for making the 17-year-old Becker the youngest male Grand Slam champion (a record which was later eclipsed by Michael Chang in 1989 at the French Open). The final was intense, and Becker sent several hostile glares to Curren before and after points. On one of the final change-overs, Becker bumped Curren's shoulder as they passed one another. After his defeat, Curren was noted as saying that he thought the game would see an increase in the number of successful young players and predicted that they would have more intense, but shorter careers. Curren was the last American man to reach the final at Wimbledon until Andre Agassi did so seven years later in 1992. Though he never won a Grand Slam singles title, Curren did win four Grand Slam doubles titles. In 1981, he won the US Open mixed doubles, and in 1982 he won the Wimbledon mixed doubles and both men's doubles and mixed doubles at the US Open. During his career, Curren won five top-level singles titles and 26 doubles titles. His career-high rankings were world No. 5 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles. His final career singles title came in 1989 at Frankfurt, and his last doubles title was won in 1992 in Seoul. Curren retired from the professional tour in 1993. Since retiring from the tour, Curren has served as captain of the South Africa Davis Cup team. Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 1 (1 title) Mixed doubles: 3 (3 titles) ATP career finals Singles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 53 (26 titles, 27 runner-ups) Grand Slam singles performance timeline References External links 1958 births Living people American male tennis players South African people of British descent Sportspeople from Durban South African emigrants to the United States South African male tennis players Tennis players from Austin, Texas Texas Longhorns men's tennis players US Open (tennis) champions White South African people Wimbledon champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles