Boris Becker has been declared bankrupt over a debt outstanding since October 2015.
Lawyers for the three-time Wimbledon winner pleaded with a Bankruptcy Court registrar in London on Wednesday for a last chance to pay a long-standing debt.
However, Registrar Christine Derrett, who recalled watching him play, said it was with regret she had concluded there was a lack of credible evidence that his substantial debt would be paid soon and she refused to adjourn the case for a further 28 days. She said of Becker: One has the impression of a man with his head in the sand.
The bankruptcy application was made by private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co in connection with a judgment debt owed to them by Becker dating back to 2015.
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