The German won six Grand Slam titles before retiring from tennis, with Becker going on to coach Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Holger Rune<\/a> after ending his tennis career.<\/p>\n Becker also comments on current ATP players<\/a> when conducting his media duties, and he has now reflected back on the mistakes he made in his own tennis career.<\/p>\n Becker is the fourth youngest Grand Slam champion in the Open Era, winning Wimbledon at just 17 years and 228 days old.<\/p>\n The now 57-year-old has faced many challenges in his career and life since then, which he has now spoken about on the High Performance podcast.<\/p>\n In this podcast interview, Becker revealed that he wishes he had taken a break in his tennis career in his mid-twenties, something he claimed could have extended his tennis career.<\/p>\n \u201cActually the 17-year-old did alright. He was a, talking about myself here, a tennis machine. I played, I won the tournaments, number one,\u201d said Becker. \u201cReally up until I retired from tennis, that\u2019s when the problems started. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was a time in my mid-twenties where I was burnt out, I was tired from tennis. Maybe in hindsight today, I would say at 25, take a break. Take a year off, see what you want to do, if you\u2019re still willing to pay the price to be the best tennis player you can be. You know, smell the roses a little bit. So, I didn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n \u201cI kept on, you know, I had contracts. There was responsibilities and so forth. So, I played that up until I was 32. Maybe I would have played longer if I would have taken a break at 25. I mean, now guys playing their mid-thirties, you know. <\/p>\n \u201cBut then I stopped also, I had a bad injury, I had a bad right ankle and that needed to be fixed and I think that was another main reason why I said, \u2018Listen, I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m ever going to come back. You know, the surgery is going to be very bad\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Becker later spoke about his Wimbledon title win in particular, and admitted that he wishes his first Grand Slam victory had come at a later age.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not healthy winning Wimbledon at 17 in hindsight,\u201d added Becker. \u201cI\u2019d rather would have won it later. Maybe more often. <\/p>\n \u201cYou know, I lost, I was in the seven finals, I lost four. So, that\u2019s something that still p***** me off today. So winning at 17 couldn\u2019t have been healthy, there was no normal way out of this, I know that today.\u201d<\/p>\n Boris Becker\u2019s Grand Slam final record<\/p>\n Becker is one of the most successful players in Grand Slam history, but he still feels he could have won more than six major titles.<\/p>\n The German was in 10 Grand Slam finals in his career, with seven of those finals coming at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Six of Becker\u2019s 10 major finals were against two players, going unbeaten in his three finals against Ivan Lendl<\/a>, but only winning one of his three finals against Stefan Edberg.<\/p>\n Grand SlamBoris Becker\u2019s Final ResultWimbledon 1985Becker beat Kevin Curren (8), 6-3 6(4)-7 7-6(3) 6-4Wimbledon 1986Becker beat Ivan Lendl (1), 6-4 6-3 7-5Wimbledon 1988Stefan Edberg (3) beat Becker, 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 6-2Wimbledon 1989Becker beat Stefan Edberg (2), 6-0 7-6(1) 6-4US Open 1989Becker beat Ivan Lendl (1), 7-6(2) 1-6 6-3 7-6(4)Wimbledon 1990Stefan Edberg (3) beat Becker, 6-2 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-4Australian Open 1991Becker beat Ivan Lendl (3), 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4Wimbledon 1991Michael Stich (6) beat Becker, 6-4 7-6(4) 6-4Wimbledon 1995Pete Sampras (2) beat Becker, 6(5)-7 6-2 6-4 6-2Australian Open 1996Becker beat Michael Chang (5), 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-2<\/p>\n Although Becker is most associated with winning Wimbledon, where he is a three-time former champion, that is not where he won his final Grand Slam title.<\/p>\n![\"Boris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-733667631-1024x739.jpg\")
Photo by Steve Powell\/Allsport\/Getty ImagesBoris Becker wishes he had not won Wimbledon as a 17-year-old<\/p>\n