Boris Becker vs McEnroe Final - Atlanta 1986 - 07/11

Atlanta Challenge 1986 Final Boris Becker vs John McEnroe - Great Match

[@anujabal4797]

To watch old tennis matches is excellent timepass in this lockdown period thanks for uploading

[@alpergunes6833]

Die guten alten Zeiten .Stunden lang feines bestes Tennis gesehen aber nie aufgestanden von dem lieben Fernseher es waren schöne Zeiten wir vermissen sie alle glaube ich. Boris einfach wow

[@MargauxKim_13]

Wow! Both are playing at a REALLY HIGH LEVEL here!!!! Awesome tennis.

[@robocop5935]

The great Boris becker. What a legend.

[@gnordache4405]

This guy's technique is so underrated because of the Boom Boom cliché. He was volleying deep and to the lines, CONSTANTLY, and continuously changing effects on his backhand. He is remembered as a slow, powerful, emotional and competitive beast, but not for his outstanding variety of shots. Too bad he had such short fuses, that lack of speed and merely acceptable accuracy - the three things that made Sampras overpower him (and everyone else)

[@scachan331]

@@gnordache4405 I also love his diving volleys

[@itsjemmabond]

I have some news...

[@pauloliver1842]

@@itsjemmabond would it be something to do with prison

[@francishunt562]

Enjoying life in the Grand Slammer.

[@herbertmische8660]

Great, fantastic and immortal Boris Becker!!! Respect forever!!! 👍👍👍

[@chrismarcel7]

Those Becker backhands were excellent! A pleasure to watch nowadays.

[@whiteflag1000]

Boris played every ball, no matter how hopeless it was...

[@topspin4456]

great serve and volley boris ! so much more talented and better than nowadays boring power tennis

[@thomasrichmond2413]

...says the 3.0 tennis player

[@MrBjorn6]

Boris bought in power 🎾 (Lendl 1st).

[@cavaleer]

Lovin the Arthur Ashe commentary. Becker's power and style were a prelude of what the game was changing to and away from Johnny Mac.

[@jeffcooper9028]

lol

[@FabsHF]

The game changed so fast in the next 10 years in terms of power, spin and ground strokes, that I think a 1993 Monica Seles could beat a 1984 McEnroe on clay

[@garycolageo5709]

I think the racket technology away from wood changed the game to more power and less control/finesse.

[@DanyWildTV]

i liebe diese alten Duelle , macht großen spaß zuzusehen

[@sameersingh3282]

BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE GAME....... BOTH PLAYERS IS ENERGY FULL, PRACTICE FULL, TECHNICAL FULL, STRONG FULL AND POWERFUL......... IN THIS SITUATION, WINER IS WONDERFUL.......

[@nicolaslutun5047]

Becker, mon idole..j'adorais son jeu :-)

[@peterhammer6915]

my 2 favourite tennis players of all-time. Thanks for the upload!

[@vertraueniemand2217]

Boris war der King von Deutschland. Ich leibe ihn auch wenn er im Gefängnis sitzt. Boris halt durch.... Du bist Deutschland Best Tennis Player. I love you

[@georgfunt8794]

Er war sportlich überragend. Dieses wirkte als Überheblichkeit in Sachen Geldanlage und Frauen.

[@gradyh9871]

I was at this match. Front row. I was a ball boy.

[@francishunt562]

Lol

[@PinkasBrown44]

how ironic that the commentator would criticize Becker for the double-fault, considering his countryman John McEnroe is the king of that department :D

[@TV-ob1if]

PinkasBrown44 that comment makes no sense. Double faults are bad. No matter who makes them and regardless which country they are from.

[@KingCast65]

Awesome, awesome, love having Arthur in the booth.

[@casheasy]

That approach that Mac hit at 1:10 was almost as good as he could hit it. But Boris got there and was able to hit a topspin drive crosscourt right at Junior's feet. Too much. Great tennis here.

[@in.2oblivion580]

correct and the approach was great and almost got behind Becker so that it was almost impossible to get that ball crosscourt. Amazingly lost on the commentators too

[@dogbombballet]

I was going to play the qualies for this tournament, but I had a chemistry exam and decided that the tour wasn't for me. College degree earned and life has been fabulous.

[@hehehehehahahaha2025]

Impressive accuracy from Becker considering how hard he was hitting the ball and with the racket & string tech being what they were in the 80s

[@mikekaraoke]

You made it sound like they were still using wooden rackets like they did the in the 70's lol

[@hehehehehahahaha2025]

@@mikekaraoke still a big difference between now and the 80s/90s. Rackets were heavier, sweet spots smaller, and you didn't have Luxlilon Alu Power - the strings that Agassi commented on by saying it feels like cheating because you can hit the ball as hard as you want and it still stays in.

[@guntermihaescu3707]

@@hehehehehahahaha2025 come on, talent over technology. Please, they were all using the same tech. It's not the tech. It's the talent. Sounds like HR recruiting at a tech firm these days but it's true. Impressive accuracy from Becker because he was a talent, a genius!

[@sascha151]

Love one handed backhand from both players..Becker my hero

[@ashwathnityanandan4198]

Curren's Wimbledon run that year was perhaps the greatest in history? Imagine taking out Edberg, McEnroe and Connors for the total loss of 28 games.

[@rolandhersan2420]

Boris Becker in seinen besten Jahren.....

[@karlsuer2749]

Das waren noch Top Duelle. 👍👍

[@DrAsadAli-yc6tu]

Both of them my favorite

[@warrenfuchs2304]

Great tennis and enjoyed the Commentators unlike many commentators that make boring and creepy comments

[@andreabrindesi6526]

Becker still on top 5 players ever. The way he used to serve was amazing.. A champion .

[@barringtonsmith9147]

Never a dull moment with "it was on the line" Mcenro

[@itsjemmabond]

I know almost nothing about tennis, but from what I heard, John McEnroe was an old school player while Boris Becker played a new sort of tennis. McEnroe absolutely detested Becker for his new style and publicly called him an assh*le.

[@shapursasan9019]

One of the greatest matches ever played in the history of the sport.

[@michelleart3780]

Where have those good ‘ol days and those world class players gone?????????????????

[@JK-vc7ie]

Michelle Art What the hell are you talking about? Your statement is nonsensical. We don’t have world class players today? There is this guy named Roger, ever heard of him? Or did you think Becker and McEnroe would be world class still in their 50s and 60s?

[@praveenparande5751]

Sometimes I am disillusioned whether the Era of golden players is over in tennis 🎾 when I see back the players like John M., Boris .B , Borg., the list is endless of the great players in tennis. I wish it should not❤

[@Retsler54]

1:54 and 3:13 is two beauties.

[@opencurtin]

By this stage Macs Forehand was never up to the modern game it was too flat lacked punch with the new graphite rackets and the players were getting taller and more athletic .

[@robbie192]

Yep...the mid 80 matchups w Lendl really showed this... Same with the 1st serve

[@Mark-sj3xb]

His backhand was more powerful than his forehand. It was extremely accurate but as loosely as he strung the racket he played his forehand very defensively

[@chrisheck2831]

Listen to the announcers 28 years ago vs. today. There's virtually no insight now; they just state why a person missed a point and compare players and stats....it's a little discomforting.

[@mtklaric]

now its just wows sighs

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

Agreed, but you had champions as announcers back in those days. Sounds like I hear Arthur Ashe and Tony Trabert, two grand slam champs, who knew their stuff.

[@gislaine1916]

I dont totally agree,, if you have ever heard John McEnroe,,, he knows his shit......................

[@JamesHarris-hl2bm]

Gislaine Aspirot Yup, Johnny Mac is an excellent commentator, but back in the day, so was Bud Collins, Tony Trabert, Arthur Ashe, etc.

[@gislaine1916]

absolutely.......

[@tigerbalm666]

Listening to commentators today is like elevator music! Discomforting my ass, it's lame and dumbed down. Becker was a BEAST on hardcourts and grass!

[@michaelbarlow6610]

It is absolutely incredible that there were so many empty seats in the Atlanta arena in which McEnroe and Becker played against each other! Maybe it was an afternoon match and people had to work.

[@krispissedofferson1572]

The Omni Atlanta - this arena no longer exists

[@stefanjohansson-cw1ro]

Americans are only interested in their own clown sports, like American "football" and baseball.

[@billfletcher7602]

This wasn't the exhibition that these two played at The Omni in Atlanta, is it? I was courtside at that match

[@lutzzywicki1521]

genau in Boris Kariere begann aus meiner Sicht auch die steigendeKommerzialisierung des Tenis vor allem Für die Bekliedungsindustrie ein rieswn Markt und das Weiß wurde schritt für schritt unterlaufen

[@rustydemz7919]

The way Becker sent the ball to the far corner from a backhand was unparalleled really...you can't say enough about it.

[@abdiver12]

Though Mac tried his hardest to get stronger and fitter, he just didn't have the physicality to take on the new breed of power players like Becker, Agassi, Sampras, Edberg, and Lendl. Couldn't win another Slam after the 84 US Open because he was always overpowered by these guys.

[@garycolageo5709]

Mac's pinnacle year was 1984 and Agassi and Energy didn't overpower Mac, father time did.

[@GOATAli]

Becker's BH is an ATG shot!

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

Why does it end at the start of the 3rd ?

[@UU-ue2ee]

何でマッケンローチャンネルは、試合の途中で終わってしまうの？

[@CumulusSkies]

Juan, dude...you need to chill out. Ha! Maybe a good tennis match would cool your jets. Geesh... Love seeing these two pros play.

[@amarjeetsharma2104]

Boris baker great I love memory

[@judgementravijudgementravi9930]

Both re my loveable 👍🏿

[@TgfkaTrichter]

How little time there was between rallys, today guys like Nadal delay the game at every possibility, until the Ref utters a warning. This is so much more fun to watch cause of this.

[@jerome_morrow]

TgfkaTrichter It’s nonsensical that some players will towel off as part of their pre-serve routine even after an ace!! Greg Rusedski was the biggest sinner with this time wasting habit.

[@dominikk8547]

Players like Nadal and djokovic delay a lot but they also play 30 stroke rallies all the time because courts are slower. Back then the points were like 4 strokes at best usually so they don't need breaks

[@gnordache4405]

It was actually Lendl who started slowing things down between serves... In a way, even if they were not the most iconic players of the decade as The Big Three are now, it was Becker and Lendl who brought tennis from the wooden frame sport to the power tennis still prevailing now.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

It is a shame that tennis never got to see McEnroe 1984 versus Becker 1989. What a great matchup that would have been!

[@garycolageo5709]

Becker 1986 may've been even better.

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@@garycolageo5709 . I'd have to check Becker's 1986 record in terms of number of singles matches and tournaments won compared to his 1989 season. But 1989 was the only season in which he won two or more major singles titles (Wimbledon and the U.S. Open). Unfortunately, I have never been able to find a website that lists the best male and female players' season-by-season won/lost records in terms of matches and tournaments.

[@jasoncowell5133]

@@michaelbarlow6610 macs record greatest ever...82-3

[@michaelbarlow6610]

@@jasoncowell5133 Yes McEnroe's 82-3 season in 1984 remains the greatest single season in singles play in the open era in tennis history. But overall, Bill Tilden had a period of consecutive years in which he went undefeated. Of course back in the 1920's there were not as many tournaments during the year and there was no organized men's tour like in the open era. McEnroe at his peak in 1984 demonstrated, in my opinion, the greatest level of tennis play I have ever seen, with Sampras' level of play from 1993-1996/1997 a close second. It is a shame that McEnroe ridiculously regards Federer, Djokovic and Nadal as the three greatest male tennis players ever, failing to examine the underlying reasons why those three players accomplishments are so grossly disproportionate and inflated compared to the greatest players of the previous and earlier eras in tennis history. You would think he would know better!

[@jacksonvillejohn9462]

@@michaelbarlow6610 looooool.... you sound like an old bitter fool

[@ronelllambert2040]

Boris has the most gorgeous legs Ever!!!!!! Apart from Nadal!

[@TV-ob1if]

Ronell Lambert please please please dear lord tell me you’re a female.

[@BPTB1]

Becker is dressed like Daisy Duke from the Duke of Hazzard.

[@tanjan1734]

These... short Shorts ...😎😎😎😎

[@GOATAli]

This tennis would get them crushed in today's game!

[@greenhope6491]

GOATAli these days too much dopping. The good days of tennis the 80’s and 90’s

[@RecTec77]

​@@greenhope6491 Indeed, so much doping that it's even worth a double-p. Of course there is a lot of doping and they never get tested. First get your facts straight, then talk.

[@greenhope6491]

RecTec77 you must have my kids age so I won’t debate somebody who was born in the 90 s . Go to bed my son .

[@Joliboi8]

Dude/ess stop comparing Eras! Does not make you look smart. The pass will always be in the pass...

[@ericlind6581]

GOATAli Rackets weren't as powerful back then so it was just different. Force today's players to use yesteryear 's rackets and they wouldn't be playing the same either.

[@preciousjey]

Boom Boom!

[@sachinjoshi6143]

Boom boom Becker champion with world record

[@garycolageo5709]

Becker in his prime coming off his 2nd wimb. in a row; whereas mac's best year was 1984 , then started to decline.

[@drewlaredo7220]

I forgot how big Becker's tree trunk legs were....whoa

[@ronelllambert2040]

O Yes!!!!! And would have Loved having them around Me!!!!!! 😲

[@wurstwasser6567]

Becker was a monster Ace Ace Ace.

[@mauriziolivraghi5572]

Thw best tennis ever

[@BobKumar1234]

COURT APPEARS LARGER THAN NORMAL . WHY ?

[@rbraxley]

When men were men, and shorts were properly named.

[@chathangho3810]

a sub at 3.963 to you from Vietnam tennis fan on Nov 20, 2018

[@Racedoc]

Who would’ve thought that Boris will go to jail 36 years later.

[@garycolageo5709]

He should have got fined like big corporations do, not jail; was he dangerous to people walking down the street?

[@elcheapo9444]

Serve and volley on hard courts is dead today.

[@michaelhegyan7464]

Jay S got that right..glad I took up the game in 72`, when I 12. The sport is now dominated by European countries.

[@elcheapo9444]

@@michaelhegyan7464 60-borns think alike ! 😀

[@topspin4456]

Because nobody is able to play like Becker in the 80‘s.

[@divineblessings3780]

Five types of tennis, grass, hard court, clay, Roger Federer, Rafal Nadal.

[@bnkundwa]

Becker spoke in favor of the free world.

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

Yes Arthur and Vitas G. in booth. My two have announcers - both gone early. Hard to believe !!

[@MrPernell27]

that's not Vitas G.

[@user-jv9qz2bu1r]

I did not mean Vitas in this match - I meant in general. I miss Vitas and Ashe in booth.

[@zeanu2015]

the 2 most complicated server

[@Markinpuff]

If McEnroe played in the current era, I think he probably wouldn’t be in the top 10.

[@dimitrioskatsochis2338]

Markinpuff I respect this opinion, nevertheless I believe he would very likely be again nr 1 in his early 20s

[@Mark-sj3xb]

I think any great player from any era would have been a great player in any era. You can only do what you can do with the technology available to you. Federer and Nadal would be on this level with the equipment of the day

[@topspin4456]

If a current player would play in this era, i think he probably wouldn´t be in the top 10.

[@ericlind6581]

Top Spin Yep cause today's players rely so much on top spin to keep the ball in and you couldn't do that with the technology back then. Naval and Djokovic would struggle. Federer would fair well cause he has an all court game.

[@Del-yv1qy]

he be in the top ten wankers

[@CMRinehart]

Short shorts back in this era were the worst.

[@zahraf.farrokhi9458]

Boris Becker bekant Tanis spiler in Germany ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Cerph]

John was miss-hitting all over the place- and Boris was hitting soft shots at the net.

[@rolfpeter2111]

1986 hatte Mac keine Chance mehr gegen Becker

[@HyperHorse]

This is pretty good for country club tennis!!! :-P

[@garyhilson7220]

Johnny Mac was a Baby then and a Baby now!!!

[@Underhills]

I know. He's never been BigMac.

[@TV-ob1if]

GARY HILSON also a champ then. And a champ now.

[@PornobrillenAli]

Why is it so hard for some people to match the audio with the video?

[@RecTec77]

Why is it so hard for some people to be thankful for what they get for free and focus on the positive aspects?

[@CMRinehart]

Becker had too much power for John. Becker vs Lendl was a better matchup because of their power.

[@donaldbraugh2314]

I think Mac's fitness here was an issue...

[@SUNILGUPTA-lb5yr]

Mac will be always remembered as tantrum champion than tennis champion. Even as commentator he was fired for his biased remarks.

[@joemarshall4226]

Mac was fired? for what biased remark?

[@SammyEddie]

What remarks?

[@TV-ob1if]

He was never fired for any “remarks”. Your fake news is worse than Ours. And no. He will be remembered as a tennis champions and one of the best to ever do it.

[@jasoncowell5133]

This little child talking through his mamas ass

[@pagodacloud2241]

Backer played like a wolf. He know correct time to kill mcanroe😂❤

[@brenwalsh9232]

Mac rushing into the net on some points like a clown!

[@jasoncowell5133]

You aren't fit to tie his laces. Stop embarrasong yourself

[@hhbased]

wow commentators must have become much more intelligent over the last decades....

[@alberpajares4792]

2 bombardiers..,

[@ScoopexUs]

7:11 is where 'here we go again' starts. It really is like watching a train wreck in slow motion seeing McEnroe do his own head in. "Cringe", as kids would describe it today.

[@brunobarny3936]

Mc enroe le gauchais à 5 bath !

[@lutzzywicki1521]

bei den laschen Aufschlägen als 19 jähriger weiss ich garnicht warumer Bum Bum Boris genannt wurde Bissel Nitendo und Superkargo..... Nee Gays dit warr live er selbet

[@berndv9133]

lol?

[@lutzzywicki1521]

@@berndv9133 Whats that ? Do you not understand? Sorry, but is your problem not my!

[@stephansourdon5508]

M. Becker paraît être en cullote d'enfant !

[@khosro3506]

Becker

[@nancyyoung9799]

Mcenroe was o' himself and no apologies and if he had not suffered oh injuries in his prime he would have won many more grand slams. He won more grand slams than Becker anyway.....

[@bradhuskers]

Sorry Nancy. Mccenroe was what he was. Borg was better. Borg had 11 grand slam titles by 26.

[@oliverfries2657]

Könnt ihr kein Deutsch?

[@giorgiotronconi4136]

McEnroe's forehand and backhand was very poor. No strength, no spin.. today he wouldn't be able to stay in top 50..

[@theacechip]

Let today's players use the racquets of the early 80s against Mac. Then we will see.

[@giorgiotronconi4136]

@@theacechip no. I don't believe. Even in those days there were a lot of good players far better than McEnroe from the baseline. He was particularly poor from this point of view..

[@theacechip]

@@giorgiotronconi4136 I believe that while S&V was Mac's A game, he was able to hold his own a fair bit during baseline rallies. His ball striking ability, although awkward. was eerily deceptive in relation to his opponents. Of course, he generally wasted no time in coming to the net, but it wasnt as if he was utterly useless at the baseline. Wouldnt have been top-3 for the better part of 1979-1984 otherwise.

[@chipmoffatt7748]

@@theacechip Agree, why he struggled on clay (relatively speaking) -- his game was S&V and also not allowing opponent to get in rhythm

[@jorgevaldes5318]

Después de ver al chino rios, m aburrí viendo a estos weones

[@tmt7912]

Banyak gaya si ksmpret ini

[@emraannabbasi4743]

Having watched the likes of roger Federer, Nadal , Jokovich, these players seem to be cartoons...Their movement visibly lacks smoothness, grace and facility.....

[@divineblessings3780]

Excuse me, I have to go back to watch some Rafa match. Sorry See ya.

[@probrokers8159]

What a pity BOOM BOOM destroyed his legacy with his lifestyle and bad business decisions investments

[@IbraVibraPippo]

This seems very unserious when you look at mcenroes horrific playing style. What a night mare. Haven't seen any uglier tennis style

[@PinkasBrown44]

+Los Sambrero Tell me about it ! :D Especially his entire serving scene is like giving birth

[@Turbominchia2]

what type of glasses do you wear when you watch tennis? Mac's serve was and is uniquely a thing of beauty, fluid with everything going for it (knee bend, trophy position, pronation) and extremely characteristic: noone could hit a serve with his back parallel to the net! Unique, the one and only Mac!

[@PinkasBrown44]

Oh, it was unique, alright. lol

[@dazzlingdarrenpeterson7511]

+PinkasBrown44 yea beautiful to watch, horrible unorthodox , next to Alberto beratasigui or whatever 1994 French open runner up, most western forehand. edberg ugly forehand.

[@jacobnehman]

But he dominated the game from 81 to 84 with that style.

[@jagdishn6478]

Mac..simply over rated player .

[@plozikou]

Really? I think that your intelligence is over rated for sure ... McEnroe won a total of 155 ATP titles (a record for a male professional) during his career - 77 in singles, 78 in men's doubles. He also won a record eight year end championship titles overall, the Masters championships three times, and the WCT Finals,a record five times. His career singles match record was 875-198 (81.55%). He posted the best single-season match record (for a male player) in the Open Era with win-loss record: 82-3 (96.5%) set in 1984 and has the best carpet court career match winning percentage: 84.18% (411-65) of any player.

[@nikemac84]

Haha........Right on bruh.

[@rage6382]

Jagdish N , what do u know about Mcenroe and tennis @ the time u little shit.

[@gislaine1916]

absolutely correct,, loved the borg and mcenroe final when borg won his 5th straight wimbledon,,,, that tiebreaker was epic.... and classic

[@jasoncowell5133]

Idiot