Boris Becker has been freed from jail in the UK and is set to be deported back to his home country of Germany after serving eight months of his sentence, according to the PA news agency.
In April the former Wimbledon champion was jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5million worth of assets despite declaring bankruptcy.
Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court earlier this year, the 55-year-old former World number one was found guilty of removal of property, two counts of failing to disclose an estate and concealing debt under the Insolvency Act.
Becker, who has lived in the UK since 2012, was expected to serve half of his sentence behind bars but was released on Thursday morning and is due on a flight to be deported from the UK to Germany.
He is thought to have been transferred to a lower security jail for foreign criminals awaiting deportation in May - Category C Huntercombe Prison near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire - after previously reportedly being held at Category B Wandsworth Prison in south-west London.
The six-time Grand Slam champion qualified for automatic deportation because he is a foreign national who does not have British citizenship and received a custodial sentence of more than 12 months.
The case centred on the six-time Grand Slam champion declaring bankruptcy in June 2017 after being unable to pay back a loan of £3million on his luxury Mallorca estate.
Despite declaring bankruptcy, the court heard that Becker had failed to disclose his a share in a £1million property in his hometown of Leimen. He also hid shares worth £75,000 in a tech firm and a bank loan estimated at £1.1million from creditors while also making £390,000 worth of payments from business account to nine other people.
At the time, Judge Deborah Taylor said Becker used his advisors “like a shield” and showed “little or no interest in engaging" with the bankruptcy proceedings.
“I accept the humiliation you may have felt, but there’s been no humility”, she added.
In defence, Becker said his career earnings of approximately £38million, had been swallowed up by an expensive divorce from his first wife in 2001, child maintenance payments and to continue his luxurious lifestyle.
After being declared bankrupt, Becker was obliged to disclose his assets so that trustees could distribute the available funds. Despite owing up to £50million to creditors, the court heard just £3.1million had been recovered at the time.
