Nick Kyrgios versus the other bad boys of tennis

So Nick Kyrgios is officially the new bad boy of tennis.

During his four matches at this year's Wimbledon the 20-year-old Australian rowed with umpires and was moody and argumentative in press conferences.

He also committed what many see as sport's worst crime: not trying, otherwise known as tanking.

Some fans here at the Championships told me they think he's a breath of fresh air, an interesting character who should be cherished not punished.

Others were far less flattering in their assessment of his antics before losing to Richard Gasquet this week.

"He needs to grow up" is a comment lots of people have been making. But how does Kyrgios compare to tennis villains of years gone by?

The original bad boy of tennis, John McEnroe was nicknamed "superbrat". He upset the Wimbledon committee so much that he was denied club membership despite winning the title in 1981 - the first winner to be treated that way.

That year he unleashed his famous "You cannot be serious!" tirade against the umpire over a disputed call on court one.

He repeatedly smashed rackets on tour and was even disqualified from the Australian Open in 1990 at an age when frankly he should have known better. He was 30.

Kyrgios's antics have nothing on Jeff Tarango's in 1995, when things escalated between the American and a French umpire during a third round match on Court 13.

Tarango lost the first set on a tie-break and was serving early in the second when he exchanged words with spectators. Umpire Bruno Rebeuh was unimpressed and gave the American a warning at which point things went truly rogue.

Tarango accused Rebeuh of being the most "corrupt official in tennis" before storming off court and promptly being disqualified.

That wasn't his only on-court indiscretion, Tarango once dropped his shorts on court in a match with Michael Chang. Naturally Jeff's now a valued member of the BBC commentary team.

Goran is best known at Wimbledon for his stunning 2001 triumph as a wild card, when he beat Tim Henman in a rain-interrupted five-set semi-final.

But Goran certainly knew how to behave badly on court too. He holds the rare accolade of being the first tennis player to forfeit a match because he had run out of rackets, by smashing them.

That came the year before his stunning Wimbledon triumph in Brighton against the Italian Gianluca Pozzi. He was so unimpressed with his play he smashed three rackets during the course of his match and had to tell the supervisor he had none left.

So you think Tiger Tim Henman was whiter than white? Well, think again.

Tim Henman has the unenviable honour of being the first player in history to be disqualified from the Wimbledon Championships.

It came in a doubles match just days before Jeff Tarango's infamous wobble in 1995. Henman was frustrated at having lost a set, so decided to whack a ball from one end of the court to the other, just at the exact moment a ball girl was scurrying across the court going about her business.

As luck would have it the ball caught her in the face, the tears followed and Tim was given his marching orders.

Very naughty behaviour, although he made up for it by buying the ball girl some flowers the day after and planting a kiss on her cheek for the cameras in a highly effective charm offensive. Take note Nick.

But it's not just the boys....

The American is arguably tennis's GOAT - greatest of all time - but she's thrown some all-time classic strops too.

At the US Open in 2009 Williams lost a semi-final to Kim Clijsters, and she lost her her temper too.

Annoyed at a line judge for foot faulting her she launched into a swearing fest that caused her to be docked a point on match point, thus bringing a premature end to the match.

She'd already received a warning for smashing a racket and her behaviour even prompted John McEnroe to suggest she should be suspended, which is saying something.

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