Becker is set to be sent back to his home country of Germany after serving a little over a quarter of his sentence
Becker was declared bankrupt in 2017 and owed almost £50m over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Mallorca.Tearful Boris Becker on 'hitting rock bottom'
He was found guilty of transferring hundreds of thousands from his business account to others and failing to declare a property in his hometown in Germany.The German was also convicted of hiding an €825,000 bank loan and 75,000 shares in a tech firm.The former world number one told jurors that his $50m career earnings were swallowed up by an expensive divorce from his first wife, child maintenance payments and"expensive lifestyle commitments".
His fall from grace is documented in the two-part programme that also looks at Becker's turbulent personal life and his tennis career, which included three Wimbledon titles. Becker's family as well as players past and present, such as Novak Djokovic and John McEnroe, also appear.
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