In 1995, Pete Sampras won the men's singles title at Wimbledon by defeating Boris Becker 6-7 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
He joins Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker as the only men to accomplish the feat in the Open era.
It's not just tennis fans that appreciate them, the general public know them like a Maria Sharapova, a Boris Becker or a John McEnroe.
Marc Rosset's victory four years later in Barcelona was an even greater shock in a field that included Pete Sampras, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg.
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Other sporting celebrities include Boris Becker, Ian Botham, Zinzan Brooke, Kapil Dev, Darren Gough, Gavin Hastings, Franz Klammer, Michael Lynagh, Nigel Mansell and Sir Steve Redgrave.
Tennis ace Boris Becker takes us on a tour of the famous German Christmas markets and celebrity chef Nigella Lawson helps dish up some seasonal treats.
Now at least Australian tennis fans have a new star to root for: 18-year-old Bernard Tomic, who has become the youngest men's player since Boris Becker to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon.
Other convicted tax cheats, like tennis ace Boris Becker--who bilked the German government from revenue by claiming to live in the tax haven of Monaco--simply weren't wealthy enough to make our list.
What has brought problems to Federer, and to other greats like Pete Sampras and Boris Becker -- who never won a French Open, is the clay surface on which it is contested.
The L.A. Tennis Open has been around since 1927, and has seen such great champions ranging from Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang.
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"It's the first title I've won since getting married last year and also since having (daughter) Mia so it means a lot to all of us, " said Hewitt, who joins John McEnroe and Boris Becker as the only men to win four Stella Artois titles.
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