was born again on the grass courts of Wimbledon. “I call the seventh of July my second birthday,” Becker said of the day he won the 1985 Wimbledon final and, at 17, became the youngest man ever to win ...

Forty years on from Boris Becker’s iconic first Wimbledon title at the age of 17, Telegraph Sport speaks to four people who were inspired by his unlikely triumph that day: a footballer, a comedian, a ...

It was the Wimbledon of 1985, and Boris Becker was in trouble. Down two sets to one against American Tim Mayotte in the fourth round, he rolled his ankle on the grass and went down hard. The ...