Roger Becker (6 February 1934 – 6 November 2017) was a British

tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

. Becker also played in

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

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, and

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before pursuing tennis competitively in 1949. In 1952, Becker played in the

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when he was 18, the youngest British player to ever play in the tournament. His record stood until 2005, when it was defeated by 17 year old

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

. Becker later served as Paul Hutchins' coach for a time.

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1934 births 2017 deaths English male tennis players British male tennis players People from Croydon Tennis players from the London Borough of Croydon Professional tennis players before the Open Era 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-tennis-bio-stub