When boy became king
Becker showed that it was far from a fluke by successfully defending the title a year later and then winning it for a third time -- at the still tender age of 21 -- in 1989.
Although the German found it impossible to achieve in the prime of his life what he miraculously pulled off as a callow youth at the tournament he loved most, he did win the Australian Open in 1996, his sixth Grand Slam title from 10 finals, and he held the world number one spot.
It is for his innocent Wimbledon heroics 20 years ago, though, that his magical place in history is assured for all time.
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