Benjamin Becker

Benjamin Becker
	Becker at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Germany
Residence	Mettlach, Germany
Born	16 June 1981 (age 43); Merzig, Saarland, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2005
Retired	2017
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Baylor Bears
Prize money	US$4,399,584
Singles
Career record	153–220
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 35 (27 October 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
US Open	4R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	58–106
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 58 (5 July 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011)
French Open	2R (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	2R (2010)

Last updated October 28, 2024

Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German former professional tennis player. He is most known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open, in Agassi's last match as a professional player.

Early life and family

Benjamin Becker was born on 16 June 1981 in Merzig, West Germany, to Jörg, a tax office worker, and Ulrike. Becker has one younger sister.^[2] From 2001 to 2005, Becker played tennis at Baylor University, winning the NCAA singles championship as a junior in 2004 and leading the Bears to the team title that year. In 2005, the team finished runner-up at the NCAA tournament and won the ITA team indoor championship. He is the school's all-time leader in singles and doubles wins.^[3] A rarity in men's tennis, Becker attended college for four years before turning professional.

Career

2006

2006 was a breakthrough year for Becker. In June of that year, he qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Juan Ignacio Chela, before losing in the second round to Fernando Verdasco. At the 2006 US Open, he defeated Filippo Volandri and No. 30 seed Sébastien Grosjean to reach the third round, where he defeated former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in four sets. The match was especially noteworthy as it was Agassi's last on the ATP circuit; he had announced that the 2006 U.S. Open would be his final tournament, and his defeat was followed by an 8-minute standing ovation from the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd. The day after Becker's win over Agassi, his own U.S. Open bid was ended by Andy Roddick in the fourth round.

Becker has the distinction of having played the match that finished second latest in ATP history, defeating Jiří Novák in Tokyo in 2006 at 3.24 a.m. Following the 2006 U.S. Open, Becker confirmed his status as a promising newcomer on the ATP Tour, improving his ranking from No. 421 at the beginning of the year to No. 62 in November 2006. As a result, Becker received the Newcomer of the Year award during the 2006 ATP Awards and won the Sportsman of the Year award in his part of Germany. After completing his first season on the ATP Tour, Becker made the fastest rise of any player into the top 50.^[4]

2007

2007 saw Becker improving his ranking further in the early season, including through his semi-final appearances at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, where he lost to world No. 8 James Blake; and in San Jose at the SAP Open where he lost to Ivo Karlović, the tallest player on the ATP Tour (6' 10"). As a result, Becker's ATP ranking peaked at No. 38 in March 2007. However, in 2007 Becker was unable to progress beyond the first round in any of the Grand Slams or ATP Masters Series events, with the exception of the Monte Carlo Masters, where he lost in the second round to Thomas Johansson.

Given his strong performance at the U.S. Open in the preceding year, Becker's first round loss in the 2007 edition caused his ranking to drop to 79. Despite good form in Bangkok, where he lost in the finals to Dmitry Tursunov, Becker finished the year ranked 84th.

2009

In 2009, Becker won his first ATP World Tour title, the Ordina Open in the Netherlands, defeating local hope Raemon Sluiter.^[5]

2010

Becker reached the semifinal of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, the Ordina Open in 's-Hertogenbosch and the Thailand Open in Bangkok. At the Grand Slam tournaments, Becker reached the second round of the 2010 Australian Open as well as in Wimbledon and at the 2010 US Open. He was knocked out in the first round at the 2010 French Open. He qualified for the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, but lost to Gaël Monfils in the first round. He advanced to the second round of the If Stockholm Open, where he lost to second seed Robin Söderling. He reached the quarterfinals at St.Petersburg, where he lost to Illya Marchenko. He qualified for the BNP Paribas Open in Paris-Bercy, where he lost to Gaël Monfils in the second round after a first-round win over Denis Istomin. He went 29–31 on the season and earned a career-high $543,431.

2011

Becker reached the second round in Brisbane and at the Australian Open, losing to Santiago Giraldo and Alexandr Dolgopolov. He also reached the second round at Indian Wells. The rest of the year, he played mostly Challenger tournaments.

2012

In 2012, Becker reached the second round in Doha, losing to Gaël Monfils, but he was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open by Marcos Baghdatis. His best run of the year was in Memphis, where he reached the semifinals, defeating Dudi Sela, Xavier Malisse, and Łukasz Kubot, before succumbing to Milos Raonic. He defeated Olivier Rochus in the first round in Miami, but then lost to Julien Benneteau. He won a Challenger title in Nottingham, before reaching the second round at Wimbledon with a win over James Blake. He was eliminated by Radek Štěpánek.

Becker made the quarterfinals in Newport, Rhode Island, avenging his loss to Raonic in the second round, but losing to Ryan Harrison. In Washington, D.C., he defeated one American, Steve Johnson, in the first round, but fell to another, Sam Querrey, in the second. He also made the second round in Winston-Salem, defeating Tatsuma Ito, but losing to Jarkko Nieminen.

2013

Becker reached the second round of the Australian Open, losing to Juan Martín del Potro. He then suffered a succession of first-round exits before again reaching the final in Nottingham, where he lost to Matthew Ebden. At the Aegon Championships, he reached the quarterfinals, defeating Bernard Tomic, Lukáš Rosol, and Alexandr Dolgopolov, before losing to eventual champion Andy Murray. At Wimbledon, he went down to Murray again in the first round.

Becker won a Challenger event in Istanbul in July. At Cincinnati, he qualified and reached the second round, only to lose to Rafael Nadal. At the US Open, he defeated Lukáš Rosol in the first round, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the second. He reached the quarterfinals in Metz with wins over two Frenchmen, Benoît Paire and Albano Olivetti, but lost to another, Nicolas Mahut. Becker won another Challenger tournament in Eckental, Germany, in October.

2014: Career high ranking

In 2014, Becker reached the second round at Chennai, losing to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka. He also reached the second round in Memphis, defeating Lukáš Lacko, but succumbing to eventual champion Kei Nishikori. In Miami, he qualified and made the fourth round of the main draw, where he lost to Milos Raonic. In Houston, he made the second round, where he was eliminated by Jack Sock. He made the final of the 2014 Topshelf Open grass tournament that he had won in 2009, but he lost in the final to Roberto Bautista Agut.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2007	Thailand Open, Thailand	International	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2009	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Raemon Sluiter	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Jun 2014	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–2, 6–7^(2–7), 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2009	Los Angeles Open, United States	International	Hard	Frank Moser	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	0–2	Feb 2010	Pacific Coast Championships, United States	250 Series	Hard (i)	Leonardo Mayer	Mardy Fish Sam Querrey	6–7^(3–7), 5–7

Challenger finals

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Outcome		Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2006	Joplin, US	Hard (i)	Jesse Witten	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	1.	13 March 2006	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Jesse Witten	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	10 April 2006	Valencia, US	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	31 July 2006	Segovia, Spain	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	13 November 2006	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Hard (i)	Dmitry Tursunov	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Winner	2.	26 January 2009	Heilbronn, Germany	Carpet (i)	Karol Beck	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	6 April 2009	Baton Rouge, US	Hard	Rajeev Ram	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	27 April 2009	Rhodes, Greece	Hard	Simon Stadler	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	4 May 2009	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Yen-Hsun Lu	3–6, 1–3, ret.
Winner	5.	18 May 2009	Cremona, Italy	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Winner	6.	10 June 2012	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Dmitry Tursunov	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	11 November 2012	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet	Andreas Seppi	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	9 June 2013	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Matthew Ebden	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	8.	14 July 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Dudi Sela	6–1, 2–6, 3–2, ret.
Winner	9.	3 November 2013	Eckental, Germany	Carpet	Ruben Bemelmans	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Runner-up	7.	11 October 2015	Mons, Belgium	Hard (i)	Illya Marchenko	2–6, 7–6^(10–8), 4–6
Runner-up	8.	8 November 2015	Eckental, Germany	Carpet (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	25 September 2016	Columbus, USA	Hard (i)	Mikael Torpegaard	4–6, 6–1, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	Q1	0 / 9	5–9
French Open	A	Q3	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R ^[a]	1R	Q1	0 / 8	2–7
Wimbledon	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	Q2	0 / 10	7–10
US Open	A	4R	1R	Q1	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	5–9
Win–loss	0–0	4–2	0–4	1–3	1–2	3–4	1–1	1–4	2–4	1–4	4–3	1–4	0–0	0 / 36	19–35
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 7	1–7
Miami	A	A	1R	2R	2R	4R	1R	2R	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 11	9–11
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3
Madrid	A	Q1	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 3	1–3
Rome	A	A	1R	Q2	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Canada	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	Q1	2R	2R	Q1	A	A	0 / 6	3–6
Shanghai	Not Masters Series				1R	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Paris	A	A	Q1	A	2R	2R	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	Not Masters Series									0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–6	1–3	3–4	6–8	1–2	1–1	1–4	3–4	0–5	0–1	0–1	0 / 39	17–39
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 3
Overall win–loss	0–0	9–8	21–32	11–20	14–19	29–31	3–9	10–14	9–20	27–26	11–20	9–18	0–3	153–220
Year-end ranking	420	58	84	129	40	53	304	65	79	40	97	119	519	41%

^a 2015 French Open counts as 2 wins, 0 losses. Kei Nishikori received a walkover in the third round, after Becker withdrew because of a muscle tear in his right shoulder,^[6] does not count as a Becker loss (nor a Nishikori win).

Doubles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	1R	3R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	0 / 7	5–7
French Open	1R	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	2–6
Wimbledon	3R	A	1R	1R	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	3–6
US Open	1R	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5
Win–loss	2–4	0–0	0–2	2–4	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–4	2–3	1–1	0–0	0 / 24	12–24

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Total
Wins	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	BB Rank
2007
1.	Tomáš Berdych	10	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	SF	3–6, 6–4, 6–4	79
2008
2.	Nikolay Davydenko	4	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	6–4, 6–4, 6–4	116
2009
3.	Fernando Verdasco	8	s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	2R	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)	82
2010
4.	Nikolay Davydenko	5	Halle, Germany	Grass	2R	6–3, 6–4	52
5.	Fernando Verdasco	8	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	2R	6–4, 6–4	65
2011
6.	Fernando Verdasco	9	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	1R	6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3	53

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References

↑ "The Name's Benjamin, Not Boris Becker – DW – 06/28/2006". dw.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
↑ "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis".
↑ "Benjamin Becker". Baylor University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ Benjamin Becker Tennis: December 2006 Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "German Becker claims maiden title". BBC Sport. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
↑ Herman, Martyn (28 May 2015). "Tennis-Nishikori through to last 16 after Becker pulls out". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

External links

Benjamin Becker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Benjamin Becker at the International Tennis Federation
Benjamin Becker at the Davis Cup
Benjamin Becker at ESPN.com
Benjamin Becker at Team Deutschland (in German)
Benjamin Becker – University profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 April 2009)

Awards
Preceded by Gaël Monfils	ATP Newcomer of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

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[1] "The Name's Benjamin, Not Boris Becker – DW – 06/28/2006". dw.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

[atp-2] "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[3] "Benjamin Becker". Baylor University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[4] Benjamin Becker Tennis: December 2006 Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "German Becker claims maiden title". BBC Sport. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.

[BBC_Sport2011may30-6] Herman, Martyn (28 May 2015). "Tennis-Nishikori through to last 16 after Becker pulls out". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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