Michael Stich

Stich was raised in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein. He turned professional in 1988 and won his first top-level singles title in 1990 at Memphis, Tennessee.

Stich won Wimbledon in 1991. He defeated the defending champion and world No. 1 Stefan Edberg in the semifinals, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–6, without breaking his service once. Then in the final, he beat his compatriot and three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker in straight sets.[1]

In 1992, Stich teamed with John McEnroe to win the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in a five-set, five-hour final that stretched into Monday (the day after the tournament normally ends) and ended with a 19–17 set. No male player since has won both singles and doubles at Wimbledon.[1] Then at the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Stich teamed with Becker to win the men's doubles gold medal. Stich also won the 1992 Grand Slam Cup, defeating Michael Chang in the final.

A major highlight of 1993 for Stich came at the end-of-year ATP World Championships, where he was the only player in the 1990s history of the Championship tournament to claim the title undefeated, overcoming Pete Sampras in the final.[2] Playing for Germany, Stich also won both the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup in 1993.

He reached his second Grand Slam singles final at the 1994 US Open, where he lost in straight sets to Andre Agassi. Stich also helped Germany win the World Team Cup in 1994.

He upset defending champion Thomas Muster in four sets in the fourth round of the 1996 French Open en route to appearing in his third and final Grand Slam singles final, where he lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in straight sets. He also won his final career singles title that year at Antwerp. His last doubles title came in 1997 at Halle.

Stich's all-round ability, both from the baseline and at the net, allowed him to become one of the few players to win both singles and doubles tournaments on all surfaces. He is one of only five players of his generation to have a positive career head-to-head record against Sampras.[3]

Stich announced his retirement from the professional tour in 1997, after Wimbledon. His last run at Wimbledon started with a win over US top-ten player Jim Courier and ended with a five-set loss to Cédric Pioline in the semifinals.

Since his retirement, he has devoted most of his time to his AIDS foundation. He also works as a tennis commentator for the BBC. In 2018, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[4] Stich was married to the German actress Jessica Stockmann from 1992 to 2003. In 2005, he married Alexandra Rikowski. They live in Hamburg.

Stich's match record against players who have been ranked world No. 1.

Player	Years	Matches	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Carpet
Patrick Rafter	1994–1995	2	2–0	100%	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Marcelo Ríos	1994	1	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Mats Wilander	1991	1	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Jimmy Connors	1990–1992	4	3–1	75%	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0
Stefan Edberg	1991–1996	16	10–6	63%	1–3	5–1	1–0	3–2
Thomas Muster	1992–1996	5	3–2	60%	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–0
Jim Courier	1990–1997	12	7–5	58%	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1
Pete Sampras	1991–1995	9	5–4	56%	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–1
John McEnroe	1990–1992	2	1–1	50%	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
Boris Becker	1990–1996	12	4–8	33%	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–6
Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1993–1997	11	3–8	27%	1–1	1–4	0–1	1–2
/ Ivan Lendl	1989–1993	7	1–6	14%	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–1
Andre Agassi	1990–1994	6	0–6	0%	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–2
Total	1989–1997	88	41–47	47%	11–16	14–12	6–4	10–15

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