Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald.. Heinz Günthardt and Balázs Taróczy defeated Cash and Fitzgerald in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships. 1985: Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17. He scored 21 aces to Curren's 19. It was the 99th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 24 June to 7 July 1985. The match was a dramatic clash in the brilliant sunshine, made more spectacular by Becker's flamboyant style. Boris Becker won the Wimbledon men's singles championship again the following year, and for a third time in 1989. As a result, much of his fortune, estimated at 150m euros ($146.5m) during his career, is believed to have melted away on child support and divorce payments. Last January he took the Young Masters tournament in Birmingham, and won his first Grand Prix tournament at Queen's just three weeks ago. The Championships, Wimbledon is an annual British tennis tournament created in …

"This is going to change tennis in Germany," he said after the match.

His massive serve sent balls scorching across the net. But Becker defended his tactics, saying "I'm going on court to win, to fight, to do what I can."

He retired from professional tennis in 1999, after an emotional return to Wimbledon in which he lost in the fourth round. ... Boris Becker vs Stefan Edberg 1989 Wimbledon Final Highlights - Duration: 12:40. There was some speculation that Curren had been unnerved by Becker's openly aggressive style. His attacking style of tennis, based around a massive serve and dramatic, diving volleys defined men's tennis for years and is still emulated on court today. Becker has had a brief but brilliant career. 23:53. Then in October 2002 he was given a two-year suspended sentence for failing to pay 1.7 million euros ($1.7m) in tax. Boris Becker, a 17-year-old unseeded outsider before the tournament began, raised the coveted silver trophy above his head to rapturous applause on centre court. The winner of the men's title earned £130,000 while the women's singles champion earned £117,000.Both Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova were seeded #1, reflecting Evert Lloyd's status as the #1 ranked player and Navratilova's as the 3-time defending champion, with no seed #2 awarded. After his defeat, Kevin Curren said he thought the game would see an increase in the number of successful young players, and predicted they would have more intense, but shorter, careers.

However, a number of public scandals have kept him in the public eye. A West German teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. He won a total of six grand slam titles in his career, and in 1991 was ranked world number one. "I am the first Wimbledon winner and now they have an idol." The young player sent a hostile stare to his opponent before and after points, and in the final caught Curren's shoulder as they passed when changing ends. Becker is also the first German ever to win the title, and the first unseeded player.

He began playing tennis aged eight, and by 12 years old was concentrating almost wholly on the game. The total prize money for 1985 championships was £1,934,760. For half a set he played with his shirt caked in dirt after one particularly spectacular fall. Wembley 1985 F Lendl vs. Becker 2/2 - Duration: 23:53. The 1985 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. As Evert Lloyd was placed at the top of the draw sheet, she was in effect the de facto #1.No seed #2 was awarded as both Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova were jointly seeded #1. After a messy divorce from his wife Barbara in January 2001, he admitted he had fathered a baby girl by Russian model Angela Ermakova.
He won the West German junior championship aged 15 and was runner-up in the US junior championship. He had dominated the match from the start, taking just three hours and 18 minutes to overpower eighth-seeded Kevin Curren, a South-African-born American. He has won 28 of his 39 matches this year, and is expected to lead West Germany in the Davis Cup against the United States next month. LendlTennis 13,510 views. Becker also has a habit of flinging himself around the court, diving headlong for volleys and baseline shots.