I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.

As part of the Team Becker played in major poker tournaments like the European Poker Tour. Becker won 4–6 15–13 8–10 6–2 6–2 (at that time there were no tiebreaks in the Davis Cup). He is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

He also won five Masters 1000 series titles and eight Championship Series titles. Boris Franz Becker (born 22 November 1967) is a former World No.