Boris Becker regrets being the youngest male to win Wimbledon, telling the BBC what followed was a "recipe for disaster".

The six-time grand slam champ was only 17 years, seven months and 15 days when he beat Kevin Curren in 1985, becoming the youngest men's singles champion of all-time.

He went on to win another two titles at the All England Club plus three other grand slams before retiring in 1999 but his life off the court went off the rails.

In addition to the incessant gossip about his personal life,  Becker served eight months of a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence in a London prison in 2023 for hiding assets to avoid paying debts.

"If you remember any other wunderkind (wonderkid), they usually don't make it to 50 because of the trials and tribulations that come after," Becker

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