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Three-time Wimbledon legend Boris Becker is no longer bankrupt after seven years, as a High Court judge said he had done 'all that he could reasonably do' to meet his financial obligations.
The German former tennis player was declared bankrupt in 2017, owing creditors £42million over an unpaid loan of more than £3million on his estate in Mallorca.
Now, Becker's representatives have said the former BBC commentator has settled with his trustees.
While bankruptcy orders end after a year in England and Wales, a judge suspended the automatic discharge of the order in 2018, due to Becker 'failing to comply with his obligations'.
But last month at the High Court in London, lawyers for Becker asked a specialist bankruptcy judge to lift the suspension, arguing he had done 'the best possible he is capable of doing' to meet his obligations.
On April 24, his suspension was lifted and his bankruptcy automatically ended.
Boris Becker (pictured) appears at Southwark Crown Court on April 29, 2022
The German former tennis player was declared bankrupt in 2017. Pictured: Becker playing a backhand return during his second round match on Wimbledon's centre court in 1996
Germany's former tennis player Boris Becker (right) and Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro arrive at the Laureus Sports Awards ceremony
The tennis great previously served time in prison for hiding £2.5million pounds worth of assets and loans to avoid paying off debts.
He served time at HMP Wandsworth and Category C Huntercombe Prison near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. He was released in December 2022 and deported to his native Germany.
Giving written reasons for his decision on Wednesday, Judge Briggs said it
