Boris Becker marries his longtime partner in ceremony in Italy

German tennis legend Boris Becker married his longtime girlfriend Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro in a ceremony in the Italian coastal town of Portofino on Saturday, his lawyer told dpa on Sunday.

Wedding photos published by Vogue show the bride in an off-the-shoulder white dress and veil and the groom in a cream-coloured suit jacket.

When she saw the location in February she "immediately had a vision" of "what our wedding would look like," Monteiro told Vogue in an interview conducted on Thursday.

Becker 56, and risk analyst Monteiro, 34, who comes from the African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe, have been a couple for several years.

Monteiro stood by Becker during a trial in London and a subsequent prison sentence.

Following financial difficulties, the former tennis star had concealed assets worth millions when going to the insolvency administrator.

Becker was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and served several months in London, but was released early in December 2022 and deported to Germany. He has also been released from bankruptcy status since April.

This is the third marriage for the three-time Wimbledon champion from Leimen near Heidelberg, who now lives in Milan in Italy after being forced to leave his adopted home of London.