Some victories win trophies. Others change a sport forever.

July 7, 1985. Wimbledon. Boris Becker from Leimen, Germany, is 17 years old and still largely unknown outside his home country. He arrives at the All England Club unseeded and leaves as the youngest
Wimbledon champion in history.

The images have long become part of tennis folklore: the diving volleys, the grass stains, the fearless attacking tennis, and the disbelief after match point.

Becker's victory marked more than the arrival of a new champion. It signaled the beginning of a new era. Wimbledon suddenly belonged to a teenager, and tennis had found one of its defining figures for the years to come.