BORIS BECKER was one of tennis’ most notable players and pundits, winning Wimbledon three times. But he has now been sentenced to prison for hiding his millions following his 2017 bankruptcy. Accompanying the tennis ace to court during the hearing was girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro. Who is Boris Becker’s girlfriend? Boris Becker is dating […]
BORIS BECKER was one of tennis’ most notable players and pundits, winning Wimbledon three times.
But he has now been sentenced to prison for hiding his millions following his 2017 bankruptcy.
Accompanying the tennis ace to court during the hearing was girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
Boris Becker is dating Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
Lilian was born on the African island of Sao Tome and Principe, where her father was the country’s defence minister and ran for the presidency in 2014.
Given her father’s job it may come as no surprise that Lilian built a career as a political risk analyst in London.
She has three degrees, including a masters in African Studies from London’s School of African and Oriental Studies.
Highly educated Lilian is reported to speak five languages including German, English and her native Portuguese.
She was in her 40s when she first met Boris Becker, who has been married twice previously.
Boris Becker was previously reported to be worth at least £127m.
However, in 2017 he was declared bankrupt due to an unpaid loan of over £3m on his estate in Spain.
During his trial, the court heard that he earned £38m in prize money and sponsorships, equivalent to roughly £100m in today’s money.
However, Becker managed to squander the bulk of his fortune and is today said to be worth just £800,000.
A large chunk of his earnings went on an expensive divorce settlement with first wife Barbara, reported to be around £12m.
Becker was also ordered to pay a reported £2m to Russian model Angela Ermakova, the mother of his third child.
However, Becker also lived an expensive lifestyle that proved to be unsustainable.
Every month he was paying £22,000 in rent on a house in Wimbledon.
And he also made a reported £8m investment in the Nigerian oil market, which plunged in value.
