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Boris Becker Is Confused About Recordkeeping Of Joao Fonseca’s Argentina Open Win

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Published17 Feb 2025

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Boris Becker poses with the trophy at the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards

At 18, Brazilian tennis player Joao Fonseca won the Argentina Open on Sunday afternoon.  Fonseca is a rising star, there is no doubt.  However, things got murky when tennis pundits said he was the 10th youngest to win an ATP title.

It is worth noting that fellow teenage prodigy Boris Becker has been one of Fonseca’s biggest fans.  However, he is not a fan of how tennis’s recordkeeping processes work.

There is another version of this chart reflecting tennis history since 2000.

Boris Becker Asks Appropriate Question

In response to Tennis TV and other outlets sharing a list of teenage ATP title winners, Boris Becker asked:  “Did you forget about me?”

Why did tennis decide to start the recordkeeping for this stat in 1990?  Boris Becker won Wimbledon, a Grand Slam title when he was 17.  He won the Queens warmup tournament before that first Wimbledon title in 1985.  That is also not reflected anywhere.  Even worse, another stat reflects history from 2000 that makes Becker sarcastically question if nothing happened before these years.

With no disrespect to Fonseca, winning the Argentina Open and Wimbledon are very different, and Becker’s achievement should be visible. Tennis needs to figure out how to honor its past champions in the context of its present stars in a fair, respectful way that tells the true story of everyone’s accomplishments.