Boris Becker facing deportation from UK after serving eight months of prison sentence

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

Boris Becker has been freed from jail after serving just eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the UK (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from the UK.

The three-time Wimbledon champion was jailed for two-and-a-half years in April for hiding £2.5 million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.