Boris Becker in mourning: his mother Elvira dies at the age of 89

She was one of his most important supports over the years and always a close reference person: Ex-tennis star Boris Becker mourns the loss of his mother Elvira. She died in her hometown of Leimen (Baden-Württemberg) at the age of 89. Becker’s lawyer told the “Bild” newspaper: “I can confirm the death of Elvira Becker. Boris Becker is in deep mourning.” Elvira Becker had been in poor health for a long time. That’s why she couldn’t travel to her son’s third wedding in September. In Portofino, Italy, Boris Becker married his fiancée Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro. “I can’t cope with my health, my legs can’t handle it anymore. It’s a long journey,” said Elvia Becker to the “Bild” newspaper at the time. Boris Becker and Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro now live in Milan.

How close Boris Becker and his mother were were repeatedly shown by photos together that the 56-year-old published on his Instagram account. “The one and only… Elvira! Happy Mother’s Day,” he wrote in May of this year, for example, about a series of pictures in which Elvira Becker could be seen in her house. Other photos showed Becker and his sister Sabine together with their mother at the tennis club in Heidelberg and in Leimen, where Boris Becker began his career.

In the hour of his greatest triumph, at his first Wimbledon victory in 1985, Elvira Becker was there for her son as well as in his most difficult hours, when he had to go to prison in 2022 for delaying bankruptcy. Boris Becker’s father Karl-Heinz died in 1999 due to cancer. One day before his 57th birthday, he also lost his beloved mother Elvira.

A spokesman for the city of Leimen expressed his condolences. “We regret the death of our honorary citizen’s mother.” He deserves the city’s sympathy and sympathy. Everyone who knew Elvira Becker found her to be a nice woman.