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Benjamin Becker (born 16 June 1981) is a German former professional tennis player. He is most known for defeating former world No. 1 Andre Agassi in the third round at the 2006 US Open, in Agassi's last match as a professional player.
Becker has reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 35 in singles on 27 October 2014, and No. 58 in doubles on 5 July 2010.
Becker is not related to German compatriot and former professional tennis player Boris Becker.
Becker has the distinction of having played the match that finished second latest in ATP history, defeating Jiří Novák in Tokyo in 2006 at 3.24 a.m. Following the 2006 U.S. Open, Becker confirmed his status as a promising newcomer on the ATP Tour, improving his ranking from No. 421 at the beginning of the year to No. 62 in November 2006. As a result, Becker received the Newcomer of the Year award during the 2006 ATP Awards and won the Sportsman of the Year award in his part of Germany. After completing his first season on the ATP Tour, Becker made the fastest rise of any player into the top 50. Benjamin Becker Tennis: December 2006
Given his strong performance at the U.S. Open in the preceding year, Becker's first round loss in the 2007 edition caused his ranking to drop to 79. Despite good form in Bangkok, where he lost in the finals to Dmitry Tursunov, Becker finished the year ranked 84th.
Becker made the quarterfinals in Newport, Rhode Island, avenging his loss to Raonic in the second round, but losing to Ryan Harrison. In Washington, D.C., he defeated one American, Steve Johnson, in the first round, but fell to another, Sam Querrey, in the second. He also made the second round in Winston-Salem, defeating Tatsuma Ito, but losing to Jarkko Nieminen.
Becker won a Challenger event in Istanbul in July. At Cincinnati, he qualified and reached the second round, only to lose to Rafael Nadal. At the US Open, he defeated Lukáš Rosol in the first round, but lost to Novak Djokovic in the second. He reached the quarterfinals in Metz with wins over two Frenchmen, Benoît Paire and Albano Olivetti, but lost to another, Nicolas Mahut. Becker won another Challenger tournament in Eckental, Germany, in October.
| {class="wikitable" !Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (1–1) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoor (1–1) |
| Indoor (0–1) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Thailand Open, Thailand | International | Hard (i) | Dmitry Tursunov | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Raemon Sluiter | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Roberto Bautista Agut | 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| {class="wikitable" !Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2) |
| Hard (0–2) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Outdoor (0–1) |
| Indoor (0–1) |
| Loss | 0–1 | Los Angeles Open, United States | International | Hard | Frank Moser | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 6–7(2–7) | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Pacific Coast Championships, United States | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Leonardo Mayer | Mardy Fish Sam Querrey | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 13 February 2006 | Joplin, US | Hard (i) | Jesse Witten | 3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Winner | 1. | 13 March 2006 | Salinas, Ecuador | Hard | Jesse Witten | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 10 April 2006 | Valencia, US | Hard | Frédéric Niemeyer | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 31 July 2006 | Segovia, Spain | Hard | Juan Martín del Potro | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 13 November 2006 | PEOPLEnet Cup, Ukraine | Hard (i) | Dmitry Tursunov | 6–7(7–9), 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 26 January 2009 | Heilbronn, Germany | Carpet (i) | Karol Beck | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 6 April 2009 | Baton Rouge, US | Hard | Rajeev Ram | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 27 April 2009 | Rhodes, Greece | Hard | Simon Stadler | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 4 May 2009 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Yen-Hsun Lu | 3–6, 1–3, ret. |
| Winner | 5. | 18 May 2009 | Cremona, Italy | Hard | Izak van der Merwe | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Winner | 6. | 10 June 2012 | Nottingham, UK | Grass | Dmitry Tursunov | 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 7. | 11 November 2012 | Urtijëi, Italy | Carpet | Andreas Seppi | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 9 June 2013 | Nottingham, UK | Grass | Matthew Ebden | 5–7, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Winner | 8. | 14 July 2013 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Dudi Sela | 6–1, 2–6, 3–2, ret. |
| Winner | 9. | 3 November 2013 | Eckental, Germany | Carpet | Ruben Bemelmans | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 11 October 2015 | Mons, Belgium | Hard (i) | Illya Marchenko | 2–6, 7–6(10–8), 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 8 November 2015 | Eckental, Germany | Carpet (i) | Mikhail Youzhny | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 25 September 2016 | Columbus, USA | Hard (i) | Mikael Torpegaard | 4–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
| French Open | A | Q3 | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 2–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q2 | 0 / 10 | 7–10 |
| US Open | A | 4R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
| ATP Masters Series 1000 | |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 7 | 1–7 |
| Miami Masters | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 9–11 |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
| Madrid | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | 1R | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Cincinnati | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
| Shanghai | Not Masters Series | 1R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | 2R | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| Hamburg | A | A | 1R | A | Not Masters Series | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 420 | 58 | 84 | 129 | 40 | 53 | 304 | 65 | 79 | 40 | 97 | 119 | 519 !colspan=2 | 41% | |
2015 French Open counts as 2 wins, 0 losses. Kei Nishikori received a walkover in the third round, after Becker withdrew because of a muscle tear in his right shoulder, does not count as a Becker loss (nor a Kei Nishikori win).
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
| French Open | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
| Wimbledon | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
| US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
| Total |
| 6 |
| 1. | Tomáš Berdych | 10 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | SF | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | 79 |
| 2. | Nikolay Davydenko | 4 | Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom | Grass | 1R | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | 116 |
| 3. | Fernando Verdasco | 8 | s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Grass | 2R | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | 82 |
| 4. | Nikolay Davydenko | 5 | Halle, Germany | Grass | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 | 52 |
| 5. | Fernando Verdasco | 8 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 | 65 |
| 6. | Fernando Verdasco | 9 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | 1R | 6–1, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 | 53 |
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