Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of four charges relating to his bankruptcy five years ago.
The former world number one, 54, who was declared bankrupt in June 2017, was jailed for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
He owed creditors almost £50m, over an unpaid loan of more than £3m on his estate in Mallorca, Spain.
"It is notable you have not shown remorse or acceptance of your guilt," judge Deborah Taylor told him as she sentenced him at London's Southwark Crown Court.
"There has been no humility."
She said Becker would serve half his sentence behind bars and the remainder on licence.
Becker, whose partner Lillian and son Noah were in court, looked straight ahead as the sentence was handed down.
BBC commentator Becker transferred almost €427,000 (around £390,000) from his business account to others, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely "Lilly" Becker.
The father-of-four also failed to declare his share in a £1m property in his home town of Leimen, Germany, hid an €825,000 (almost £700,000) bank loan - worth £1.1m with interest - and concealed 75,000 shares in a tech firm, valued at £66,000.
Becker was found guilty of four offences under the Insolvency Act between 21 June and 3 October 2017 earlier this month.
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He was previously handed a two-year suspended sentence for tax evasion and attempted tax evasion worth £1.7m (around £1.4m) in Germany in 2002.
Becker told jurors his $50m career earnings were swallowed up by an expensive divorce to his first wife Barbara, child maintenance payments and "expensive lifestyle commitments".
The trial had heard details of Becker's career and how he lost his fortune following his retirement.
The jury heard how he claimed not to know the location of some of his trophies, how he took a high-interest loan from one of Britain's richest businessmen, and tried to avoid bankruptcy by claiming to have diplomatic protection from the Central African Republic.
Becker "was selective in the declaration of his assets. When it suited him he made full disclosure, when it didn't, he didn’t," said prosecutor Rebecca Chalkley, who had urged the judge to pass a custodial sentence.
She accused Becker of "playing the system with bad faith" by concealing and transferring assets, and had deprived creditors of more than £2m in assets, none of which had so far been paid back.
"His reputation, an essential part of the brand, which gives him work, is in tatters," Becker's lawyer Jonathan Laidlaw said.
"His fall is not simply a fall from grace, and amounts to the most public of humiliations."
Becker was acquitted at the trial of 20 other counts, including charges that he failed to hand over other assets, including two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal.
Dean Beale, chief executive of the Insolvency Service, said: "The court has handed down a prison sentence to Boris Becker today after he was convicted of offences relating to his bankruptcy.
"Boris Becker's sentence clearly demonstrates that concealing assets in bankruptcy is a serious offence for which we will prosecute and bring offenders to justice."
Additional reporting Reuters
