titles and 14 Masters 1000 titles. They also won the 2016 French Open, something Becker had never done himself.
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Becker won singles titles in 14 different countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
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