Boris Becker appeared in a very good mood while showing a series of snapshots from his recent getaway to the Bahamas with his wife Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro.
Lilian, 23 years Boris’ junior, showed off her incredible figure in a leopard print bikini as she emerged from the sea.
The couple, who tied the knot in September, also posed together in a sweet selfie while sporting stylish sunglasses.
Boris, 57, appeared to be relaxing after the tragic loss of his mother Elvira, who died last month at the age of 89, just a day before her birthday.
The former tennis star also enjoyed an evening at the casino as he shared a photo of himself looking focused at the poker table, despite his previous money problems.
Boris’s fall from glory as a three-time Wimbledon champion to financial ruin was highly publicized following the tennis legend’s bankruptcy trial in 2022.
Boris Becker soaked up the sun alongside his bikini-clad wife, Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, as he took to Instagram with a selection of snaps from the Bahamas on Thursday.
The former tennis star also enjoyed an evening at the casino as he shared a photo of himself looking focused at the poker table, despite his old money problems.
The former world number one’s unbridled spendthrift habits saw him squander his fortune, estimated at a whopping £127m, and he declared bankruptcy in 2017.
He was jailed on April 29, 2022 after Becker desperately tried to salvage what was left of his fortune by hiding his assets and loans.
The star owed creditors almost £50m over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his property in Mallorca, Spain.
He then transferred around £390,000 from his trading account to other people, including his ex-wife Barbara Becker and ex-wife Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker.
Boris also failed to declare his stake in a £1m property in his home town of Leimen, Germany, concealed a bank loan of almost £700,000 (worth £1.1m plus interest) and concealed £75,000. shares in a technology company, valued at £66,000. .
The star, who received a two-year suspended sentence for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth £1.4 million in Germany in 2002, was found guilty on April 8, 2022, of four offenses against the Insolvency Act between June and October 2017.
Lilian, who is a political risk manager, has supported Boris through thick and thin throughout his trial and sentencing.
The couple married in September during a three-day adventure in Portofino, Italy, in an outdoor ceremony with beautiful gardens and celebrated in the evening with a four-tier buttercream cake loaded with white roses.
The couple, who tied the knot in September, also posed together in a sweet selfie while sporting stylish sunglasses.
Boris, 57, appeared to be relaxing after the tragic loss of his mother Elvira, who died last month aged 89, just a day before her birthday.
Boris’s financial ruin was highly publicized following the tennis legend’s bankruptcy trial in 2022, when he was jailed for two and a half years in prison (pictured with Lilian in 2022).
The couple spared no expense for the lavish ceremony, with Lilian looking incredible in a ruched strapless wedding dress and veil, while Boris opted for a two-piece suit.
Lilian spent much of her youth in Rome, where she attended a private school before studying at the University of La Sapienza.
He first came to London to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where he earned his master’s degree at the age of 25.
He reportedly proposed to Lilian at Milan Cathedral in 2021, but any hopes of a fairytale wedding were dashed by the impending prison sentence.
She was constantly at his side as he attended court hearings and even blew him a kiss goodbye when he was jailed last year and criticized by a judge for showing no remorse.
After release from prison, the couple who lived in the United Kingdom moved to Milan.
A source told The Sun: “Boris is incredibly grateful to Lilian for sticking with him during ‘the most difficult time’ of his life.”
“He said, ‘She saved me and I’ll never forget her for that. She is the woman of my new life!”‘
Lilian, who is a political risk manager, has supported Boris through thick and thin throughout his trial and sentencing (pictured in September).
Boris has been married twice before. He married Barbara Feltus in 1993 and the couple had two children: a son, Noah, who was born in 1994, and a daughter, Elias, born in 1999.
In December 2000, the couple announced their separation. A year later, Becker was forced to admit he was the father of Russian model Angela Ermakova’s daughter Anna, following a High Court battle.
In 2002, Boris was convicted of tax evasion and attempted tax evasion in Germany.
Seven years later, he announced that he was engaged to Dutch model Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Kerssenberg. In 2010 she gave birth to a son, Amadeus. They announced their separation in 2018.