Boris Becker was born in Leimen, a town in the German state Baden-Württemberg, the son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker.
He was raised as a Catholic.
His father Karl-Heinz, an architect, founded a tennis centre in Leimen, where Becker learned to play tennis.
He received his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg.
His mother Elvira Becker, née Pisch hailed from the Moravian village of Kunín (Kunewald).
Boris Becker was born in Leimen, a town in the German state Baden-Württemberg, the son of Elvira and Karl-Heinz Becker. He was raised as a Catholic. His father Karl-Heinz, an architect, founded a tennis centre in Leimen, where Becker learned to play tennis. He received his secondary education at Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Heidelberg. His mother Elvira Becker, née Pisch hailed from the Moravian village of Kunín (Kunewald).
Boris Becker