Davis Cup team after "outrageous behavior" during 1984 final defeat by Sweden. June 1984 - Accrued fines totalling $3,500 for swearing at linesman and other verbal abuse during match against Connors at French Open. May 1984 - Fined $7,500 for misconduct during Stockholm Open. July 1983 - Fined $325 for swearing at spectator during Wimbledon. June 1983 - Fined $3,500 for clashing with photographer at courtside during French Open. May 1983 - Fined $1,000 for calling Czech opponent Tomas Smid a "communist bastard" at Forest Hills event.
Recommended additional fine of $10,000 overturned on appeal.
Defeated Bjorn Borg in a four-set final, but boycotted champions dinner, resulting in another fine. July 1981 - Fined a total of $6,000 at Wimbledon when he called chair umpire "pits of the world" and told him, "You cannot be serious!" Referee Fred Hoyles said he had come within two tantrums of disqualification during early match against Tom Gulliksen. June 1977 - Screamed obscenities at French Open line judge while winning mixed doubles final with Mary Carillo, but was not fined.July 1980 - Earned first major warning at Wimbledon for behavior during semifinal against Jimmy Connors. He was not the biggest, or the strongest, and he lost many heartbreakers, but there were moments when he was the best, because he played complete.The record of John McEnroe's altercations with tennis authorities since he broke into the international circuit in 1977. Every Mac shot had a spin, a slice, or an elegant curl his serve-and-volley attack was balletic. That was the paradox of McEnroe in his prime: behind the boorish exterior, the unruly puff of brown curls and the distracting tantrums ("You cannot be serious!" etc.) was a delicate, cunning artist. Even after a half century, he uses every sliver of the court. He still turns his back and arcs his body into a lower case "m" before a serve, and his game, as always, is a flurry of touch and angles. That number lands with a cold thud, but then you see him, on a late February evening at Madison Square Garden, playing tennis like a hummingbird: floating, darting, agile, never lingering in the same place. John McEnroe (pictured) played former rival Ivan Lendl in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden.
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