The Baseline Top 10: Tomic's biggest highs and lows

Wimbledon has been filled with plenty of action, but one man stole the headlines with some sub-par behavior. Bernard Tomic was slammed for giving a very open press conference after his first-round loss to Mischa Zverev. He said he "felt a bit bored out there" and admitted to taking a medical timeout to break up his opponent's momentum.

One reason his words may have gotten him so much heat is that it's far from the 24-year-old's first time stirring up controversy. Here's a look at his career highs and lows (so far):

The Highs

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Tomic won two Grand Slams as a junior (the 2008 Australian Open and the 2009 US Open), which helped him reach as high as No. 2 in the world junior rankings.

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The Australian announced himself professionally when he qualified at Wimbledon in 2011, and then played his way to the quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. An 18-year-old Tomic was the youngest player since Boris Becker 25 years earlier to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

3

At 20, Tomic won his first ATP title in 2013, defeating Kevin Anderson in a three-set battle to win in Sydney.

4

Tomic has since won two more titles. Both of those wins came in Bogota, in 2014 and 2015, respectively.

5

The best win of the young Australian’s career came during his 2011 Wimbledon run, when he beat world No. 5 Robin Soderling. It appeared that the victory was the arrival of a future Grand Slam threat, as Tomic dismantled the Swede in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 7-5.

The Lows

1

In arguably Tomic’s most embarrassing moment, the then-22-year-old was arrested and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest following an incident at a Miami hotel in 2015. It all began when he refused to lower music in his room after multiple warnings. While those charges were later dropped, Pat Rafter said that Tomic had hit “rock bottom.”

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The hotel incident capped off what was a difficult period for Tomic in 2015, as he had just been taken out of consideration for a Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan following a rant against Tennis Australia at Wimbledon. That tirade of sorts was aimed at Rafter—who Tomic called a “mask” for Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley, and others.

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If Bernard has gotten himself in hot water, he certainly has not been the only Tomic to do so. John Tomic was arrested in 2013 for assaulting Bernard’s old hitting partner, Thomas Drouet, outside of a hotel in Madrid. Drouet would allege that John had punched Bernard before, as well. While Bernard Tomic was not directly involved in this incident, he wavered back and forth between apologizing to Drouet for the incident and defending his father.

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In 2012, a dispute between Tomic and his father boiled over during a match. Tomic was down a set in Miami against David Ferrer when John Tomic reacted negatively to his son losing his serve. Bernard Tomic waved for his father to leave, which John did not do. "He’s annoying me," Tomic told the chair umpire. "I know he's my father, but he's annoying me. I want him to leave."

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Tomic told a reporter when he was 14 that, “I've already got the heart of Lleyton,” referring to former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt. Yet at last year’s Madrid Open, Tomic showed no heart at all. Fabio Fognini was serving for the match against Tomic, up 40-0, when Tomic flipped his racquet around and halfheartedly attempting to hit the ball with his grip:

So in looking back at some of Tomic’s noteworthy moments, his comments after losing to Zverev were not nearly the worst. And perhaps he paid too high of a penalty for what he said.

Nevertheless this was another reminder that one of the most talented players in tennis, who is still young at 24, has gotten more attention for his lows than his highs.

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