London – Boris Becker won six Grand Slams during a
glittering career but even those treasured trophies are fair game as insolvency
practitioners responsible for handling his bankruptcy try to track them down to
pay his creditors.
The German took the tennis world by storm when as a
red-headed 17-year-old he became the then youngest-ever men’s Grand Slam
champion at Wimbledon in 1985, defending his trophy the following year.
Nicknamed “Boom Boom” Becker early in his career,
he went on to win a further four majors and 49 singles titles in all, amassing
$25 million in prize money and was selected to enter the International Tennis
Hall of Fame in 2003.
But the 50-year-old’s business career has been less
successful and last year h…
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