Günther Bosch (born March 1, 1937, in

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

, in

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''Kronstadt'',

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) is a Romanian-German former

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and current tennis coach. He was the national coach of the DTB for the youngsters and became known as the personal trainer of

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (; born 22 November 1967) is a German former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Becker won 49 c ...

at his first

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victory in 1985.

Biography

The

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Bosch played tennis in the Romanian

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team, but was only the Romanian "number three" in the shadow of

Ilie Năstase Ilie Theodoriu Năstase (; born 19 July 1946) is a Romanian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the inaugural world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 40 weeks. Năstase is one of ten play ...

and

Ion Țiriac Ion Țiriac (; born 9 May 1939), also known as the "Brașov Bulldozer", is a Romanian businessman and former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He has been president of the Romanian Tennis Federation. A former singles top 10 player o ...

. His studies at the Sports University of

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after his active career ended with his thesis "The Psychology of the Impact". In 1974, Bosch, at the time the youth coach of the Romanian federation, withdrew after a youth tournament in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...

; his wife Rodica and daughter were only allowed to leave the country two years later. As a national coach, he discovered the tennis talent

during a sighting in Biberach in 1976. At the request of Becker's parents, he took over the care of Boris, who called him "Güntzi". For this position, Bosch gave up his position as national coach for German tennis offspring in 1984. At the same time,

took over the position of

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for Becker. Together they led

to win

twice in a row, in 1985 and 1986. In 1987,

and Günther Bosch parted ways after Becker, contrary to expectations, failed in the round of 16 at the

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. The German tennis star justified the separation with the words: "I need a trainer who doesn't look after me day and night." Bosch later worked as a book author,

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, and television commentator. In 1999, he opened the Günther Bosch Tennis Academy in

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. Bosch lives in

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and recently back in

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. Since autumn 2005, he has been responsible for promoting talent at LTTC Rot-Weiß Berlin ("Rot-Weiß Tennis School").

Works

* "Boris",

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1986, .

References

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