Boris Becker

Boris Becker says a prison "inmate tried to kill" him during the tennis great's incarceration in a British jail during an interview that was aired Tuesday ...

I definitely had the impression that this experience really took a toll on him.” “I am quite good friends with Jürgen Klopp,” said Becker, who was told by prison authorities that the Liverpool manager “is not allowed to visit you because he is too well known. “Prison world is a bit different,” added Becker, describing how John later “asked him for forgiveness” and an opportunity to reconcile. “I was shaking so bad,” Becker said when recalling the confrontation. “I have learned a hard lesson, a very expensive one, a very painful one. “In prison, you are a nobody. The prisoners arrived and told John to leave immediately or else he would be beaten. But the whole thing has taught me something important and good. According to Gätjen, Becker was alone for the “first four days without contact with the outside world and was locked in his cell around the clock, with one hour of exit per day.” You are just a number. “I think I have rediscovered the person in me that I once was,” Becker told Gätjen. John had verbally explained what physical harm he would do to him.

The former tennis world number one said the nights in Wandsworth Prison -- not far from where he won the Wimbledon title three times -- were "atrocious."

"So I gave the names -- but the governor said: 'Jurgen is not allowed to visit you, he is too well known. "I don't think it will be Germany. The loneliest moment I've had in my life," he said. Becker said he had to cope with the lack of food as prison fare was largely restricted to rice, potatoes and sauce. "The nights were atrocious. I don't know if I'll stay in Europe -- perhaps Miami. there were murderers, child abusers, drug dealers, every kind of criminal you can imagine". "When the cell door closes, then there is nothing left. "We needed each other." "I could have rejected it. "Of course I was guilty," he said of the four out of 29 counts he was convicted on. He threw himself down to the ground and begged me for forgiveness.

Three-time Wimbledon champion says prison experience left him 'shrewder and humbler', in German TV interview after deportation.

“Sometimes I even forgot to pick up my prize money.” After his sporting career was over, he had made the mistake of “wanting to live as I had before. He said he would not have survived had it not been for the support of his four children or his girlfriend, Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro. “I was never in it for the money,” he said. Addressing his financial issues and the crime of hiding his assets, Becker said he had failed to pay enough attention to money matters ever since he had begun earning from his tennis as a teenager in the 1980s. He said he spent every day in the three weeks between a jury finding him guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, and his sentencing, visiting a church near his home in Knightsbridge where he prayed for a short jail term. Only twice did he mention his status as a tennis icon and the effect it may have had on his experience. He broke down again when he described his gratitude at getting a three-page letter from his rival and compatriot Michael Stich, who famously beat him in straight sets in the Wimbledon final of 1991. It added: “They are glad to get rid of any of the foreign prisoners they can by deporting them”. Had they known him it might have had an influence on their decision, he believed. A request by his former coach and agent Ion Tiriac was turned down three times for similar reasons, he said. He described experiencing a “sense of camaraderie like never before. They had intervened after an altercation with a fellow inmate, a convicted murderer, who Becker said had threatened to kill him.

Tennis duo Sue Barker and John McEnroe showed their support to three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker during his time behind bars.

Viewers also criticised commentator Andrew Castle after he declared his support for Becker during the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Clubs Championships, the traditional warmup tournament before Wimbledon. “The problem is everybody is kissing your a** and you don’t develop any self-esteem beyond the praise you get from winning.” The visit at HMP Huntercombe in Oxfordshire came 34 years after Becker knocked Cash out of Wimbledon in the men’s singles quarter finals. He needed support and his tennis buddies should be there," Cash said. [Boris Becker](/latest/boris-becker) may lost some fans during his time behind bars but he retained the support of BBC colleagues Sue Barker and John McEnroe. He’s one of the great players that has ever played the game, and I know it meant a lot to Boris. However, he received support from his peers, including former tennis stars Barker and McEnroe.

Six-time major champion and tennis Hall of Famer Boris Becker made the stunning revelation that an inmate tried to kill him while he was in prison in the ...

“I believe prison was good for me.” “I was shaking so bad,” Becker said when recalling the incident. [following his release](https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/boris-becker-faces-deportation-after-being-freed-from-uk-prison/), Becker said it’s unlikely that he and his partner, Lilian De Carvalho Monteiro, will stay in the country and instead relocate to possibly Miami or Dubai.

Boris Becker will "keep in contact" with some of his former inmates after being released from prison. The three-time Wimbledon champion - who was first jailed at HMP Wandsworth before being moved to the lower-security HMP Huntercombe - was recently ...

The German tennis star served eight months of a 2 1/2-year sentence.

“The loneliest moment I’ve had in my life. “In prison, you are a nobody. “And they don’t give a s--- who you are. You are just a number. He couldn’t understand why I was so connected with Black prisoners.” Consequently, John threatened to hurt and sexually assault him.

Former tennis icon Boris Becker held his first interview since being released from prison in the UK, as he was deported back to his homeland Germany.

"I wanted to look cool, so I had a hoodie, to look like a gangster for protection and a baseball cap,” Becker said. After spending eight months at HMP Huntercombe, Becker admitted that he learned a “hard lesson” before returning to Germany with his family. “They came at half past seven, unlocked themselves and asked, 'Are you ready?' I said: 'Let's go!' I had already packed everything." Upon his arrival at the prison, Becker admitted that he wanted to “look like a gangster” after taking several items with him in an attempt to boost his popularity at the facility. “When the cell door is slammed shut at 8.00pm, no one told me when it would open again and that's when your whole world collapses and you are alone with your thoughts. But, in the end, the next day he fell to his knees in front of me, apologised and kissed my hand and said he respected me. “Someone - a murderer I later found out - wanted my coat and he wanted money and he said he would kill me if he didn't get it. The first time Lilian [Becker’s girlfriend] came she said she was shocked at how I looked, although she only told me that later.” It was extremely dangerous and extremely dirty. I had two big concerns, one was a double cell, sharing a cell with someone who could attack you or threaten you and then the shower cubicles. [Wimbledon](/latest/wimbledon) champion over the years, but Becker revealed that the coach was unable to visit him due to safety concerns. Becker admitted that he thought he would have been killed in prison, as he claimed that several murderers told him that they were going to harm the tennis icon.

Chris Evert is the latest member of the tennis community to come out publicly in support of Boris Becker after he was released from a British prison earlier ...

There is a silver lining in this for him, somewhere…I wish him the best…" Several members of the tennis community have come out in support of him and one of them is Chris Evert. The German was released a deporter back to his country this week giving a tell-all interview for German media.