6-Time Grand Slam Champion Boris Becker to Serve Jail Time After Receiving Prison Sentence

In shocking news, six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison by a UK judge. The court found him guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act. Earlier in 2017, reports came out that Becker owed nearly £50 million to his creditors during his bankruptcy. Now, after a long and stretched case, he gets a prison sentence of 2 years and six months. However, he will not serve the full length of this duration. 

Boris Becker will serve more than one year in prison 

Today, a UK judge named Deborah Taylor gave Boris Becker a prison sentence for hiding more than $3 million dollars, as he was dodging the creditors that owed money to him. Incidentally, this is not the first time the German faced something like this.

In 2002, he faced a similar situation for evading tax. Remembering that incident, the judge showed very little mercy, as she sentenced him to 2 and a half years. However, he will only serve half of that duration, i.e. around 1 year and 3 months. 

Before the hearing, the court charged the former tennis player with hiding his property, as he was trying to avoid paying his debts. Also, he failed to hand over his Wimbledon trophies and medals. 

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According to his lawyer, this will ruin his reputation and the chance to earn money in the future. Notably, Becker has been commentating during the Wimbledon for more than 20 years while working for BBC. 

Becker had a fantastic career as a professional tennis player

Becker came into the limelight after winning his first-ever Wimbledon title back in 1985 at the age of only 17. Thus, he became the youngest ever male player to win the Wimbledon singles title. In his entire career, the German player won 6 Grand Slam titles (3 Wimbledon, 2 Australian Open, and a US Open title). 

Since retiring from professional tennis in 1999, he has been commentating at Wimbledon. Also, he wrote a book about himself in 2004, which provided some details about his life as a professional tennis player. Later, he became the coach of Novak Djokovic in 2013, which lasted till 2016. During his coaching, Djokovic won six Major titles. 

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