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22 de jun. de 2019 · ESPN. 11.7M subscribers. Subscribed. 22K. 4.1M views 4 years ago. On June 22, 1981, John McEnroe had arguably his most famous on-court meltdown, shouting “You cannot be serious!” at chair...
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16 de may. de 2019 · To prove his point, Faraut intercuts McEnroe’s tantrums with clips from Raging Bull and reminds us that Tom Hulce based his performance in 1984’s Oscar-winning Amadeus on the American tennis star.
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- The “You Cannot Be Serious!” Outburst
- He Was Barred from The Queen’s Club After Swearing at The Club Chairman’s Wife
- He Argued with A Spectator at The 1990 Us Open
- He Disparaged All Women Tennis Players
- His Serena Williams Comments Caused Outrage
- His Marriage to Tatum O’Neal Ended in Allegations of Abuse
- He Said That Wimbledon Was “Too Much” For Emma Raducanu
- He Defended Novak Djokovic
- He called Tomáš Šmíd A ‘Communist B***Ard’
- He Was Massively Racist at A Boris Becker Match
To this day, John McEnroe is synonymous with his angry outburst, “You cannot be serious!”The tennis champ first yelled these four words at a line judge whilst competing against Tom Gullikson at Wimbledon in 1981, and it quickly became his catchphrase. McEnroe would go on to yell “You cannot be serious” at a number of tennis officials. It would also...
McEnroe was set on practising at London’s historic Queen’s Club in July 1985 when he was told by the wife of the club’s chairman that his desired court was reserved. This resulted in an angry, expletive-ridden outburst which saw McEnroe’s membership rescinded. Years later, McEnroe issued a formal apology for this and had his membership reinstated.
During a televised match at the US Open in 1990,McEnroe (using uncharacteristically polite language to an umpire) asked if there was “any possibility” a female spectator on the front row could be made to quiet down, complaining, “she’s yelling right in the middle of my serve.” McEnroe paused the match, proceeded to march over to the woman in questi...
McEnroe has been widely blasted as sexist for his outspoken dismissal of the entire field of women’s tennis. Infamously, he remarked during the 2010 US Open that female tennis players “shouldn’t be playing as many events as the men.” McEnroe continued, “The women have it better in tennis than in any other sport, thanks to Billie Jean King. But you ...
In a 2017 interview, McEnroe had some strong words to say when his interviewer suggested Serena Williams was the best tennis player in the world. While McEnroe said Williams was the “best female player ever, no question,” he argued “if she played the men’s circuit, she’d be, like, 700 in the world.” Once again, McEnroe was widely accused of sexism,...
In the mid-80s, McEnroe became half of a major celebrity couple when he dated and then married actress Tatum O’Neal. Reports claim it was a tempestuous union, one which ended in divorce in 1994, by which time they had three children. McEnroe stated in his autobiography that he was granted sole custody of the children as O’Neal was a drug addict. In...
When British teenage tennis sensation Emma Raducanu pulled out of Wimbledon 2021 after struggling with breathing difficulties, McEnroe offended many by stating the event was “a bit too much for her.” McEnroe dismissed complaints about his remarks: “Compared to a lot of other things I’ve said in the past, I mean that was to me as vanilla… the papers...
The biggest tennis scandal in many years came when Novak Djokovic was barred from the 2022 Australian Open over his refusal to be vaccinated against Covid-19. True to form, McEnroe had some provocative words to say on the subject. McEnroe dismissed Djokovic’s dismissal as “total BS… He’s got very strong beliefs; he’s entitled to those beliefs.” McE...
Another opponent whom McEnroe delighted in talking trash about was Tomáš Šmíd, a Czech player (from what was then Czechoslovakia). At a 1983 event in Forest Hills, New York, McEnroe offended his opponent and just about everyone in Czechoslovakia by calling him a “Communist b***ard.” McEnroe was hit with a $1,000 fine for the remark. When the two me...
In 1987, McEnroe was playing a Davis Cup match against Boris Becker when he was openly racist towards a number of people. When he didn’t like the call of a black linesman, McEnroe yelled, “I didn’t know they had black Germans,” and when an American spectator yelled “you can’t trust a frog” at a French umpire, McEnroe replied, “you’d better believe ...
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17 de ago. de 2006 · John Mcenroe goes ballistic at the umpire - YouTube. Olegrus. 578 subscribers. Subscribed. 6.1K. 3.9M views 17 years ago. First John smashes a racket. Then when umpire made a call that the ball...
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18 de jun. de 2012 · John McEnroe, 1981. Some outbursts are so spectacular that they’re still famous decades later. John McEnroe’s 1981 tantrum at Wimbledon gave rise to the classic phrase “You cannot be serious!” which he repeated at later matches and which even inspired the title of his autobiography. During a first-round match against fellow American Tom ...
22 de jun. de 2022 · Nowadays, visitors of the Wimbledon Museum are guided by McEnroe’s audiotaped voice. In 2002, John McEnroe would publish an autobiography which would be named “ You cannot be serious ”. Years later, Edward James, the umpire, would bitterly recall the incident and say he wished McEnroe would apologise for his behaviour : “ It was the first time I’d umpired him and also the last .
19 de may. de 2020 · Up against Tom Gullickson, one of McEnroe’s shots was called out by umpire Edward James, and he obviously argued the call. “Chalk came up all over the place. You can’t be serious, man.
