How Boris Becker won Wimbledon at 17 — and wound up a bankrupt criminal
nypost.comBoom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker” a two-part documentary that premiered Friday on Apple+. The doc goes inside Becker’s meteoric rise and spectacular fall, which culminated in him spending eight months last year in a UK prison cell for hiding money during bankruptcy proceedings.“Whenever there is a bit of a wind in my life it becomes a tornado,” Becker says in the film of the media’s insatiable interest in him.
John McEnroe, who also appears in the documentary, puts it more succinctly, saying Becker was “like Michael Jordan in Germany.”The Teutonic star won six Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal with his explosive play and agile, acrobatic style.
He excelled on grass, winning Wimbledon three times — in 1985, 1986 and 1989 — and making it to the finals seven times. In 1993, he married Barbara Feltus, a black model and fashion designer.
The couple became both a symbol of progressive Germany and a target of racist attacks. In 1999, Becker was mourning the recent loss of his father when he lost in the fourth round in straight sets in Wimbledon.
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