A picture was painted in court of a man with nothing to show for his glittering sporting career, a man with chaotic finances, with no future earning potential, whose reputation lies in tatters. unknown and unseeded, becker forged an instant bond with the british public in 1985 when he won wimbledon atjust 17, the youngest man to then do so. during his 14 year career, he won a total of 49 singles titles, six of them grand slams. it made him a rich man, with a successful stint as a pundit and novak djokovic s coach afterwards. but boom boom was soon bust. expensive lifestyle commitments, including a high profile divorce and payments for a child conceived from a night with a russian model at a london restaurant, saw him in financial trouble. career earnings of £38 million were gone, and a tax evasion and bankruptcy case followed. i think today, the tennis world is a little bit sad about what s happened. when you see somebody who was such a great talent and had so much to offerm
Of a man with nothing to show for his glittering sporting career a man with chaotic finances, with no future earning potential, whose reputation lies in tatters. unknown and unseeded, becker forged an instant bond with the british public in 1985 when he won wimbledon atjust 17, the youngest man to then do so. during his 1a year career, he won a total of 49 singles titles, six of them grand slams. it made him a rich man, with a successful stint as a pundit and novak djokovic s coach afterwards. but boom boom was soon bust. expensive lifestyle commitments, including a high profile divorce and payments for a child conceived one night at a london restaurant, saw him in financial trouble. career earnings of £38 million were gone, and a tax evasion
During his 1a year career, he won a total of 49 singles titles, six of them grand slams. it made him a rich man, with a successful stint as a pundit and novak djokovic s coach afterwards. but boom boom was soon bust. expensive lifestyle commitments, including a high profile divorce and payments for a child conceived from a night with a russian model at a london restaurant, saw him in financial trouble. career earnings of £38 million were gone, and a tax evasion and bankruptcy case followed. i think today, the tennis world is a little bit sad about what s happened. when you see somebody who was such a great talent and had so much to offer, and he is still a very lovable, likeable character, and i think it s very sad thinking likeable character, and i think it s just very sad thinking about where he s at tonight. his partner left tonight to begin life without him. he will now spend more than a year in prison.
The court was packed. becker looked shocked and red faced as he was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, with half on licence. well, as you can see, this case has generated considerable interest across europe. a picture was painted in court of a man with nothing to show for his glittering sporting career a man with chaotic finances, with no future earning potential, whose reputation lies in tatters. unknown and unseeded, becker forged an instant bond with the british public in 1985 when he won wimbledon atjust 17, the youngest man to then do so. during his 1a year career, he won a total of 49 singles titles, six of them grand slams. it made him a rich man, with a successful stint as a pundit and novak djokovic s coach afterwards. but boom boom was soon bust. expensive lifestyle
A high profile divorce that cost him a high profile divorce that cost him a huge amount of money, and expensive paternity claim and also jurors were told he had an expensive lifestyle, expensive lifestyle commitments, including £22,000 a month for rental of a house in wimbledon. so, a glittering tennis career, a champion, loved by members of the public, on centre core at wimbledon, has ended up here at southwark crown court and today and this evening will be starting a sentence by thejudge this evening will be starting a sentence by the judge of 2.5 years, of which half of that he will serve on licence. and just to give you a few of the sentencing remarks from the judge as she sentenced boris becker, she said that he had shown no remorse and show no humility, and she also went on to say you have lost your career, your reputation and all of your property as a result