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" Wimbledon 2010 officially began June 21, and while tennis may have a highbrow reputation, the sport has had its fair share of unseemly scandals. Most recently, three-time Grand Slam winner and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Capriati was rushed to the hospital after a reportedly accidental prescription medication overdose, but she&amp;#039;s not alone. Other players have gotten in trouble for drug use as well as other scandalous behaviors, such as gambling, fighting and illicit affairs. Read on to find out about 10 players who put the wild in wild card.  Vitas Gerulaitis\u20141970s   American tennis star Vitas Gerulaitis has many wins under his belt, including victories at the Australian Open, World Team Tennis championships and Wimbledon. But luckily for him, he played back in the 1970s, when there was no mandatory drug testing. It wasn&amp;#039;t until after he retired in 1986 that he admitted to using cocaine during his professional tennis career. Photo by Getty Images.  Boris Becker\u20141999  This German player was more scandalous off the court than on. While at a Japanese restaurant in London in 2000, the very married athlete had sex with Angela Ermakova in a broom closet, after which it was rumored she &amp;quot;stole&amp;quot; his sperm to become pregnant. A daughter was born in 2000 that was proven to be his through DNA testing and led to a divorce from his wife at the time, with whom he had two children. Photo by Retna.  Tommy Haas\u20142007  In 2007, the Davis Cup took place in Moscow, where German player Tommy Haas was badly defeated by Igor Andreev of Russia. Haas experienced stomach problems during the match, and afterward a Russian team trainer casually commented on the situation, saying, &amp;quot;It was a tight match; it&amp;#039;s a shame that Tommy was poisoned.&amp;quot; Though tests didn&amp;#039;t show any evidence of poisoning, Haas still claims that was the reason he lost the game. Photo by Retna.  Martina Hingis\u20142007  At Wimbledon in 2007, Hingis tested positive for cocaine. She denied having taken any drugs and claimed there were inconsistencies in the testing. After the accusations and the games were over, she quit the sport for good. According to the UK&amp;#039;s Times Online, she parted with this statement: &amp;quot;I am frustrated and angry. I believe that I am absolutely, one hundred percent innocent. The fact is that it is more and more difficult for me, physically, to keep playing at the top of the game.&amp;quot; Photo by Retna.  Serena Williams\u20142009  During her 2009 U.S. Open semifinal match against Kim Clijsters, scandal began when, as a result of her loss in the first set, Williams received a warning for racket abuse. Then, on the second serve of the second set, she received a foot fault. Outraged, she cursed and threatened the linewoman, resulting in a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. After the linewoman consulted with the chair umpire and tournament referee, all were in agreement that this action merited a point penalty\u2014which ended the match, advancing Clijsters to the finals. Photo by Retna.  Shahar Peer\u20142009  Peer was turned away from participation in the 2009 Sony Ericsson World Tennis Associate Tour when the United Arab Emirates refused her a visa. She was devastated, as her chance to compete was taken away. But since the fiasco, she&amp;#039;s had lots of success and currently ranks No. 14 in the world. Photo by Retna.  Caroline Wozniacki\u20142009  At the Luxembourg Open against Anne Kremer, the 19-year-old quit the match when she was just one game away from taking home the trophy. She claimed it was due to a hamstring injury, but many people overheard her father telling her to quit beforehand\u2014sparking numerous online bets in Kremer&amp;#039;s favor. The series of suspicious events led the WTA Tour to open an investigation into the matter, since many people were convinced he advised her for illegal reasons. Photo by Retna.  Stefan Koubek\u20142010  During this year&amp;#039;s National Tennis League in Gleisdorf, Austria, things heated up in a match between Koubek and Daniel Kollerer when, after losing a set, he became verbally abusive toward his opponent. Things escalated from there, and Koubek ended up choking Kollerer when the two were in the process of changing sides. After the incident, the referee disqualified Koubek from the game and cancelled the entire match. Photo by Getty Images.  Sania Mirza\u20142010   Indian tennis star Sania Mirza got mixed up in a &amp;quot;blue film&amp;quot; scandal in 2010 when she was mistakenly accused of appearing in a too-sexy video. It turned out to be just a look-alike, and Mirza was later proven not to be involved in any way. Photo by Getty Images.  Venus Williams\u20142010   Perhaps one of the most controversial entries on our list, this Williams sister raised a stir over risqu\u00E9 clothing. At the French Open in Paris this year, Williams wore an outfit comprised of flesh-colored underwear and a very short black lacy, lingerie-looking dress. Though the budding fashion designer has made waves in the past by eschewing the sport&amp;#039;s traditional garb, some people found the outfit shocking and disruptive. Photo by Retna.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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