Boris Becker is set to make fiancée Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro his third wife this weekend – with a three-day-long wedding party in a swanky Italian resort.

The 56-year-old tennis star and commentator is set to tie the knot with Lilian, a political risk manager from the African island of Sao Tome and Principe, in Portofino in front of around 150 guests.

Lilian, who is 23 years his junior, has stood by Boris through thick and thin after he was jailed for two and a half years in the UK after he was found to have hidden £2.5million of assets and loans in a bankruptcy fraud case.

The Riviera hotspot, south of Genoa, is popular with the rich and famous. Rod Stewart tied the knot with Penny Lancaster nearby in 2007. 

It’s a serve of happiness for the tennis ace, who has six grand slams including three Wimbledon titles to his name, following a troubled period that saw him kicked out of the UK. 

Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro is a political risk manager from the African island of São Tomé and Príncipe who is now based in London

Boris cut a dash in a stonewashed blue suit as he and Lilian arrived for dinner last night before the wedding, while she wore a polka dot dress

The couple are all smiles as their boat arrives at Puny restaurant in Portofino

The pair embrace as they make their way off the boat and towards their waiting guests

Lilian is greeted by friends as she arrives for dinner at the swanky restaurant in Portofino 

No expense appears to have been spared for the glamourous three-day-long shindig

Boris’ wedding today will mark the third time he has gone down the aisle

Boris was joined by friends including Naomi Tara Lievens (right) for a pre-wedding dinner last night

Lilian was spotted chatting with friends and looking relaxed before the Saturday wedding

Boris happily chats with guests, including German actor and model Boris Kodjoe

Noah and Elias Becker, his sons from his first marriage, will attend the wedding – and have been seen in Portofino (above: Noah, Elias’ girlfriend Yasmine Dahlberg and Elias)

Elias Becker is Boris’ son from his first marriage to former wife Barbara 

Boris served eight months of the sentence at Wandsworth and Huntercombe prisons before being deported from Britain in December 2022, ruling out a return to his job on the BBC commentating on Wimbledon.

He did, however, contribute to Sky Italia’s coverage of the action from SW19 over the summer. He had lived in the UK since 2012 and was declared bankrupt in 2017 before being imprisoned in April 2022.

London-based Ms Monteiro is a political risk analyst and has three degrees, including a masters in African studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and speaks five languages, including German, according to German newspaper Bild.

She was born in the African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe and is the daughter of Victor Monteiro, the republic’s former Minister of Defence who ran for the presidency in 2014.

Ms Monteiro spent much of her youth in Rome where she attended a private school before studying at the University of La Sapienza.

She first came to London to study at the School of Oriental and African Studies, where she earned her master’s degree at the age of 25.

He reportedly proposed to Lilian at Milan’s Cathedral back in 2021 – but any hope of a fairytale wedding was cut short by the impending prison sentence.

She was a constant presence by his side while attending court hearings and even blew him a goodbye kiss when he was jailed last year and blasted by a judge for showing no remorse.

After the prison release the couple who were based in the UK relocated to Milan.

A source told The Sun: ‘Boris is incredibly grateful to Lilian for staying with him through ‘the hardest time’ of his life.’

‘He said, “she saved me, and I will never forget her for that. She is the woman of my new life!”‘

Guests turned out in style for the pre-nuptial celebrations in Italy’s north-west along the coast of the Mediterranean 

Actor Boris Kodjoe (left) is among the guests at Becker’s days-long party on the Italian Riviera

Friends were enthusiastic to greet Boris as he and Lilian arrived for the start of their celebrations last night

Boris and Lilian sitting enjoying dinner with family and friends in Portofino yesterday ahead of rehearsals

Boris is seen talking to his son Noah ahead of his wedding. Not all of his children will be attending the wedding according to reports 

Elias Becker is seen at the Puny restaurant in Portofino – one of two sons from Boris’ first marriage to Barbara Feltus

Dutch former footballer and manager Ruud Gullit (third from right) was among the guests

Boris poses with international model Naomi Tara Lievens ahead of his marriage on Saturday

News of his nuptials was first reported by German gossip publication Bunte, which reports that his sons from his first marriage to Barbara Feltus, Noah and Elias, will be there – but his daughter Anna Ermakova will not.

She was born out of wedlock after Boris had a fling with Russian emigre Angela Ermakova – while his wife was carrying her second child – in the toilet of the upscale London restaurant Nobu.

His mother Elvira, 89, is reported to have agreed to attend the ceremony, accompanied by Boris’ sister Sabine, 60. 

But his youngest son Amadeus was reportedly not invited, and was said to be ‘shocked’ when he found out his father was getting married again. 

Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro gently lifts her dress as she makes her way along a staircase at a dress rehearsal for the wedding

The bride-to-be briefly pauses to look out over the balcony at the wedding venue in Portofino

Lilian is seen taking part in dress rehearsal preparations ahead of the ceremony this weekend

The tables have been set at a luxury venue in Portofino, where the couple are believed to have holidayed last year

His second wife, Lilly Kerssenberg, said of Boris’ decision not to inform his 14-year-old boy: ‘I wish him all the best, but behaving like that towards our son is the last thing he could do.’

Boris will hope this wedding is third time lucky following a famously tumultuous and chequered relationship history for the former World No 1.

Between 1988 and 1991 he was in a relationship with Karen Schultz, before a one-year stint with Cassandra Hepburn.

He then met and married his first wife, Barbara Feltus in 1993, when she was eight months pregnant with their son, Noah.

Just before the wedding, he and Barbara set tongues wagging by posing nude for the cover of Stern magazine in a picture taken by her father.

Five years later, while heavily pregnant with their second son, Elias, Barbara was contacted by Angela Ermakova who shared the news of their love child – bringing his marriage crashing down about him.

A divorce was granted in January 2001, in which Barbara received a whopping £14.4million settlement, their condominium on Fisher Island, Floria and custody of their children.

Becker was then briefly engaged to Alessandra Meyer-Wolden, daughter of his former adviser and manager, but the couple broke up months later in November 2008.

She later said of their time together: ‘I knew Boris was Boris but I had no idea what came with it. His personal life was a mess. There were divorces, there were children, there were breakups.’

Then in February 2019, the serial dater announced he and Dutch model Sharlely ‘Lily’ Kerssenberg were to be married.

This time he made it up the aisle and they were married for nine years before the relationship turned sour, each accusing the other of ‘unreasonable behaviour’.

In July 2019, it was reported he was dating British model Layla Powell.

Since 2022, he has been in a relationship with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro. 

Boris and Lilian are reported to have chosen Portofino after spending time there last summer.

The ex-tennis star now lives with his girlfriend in what is reported to be a ‘beautiful’ apartment in the heart of Milan.

Boris pictured with first wife Barbara and their son Noah in 2000, a year before they divorced

Just months after this photograph in 1999, Barbara was contacted by a woman who shared the news of their love child – bringing his marriage crashing down about him

Angela Ermakova revealed to Boris’ wife in 1999 that he had fathered a love child with her, model Anna Ermakova following a brief liaison 

Angela and Boris had a now infamous ‘broom cupboard romp’ in the toilet of the upscale London restaurant Nobu in 1999 that led to conceiving their daughter Anna

I do, again: Boris married Dutch model Sharlely ‘Lily’ Kerssenberg in 2009, with the marriage lasting nine years

If fans of Boris Becker thought his love life was complicated, his financial situations have been even more entangled.

Financial woes have seen a spectacular fall from glory for the once-revered sportsman.

The three-time Wimbledon champion had unbridled splurging habits that saw him squander his fortune, once estimated at a whopping £127 million.

The 56-year-old German star spent it all on a life of luxury and was declared bankrupt in 2017 over an unpaid loan of more than £3million on his estate in Mallorca, Spain.

In a desperate act to salvage what was left, the six-time Grand Slam champion attempted to hide £2.5million in assets, transferring €427,00 (£356,000) to the bank accounts of several recipients, including his ex-wife Barbara and his estranged wife Sharlely ‘Lilly’ Becker.

He also failed to declare his share in a £1million property in his home town of Leimen, Germany, hid a bank loan of almost £700,000 – worth £1.1million with interest – and concealed 75,000 shares in a tech firm, valued at £66,000.

Boris’ daughter Anna Ermakova is now is an international model and regular on red carpets

In July 2019, it was reported Boris was dating British model Layla Powell

But he continued to spend hundreds of pounds at luxury department store Harrods, bought online groceries at Ocado and treated himself to designer Ralph Lauren clothes.

It led to Becker being jailed on 29 April 2022 and sentenced to two and a half years in prison following a spectacular bankruptcy trial that captivated the public.