The former German tennis player, Michael Detlef Stich, is remembered by fans and colleagues for his dramatic victory in the 1991 Wimbledon singles championship. He carried on winning the Wimbledon’s doubles title and the Olympic Games. Stich earned 18 singles championship titles and 10 doubles titles.
Stich was born on October 18, 1968 in Pinneberg, West Germany and grew up in Elmshorn, Schleswig-Holstein. He was married to Jessica Stockmann, a German actress, 1992 but was divorced in 2003. He was married again to Alexandra Rikowski in 2003 and settled in Hamburg.
It was in 1988 that Stich became a professional and earned his first top-level singles title in 1990 at Memphis, Tennessee. He is currently coached by Wally Masur. After a year he defeated Stefan Edberg during the Wimbledon semifinals round and continued to gain victory in the final game against Boris Becker. In 1992, Stich and John McEnroe won the Wimbledon doubles while he and Becker won the men’s doubles gold medal at the Olympic Games held in Barcelona. Michael also won the Garnd Slam Cup in 1992 in a final game against Michael Chang.
Stich’s highlight in his career was in 1993 when he won a game over Peter Sampras and received the ATP World Championships title. He as well represented Germany in the 1993 Davis Cup, the 1993 Hopman Cup, and the 1994 World Cup Team.
In the 1994 U.S. Open, Stich lost a game to Andre Agassi on his second singles final for the Grand Slam. In 1996 he upset Thomas Muster which advanced him to play for the third time in the Grand Slam finals. He defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He continued to experience success that same year at Antwerp. He won another doubles title after a year at Halle but was his last so far.
He eventually retired in 1997 after Wimbledon. While off the court he became actively involved in his AIDS foundation at the same time a sports commentator for BBC.
