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"Stacy Margolin never made much of a dent on the pro tour, but she did appear regularly in gossip columns for a while. The reason: She was John McEnroe’s girlfriend. In 1981, after McEnroe's semifinal win at Wimbledon, rumors about his relationship with Margolin boiled over into a reporter-on-reporter fistfight. Remembers one hack: "Then, one of the awkward pauses between questionswas broken by the unmistakable pompous drawl of the Mirror's legendaryroyal reporter, James Whittaker, 'rotter' supreme. 'John,' he asked,affecting a familiarity with McEnroe that was wholly bogus, 'have you and Stacey (sic) split up?' The gas was in the air,and Whittaker had lit the match. In the explosion that followed, McEnroe told us what he thought of us, flung back his chair and stormedout. That was just the beginning. ..."