It was a piece of German tennis history. At the 5. August 1992 Boris Becker and Michael Stich won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
The two Wimbledon winners defeated the South Africans Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval 7: 6 (7: 5), 4: 6, 7: 6 (7: 5) and 6: 3 in the final, which was then played over three winning sets.
It was anything but a matter of course that this double came about at all. The relationship between Becker and Stich was considered difficult. The two German tennis stars got together especially for the goal of Olympic gold.
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“The two did not speak a word to each other at the time. It required a great deal of diplomatic skill. Both were world-class players, highly motivated – but I had to bring them together,” revealed the then German David Cup team boss Niki Pilic on “Tennisnet”.
Even within the tournament, the road to gold was rocky. In the quarterfinals against the Spaniards Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez Vicario as well as in the semifinals against Javier Frana and Christian Miniussi, the Germans had to go through five sets. But in the end there was one of the greatest successes of her career.
Triumph in Barcelona: This is how Becker and Stich won Olympic gold
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