Boris Becker’s ex-wife, Lilly Becker has revealed that she has moved to Germany with their 15-year-old son, Amadeus, after struggling with the financial pressures of living in Britain.
The Dutch model, 49, separated in 2018 from the former Wimbledon champion, 57, who was jailed in 2022 for hiding assets worth £2.5million to avoid paying debts.
Lilly, who recently posed topless for the German edition of Playboy, she hit rock bottom when she was left with only five euros in her bank account last year.
‘I just can’t really afford to live in London by myself as a single mum,’ she said.
‘It’s extremely hard and I’ll still like to live on a level that I’m used to, and my son is used to. I want to keep that and, at the moment, the opportunities are in Germany.’
She adds on the Driven Women podcast: ‘It’s a new chapter for myself and my son and I’ve explained it to him in the best way possible and he’s excited. School education wise, it’ll also be something that is good for him as it’s opening his eyes.
Boris Becker’s ex-wife, Lilly Becker has revealed that she has moved to Germany with their 15-year-old son, Amadeus, after struggling with the financial pressures of living in Britain
The Dutch model, 49, separated in 2018 from the former Wimbledon champion, 57, who was jailed in 2022 for hiding assets worth £2.5million to avoid paying debts (pictured in 2012)
‘He’s a teenager and just turned 15, so for him, when I broke the news he was, like, ‘No’. I had a little tear, and he was, like, ‘Mama, I don’t know anything better’.
‘We visited the school and he was, like, ‘Okay’. I’m very nervous, but it’s a good, butterfly nervous.’
Meanwhile, Lilly, is grateful that her dire financial situation improved after she was crowned Queen of the Jungle in the German version of I’m a Celebrity earlier this year.
‘I was 48 and had five euros in my account, it was so embarrassing. I will never forget what it was like to be hungry and your kid is also hungry.’
Boris endured a bitter divorce battle with Dutch model Lilly, who confirmed she had signed up for the show in January.
Boris had been declared bankrupt in 2017, owing creditors £50million, over an unpaid loan of more than £3million on his estate on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
The six-time grand slam champion was jailed in April 2022 for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
The former tennis star served eight months of a two-and-a-half-year sentence before being extradited to Germany in time for Christmas 2022.
Lily hit rock bottom when she was left with only five euros in her bank account last year (pictured in September 2025)
Boris went on to tie the knot with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, 33, in Italy last year – marking his third time up the aisle.
He had previously been married to first wife, Barbara Feltus, from 1993 until 2001, after Boris admitted to having an affair while she was pregnant with their second child.
His two sons with Barbara, Noah, 30, and Elias, 25, were in attendance at his wedding to Liliam, however conspicuous by their absence were Amadeus and his daughter Anna Ermakova, 24.
Model Anna was born after Boris had a one-night stand with Russian model Angela in the broom cupboard of London’s Nobu while first wife Barbara was in labour with Elias.
Lilly later said Boris had purposely not invited Amadeus to his wedding, telling German magazine Bunte: ‘When I asked Amadeus about it, he was surprised. He didn’t know anything about it.
‘Of course he’s wondering why he wasn’t invited and that his father didn’t tell him anything about it.’
While she insisted that she wished her ex the best, she added that ‘behaving that way towards our son really is the last straw. Who doesn’t want him to come?’
