My all time favourite player Boris Becker. 🎉🎉🎉

For me, Boris was the player with the most spectacular and exciting games ever. I've never had more fun watching tennis. And yes, he was only 21...!

Lendl was solid on grass where he reached two finals and five other semifinals at Wimbledon.He dealt with the best serve & volley players of all time and was almost winning at Wimbledon. Lendl spent 270 weeks at top the mountain as the best player in the world during a championship-laden 13-year span (1980-92). For eight straight years (1982-89), tennis fans couldn’t tune into a US Open men’s singles championship match without seeing the adidas-clad Lendl as one of the two finalists. He reached 19 major singles finals (third best all-time), won eight of them, captured 94 ATP singles titles in 144 opportunities, and tacked on another 49 victories in non-ATP events for 144 career singles titles. He compiled a phenomenal 1,071-243 (81.65%) record. His total number of matches played (1,314) and matches won (1,071) is second best all-time, after Connors.In the 80's Lendl was the best player after 1982 and forward,he is definitly top 10 of all time.

This is one of the most memorable matches of tennis history

Wimbledon Winners in 1989: Boris Becker and Steffi Graf. These have been the best days of 🇩🇪 tennis ever.

Becker’s backhand returns! Just wow! Watched this match live back in 1989! Still gives me such joy! :)

Serve and volley is beauty. Loved watching the passing shots from both legends ☺️

I met Ivan at MetroWest golf club in Orlando one morning at the bag drop back around 2003. Nice man - still loves golf!

Incredible that this was Becker’s third title and still only 21 yet he was never to win another. He’s younger here winning his last than any of today’s big three were winning their first.

One of my finest Wimbledon matches, almost 30 yrs have passed it still remains etched in my memory

BORIS BECKER IST UND BLEIBT MEIN EWIGES TENNIS IDOL. JEDES SPIEL HABE ICH ANGESCHAUT UND IHM DIE DAUMEN GEDRÜCKT !!! 💕😍👍🌹💕💕💕💕💕💕

They should make all these retro players play again in their 50's!! 👏😀

Becker should have been year end world number 1 in 1989. He won Wimbledon and us open

Never tired of watching legends of the game.

What a treat to see the court level serves of these 2 legends. Both their first and second serves are marvels to behold

Growing up I never missed a match on HBO whenever I had the chance to watch Boris. He was my favorite player.

Peach of a backhand from Becker, underrated champion, underrated backhand.

Lendl's shirt... so iconic.

my all time favourite player Boris Backer

Goddamn those overrules were brutal. I feel for Lendl, must have felt like the entire tennis world was out to screw him out of the only slam he never won.

Amazing to think Becker is in the nick now. Having said that he's not hurt anyone, I'd have a pint with him. Good lad.

Ivan was a wonderful player and kind humorous man, he deserved at least one Wimbledon title

Back in the glory days of tennis.

Boris Becker is one of those players that would have been a handfull for any player in history on their best day.

In the 80s, Lendl was always known as the "drago" of Tennis. He played like his life depended on it. Miss those days.

I have seen this match dozens of times and today still watching it hoping that Ivan Lendl by any chance beats Boris Becker))

Great quality in this video, thanks for uploading!

Those 80s Lendl Adidas shirts were dope.

Lendl had sawdust in his pocket to dry his hands before tthe serve .....man they had character in rthose days

These guys absolutely crushing the ball with squash racquets. It's poetry.

The great Boris, he could have been one of the greatest in history, if it hadn't been for Boris Becker...

Becker’s service motion is really something.

If anyone thinks even for a second that the game of tennis is faster today than it was back in the 1980's and 1990's , just take a look at the 40-30 point and 40-40 point on Lendl's serve at 5-5 in the first set of the Lendl-Becker 1989 Wimbledon semifinal match! Becker hits a reflex backhand return-of-serve that whizzes down-the-line past Lendl on the 40-30 point and Becker then hits a driving return-of-serve at Lendl's feet on the 40-40 point that Lendl couldn't handle! Just look at the lightning fast play on the indoor Supreme Court rubberized mat in the 1987 Davis Cup tie match between McEnroe and Becker for further proof that tennis was a much faster game back then compared to today!

What an amazing running backhand by Lendl at 5:34. Truly one of the greatest players of all time.

Becker was really fantastic at these times, 89-90. Would have competed very well among the 2019 elite as well, on fast surfaces. This is big step up from the early 80s level of Borg, Connors, McEnroe and such. Another league actually. Full body behind strokes, no holding back.

Sad that Lendl never won a Wimbledon title. He was so neat and precise in this game.

Becker was one of the greatest servers, returners and volleyers of the game.

This is one of the all time best match es of Wimbledon

he many have never conquered Wimbledon but that does not change the fact that Ivan Lendl is still one of the top greatest players in the entire world , and the same for Boris Becker another great champion . It was certainly a German day at the Wimbledon final 1989 Boris Becker and Steffi Graff . Nice photo of them with the German Flag . Two great players ,Boris Becker third and final Wimbledon win .

I cried when legend lendl lost in that day. Ivan the greatest legend of all time

Starting with a Damn good return game by Becker :D

Poor Ivan was forced to serve and volley all the time, today he would win Wimbledon x3

At the time I was a dumb teenager and didn't really appreciate Lendl's game. Now I love watching old highlight reels of his matches. He was ahead of his time. I feel he'd be right at home in modern tennis.

This is my favorite wimbledon semifinal match, including the 1989 wimbledon final. Many of the great male tennis players of that era ...

85 to 89 when tennis ruled the world.

Boris was serving so hard that day that Lendl was just getting out of the way.

Lendl a byt underrated. Absolutely one of the bests

How refreshing to see two pros with superb one-handed backhands. For some reason, I don't recall seeing this match back in '89.

Becker's winning power was in his tremendous impeccable flawless backhand!!!

Boom Boom! The commentator: Look at those eyes. Baby Blue Boris Becker Boom Boom!

I MISS THIS TIMES !!!!

I viewed this match on television 📺 back in '89 ...I used to watch Wimbledon, every year ...Boris, Borg, and Conners, were who I rooted for 🎾

Fun fact: Lendl was so committed to winning Wimbledon that he had himself a grass court built to improve his game on that surface.

Damn I felt for Lendl when he said “I’m already having a hard time”😩

Vid quality 100% watching this on UKposts and it’s amazing. Nicely done. Much thx from Tn, USA.

Rain interrupted match! Lendl was almost winning the match as the momentum had been with him. He was leading 2 sets to 1, and playing superb. Suddenly rain came up and both had gone to dressing room. The momentum changed and Boris won the match. That was the year when Lendl could win the Wimbledon.

Becker played so many epic and memorable matches at Wimbledon that it´s kind of hard to choose, but for me, this has to be one of his top 5 performances. Other contenders would be the 1986 and 1989 finals, his 1988 dismantling of reigning champion Pat Cash.. and, of course, his sensational 1995 comeback against then world number one Andre Agassi (being down 2-6, 1-4). And I haven´t even mentioned his magical run 1985 when he was only 17 years old..

Becker was a complete tennis expert...in late 80s he could of beaten anyone.. his serve was awesome and he had a mean backhand

The best Lendl ever played against Becker at Wimbledon.

These are classics and we will not get to see tennis matches like these

I remember THIS match being maybe Lendl's most bitter defeat. He said it was the best match he had ever played on grass.

Seasoning ending 1989,, 4 grandslam title's to his name.. by age of 22, Wow..

2 times Wimbledon in a row : BB, best player ever!

so refreshing to hear thoughtful commentators ~ great tennis - that backhand tho! AND THOSE SHORTS! - are short!

Another tactical mistake by Lendl in his matches against Becker at Wimbledon , was that Lendl when serve-and-volleying would hit too many serves to Becker's backhand , thereby becoming too predictable! Lendl also lacked the important into-the-body serve that natural serve-and-volleyers possess like John McEnroe.

Lendl is the father of modern tennis, Boris was a great player on grass, Lendl was very good on grass and a monster in every other surface. if that game was played with todays wimbledon grass Lendl would have won a wimbledon title for sure.

Wow what a game:) with the equipment used here and still come up with those shots!Wow:)

21:11 Watching Lendl since the 80s. I don't think I ever heard his voice before. I remember watching this in 1989, and his protest of the three points.

I felt with beckers game he could have won many more major titles.

beckers backhand was on point there

The glory days of tennis..Lendl and his saw dust and that tiny racket.what is that a 90? Becker in his dominance. This was when tennis was fun to watch.

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I just noticed Lendl had a funny voice...

Those were the days: no hawkeye, fast grass, LED scoreboard, all parts of the court worn, and shorts WERE short! Also notice spectators standing up to watch, the Hillsborough disaster a few months earlier ended that.

Wonderful match. Ironically, even the highlights transport the endless wait for Lendl's serves :-)

Gone are the days of serve and volley at Wimbeldon. My my what a player Boris was to watch! Still lingering in the 9ps era where Boris and Stefan Edberg would been seen fighting for title.

Becker lost just two sets in that tournament and both in that semi final to Lendl. Lendl was leading 3-1 in the fourth set until the rain interrupted the match to Becker's favour. Lendl was very unfortunate as usual....

*Big hitting. Looks like they could hang with this era if they still hit like that*

This was a very comfy match. Such great tennis.

The good old days of Wimbledon no rallies, shocking line calls , big serving and some nice feel around the net

@4:37....the point of the match. Lendl, instead of dispatching a solid forehand volley into the open court, decided to yet again go behind Becker and push a volley that let Boris explode a backhand passing shot through him. These little things are what separated these two on this court.

Great!!! Respect Mr. Becker!!!

Have a look at the point Becker plays to break in the first game of this video. Quality the equal of any point played at this year’s tournament

The lack of rallies is very noticeable

Wie wunderbar !!!! Keiner rennt nach jedem Schlag zum Handtuch ! Das waren noch schöne Zeiten !😅

Amazing Boris Becker, for sure Federer watch him a lot, the way he plays on the base line, the serve technique one the ball is on air, that incredible backhand (similar to wawrinka in he swim..) I will watch him much more from now… and playing at that level with a sneackers that today are casual, with that rackets without the flexible materials we have today and overall with that shorts so tight that i dont know if they can breath 😂. … amazing tennis!

Thirty years ago, but they both look like very modern athletes. I have a feeling 1959 would look rather old-fashioned by comparison.

Don't know what anyone else thinks but, to me, this play looks every bit as fast and sophisticated as Federer or Nadal.

The serves from both are just amazing when shown at court level

The way Becker blows smoke off his fingers after that forehand return at 2:55 is quite telling.

Damals war Tennis was ganz anderes das war richtiger Sport wo auch Technik sehr wichtig war und man hat einfach mehrere Stunden gesessen und die schönen Spiele einfach bestaunt

Jesus, those courts were fast

Good quality video. But poor Ivan Lendl. Wimbledon is Lendl's kryptonite. If Lendl was playing with today's rackets, he would be hitting like a Dominique Thiem or maybe like a Stan Wawrinka. His chances of winning at Wimbledon would be much better.

Lendl was my favorite tennis player growing up and 5:36 was divine

If Becker had only trained a bit more or half as much as Lendl or today's players, he could hve achieved so much more, played so much longer...

Boom boom was incredible at that period.

4:39 I come back here often for this point and the pump by Boris Becker

Becker's sublime backhand :)

At that time Wimbledon was faster than today, which is why we have seen players like Nadal win there.

Each of the 3 times Lendl played Becker at Wimbledon, he performed better than the 1 before: losing in 3 sets (1986 Final), 4 sets (1988 semis), and 5 sets here (1989 semis). Guess he needed one more shot against him to get over the hump.