5 Tennis Legends Who Never Won Roland Garros

Modified May 30, 2018 11:15 GMT

#4 Boris Becker

“BOOM BOOM Becker”, one of tennis’ most prolific and popular faces in the 1990’s, was this young player from Germany. Becker was, by nature, an aggressive player who didn’t like the waiting game; however, the clay court is all about the waiting game. His style was more suited to Wimbledon, where he triumphed at a very young.

“Clay was against my personality,” admitted Becker in one of his interviews and he has even gone on to say that he doesn’t regret the efforts he put in on the red court. He reached the French Open semifinal’s 3 times, failing to eventually win the cup.

Becker has to his name 6 grand slams – 3 Wimbledon titles, 2 Australian Opens and 1 US Open. What is surprising in Becker’s case is that he grew up playing on these clay courts and yet it wasn’t his cup of tea. We can only say that his aggressive playing style is what gave him the title “BOOM BOOM” and while he didn’t win French Open, he still gave tough fights to Edberg (in a 5-setter), Andre Agassi, and Mats Wilander.

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