Sun, sea and sets: Becker’s life laid bare for TV giant

WITH rancorous divorces, bankruptcy and a child conceived with a Russian waitress on the stairs of a Mayfair restaurant, Boris Becker’s personal affairs have attracted almost as many column inches as his illustrious career.

Now, the tennis superstar’s rollercoaster life story is to be turned into a television series for one of the streaming giants, I can reveal.

And the programme could help transform the financial fortunes of the Wimbledon champion, who was declared bankrupt in London four years ago after running through tens of millions of pounds.

‘Becker’s life has absolutely everything,’ says my man with the clapperboard. ‘While some sportsmen and women have fascinating careers, Becker had youthful glory, glamour and riches, as well as lots of heartache.

‘He would be paid well for his role in the programme and it would certainly lead to other lucrative projects.’

Born in Germany, Becker shocked the world when he won his first Wimbledon singles trophy as an unseeded 17-year-old in 1985.

He went on to triumph in SW19 twice more, as well as collecting another 46 singles titles in a career spanning more than two decades.

Before he retired from playing tennis in 1999, he was one of the richest sportsmen in the world, with an estimated fortune of £35 million.

Now 53 and living in Wimbledon, the BBC commentator has been married twice: firstly to German model Barbara Feltus; secondly to Dutch model Lilly Kerssenberg.

He has four children with three women and is currently going out with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, a political risk analyst in her 30s, pictured.

It’s understood that the programme will be a co-production by two companies: Venture Land and Passion Pictures. The Oscar-winning studio has made documentaries in the past about Becker’s fellow Wimbledon champ Sir Andy Murray and paralympian-turned-killer Oscar Pistorious.