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Former German tennis champion Boris Becker assured Tuesday, during his bankruptcy trial in a London court, that he did not know where the trophies of the Wimbledon tournaments he won were.
The six-time Grand Slam winner is on trial for 24 charges relating to his bankruptcy, linked to a loan of 3.5 million euros from a private bank, Arbuthnot Latham.
He is criticized in particular for not having given his creditors nine trophies and medals from his illustrious record on the professional circuit.
The 54-year-old former world number 1 assured the court in Southwark, London that he would return his trophies 'tomorrow' if he knew where they were.
The German said he still has "a lot" of awards and memories he collected in 15 years on the circuit, but some have disappeared.
“For the players, what matters is victory.
The trophies do not represent that much when you play, ”he assured to explain the loss of these objects.
“Today, I would like to have them to show them to my children”, continued the one who had won his first Grand Slam on the lawn of Wimbledon in 1985, at only 17 years old.
Among the nine accolades creditors would have liked to get their hands on are two of his three Wimbledon trophies, two from the Australian Open and his gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
The former player also explained that the replica trophies that the players keep are much smaller than those given to them on the tennis court at the end of the match.
Becker had previously auctioned part of his awards for 700,000 pounds (about 840,000 euros) to pay off part of his debts.
He claims to have tried to get his hands on those who are missing.
The main tennis associations or museums have been contacted, but he admitted "not being able to find them any better today".