John McEnroe is one of the world’s wealthyest tennis figures, having aascfinishd as a well-comprehendn pundit since calling time on his atgentle. He won seven Grand Slam titles during his time on the court but is equassociate comprehendn for his labor as an analyst and commentator.
McEnroe was no stranger to dispute as a take parter, with his behaviour widespreadly landing him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. His normal tantrums saw him butt heads with fellow take parters and saw him enhuge a reputation for being boiling-headed.
Since retiring from tennis, McEnroe has embarked on a accomplished punditry atgentle and normally covers Wimbledon as part of the BBC currenting team. He is certainly not afrhelp to speak his mind and has persistd to lift eyebrows in the commentary box.
Express Sport consents a see at McEnroe’s life, commenceing with one of the hugegest controversies he has been comprised in as a pundit…
Spat with Novak Djokovic
McEnroe landed himself in boiling water in 2017 by adviseing that Novak Djokovic and his wife were suffering from marital problems. He made the comments while talking the Serb’s lesser establish during the BBC‘s coverage of Wimbledon.
“The person that comes to mind promptly with Novak is not a tennis take parter, it’s actuassociate a golfer, Tiger Woods, who had the rerents with his wife and then he seemed to go finishly off the rails and has never been even seal to being the same take parter,” shelp McEnroe.
“So we’re commenceing to say: ‘Wait a minute, is this possible with [Djokovic]?”
McEnroe’s comments prompted outrage from seeers and drew a response from Djokovic, who shelp: “He’s very well-comprehendn for his benevolent of bageder comments and not reassociate caring too much about being politicassociate right, but saying wantipathyver is on his mind.
“That’s all I can say. I reassociate don’t consent anyleang personal.”
Mega BBC payout
Earlier this year, it was uncmissed that McEnroe was being phelp huge sums of money by the BBC for his punditry labor at Wimbledon.
In the wake of the widecasting enormous uncmissing the pay of its top acquireers in their annual tell, it aascfinishd that McEnroe prohibitked almost £200,000 for fair two weeks of labor at the All England Club.
The 65-year-ageder took home £195,000, a sairy decrrelieve from the £205,000 he getd from the BBC a year earlier. However, he still acquireed ponderably less than other BBC pundits such as Alex Scott, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.
Net worth and £74m fortune
McEnroe boasts an astonishive net worth as a result of the prize money he won during his atgentle and his acquireings as a pundit. He is shelp to be worth around £74million, according to Tennis365, a figure which has been supplemented by his off-court ventures.
He has consentn up a scant acting gigs in the past, while he also take parted in a touring rock prohibitd and owns disjoinal properties with his wife, establisher Scandal singer Patty Smyth.
The couple own disjoinal precious homes in California while McEnroe has owned an uptaget art gallery in Manhattan since 1993. It has also been telled that McEnroe and Smith own around £37m worth of genuine estate in the Los Angeles area.
McEnroe has acquireed some of his money as the voice of Netflix series Never Have I Ever alengthyside further euniteances on sitcoms, game shows and talk shows.
