Kyrgios paid tribute to Novak Djokovic’s unflappable temperament after the Serbian superstar recovered from a set down to defeat the gallant Australian 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-3) on Sunday to claim a seventh title at the All England Club.

The titanic three-hour tussle featured only three service breaks – two to one in Djokovic’s favour – but Kyrgios was left to rue dropping serve from 40-love up at 4-4 in the pivotal third set.

The combustible Canberran received a code violation after losing his cool at the chair umpire after claiming to have been distracted by a female spectator talking between his serves.

Kyrgios had been on his best behaviour early on in front of a royal box featuring the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Australian greats Rod Laver and John Newcombe, and a raft of other royals and luminaries.

But, after dropping serve for the first time in his career against Djokovic to fall behind 3-1 in the second set, he grew frustrated.

The hot-head was even more agitated after being unable to break back in the ninth game despite holding four break points and having Djokovic 0-40 down as the Serb levelled the match at one set apiece.

Kyrgios threatened to unravel after being given a code violation for swearing in the fifth game of the pivotal third set after claiming to have been distracted while serving by a mouthy spectator in the crowd.

He angrily condemned chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein’s decision as “a joke” and demanded the woman be removed.

“She’s drunk out of her mind … so kick her out,” Kyrgios pleaded with the French official.

“The one that looks like she’s had about 700 drinks, bro,” he added when asked which spectator it was.

Even young Prince George, sitting between William and Kate, was bemused by Kyrgios’s behaviour.

Asked if he needed to improve his composure, Kyrgios took offence.

“I think the other 126 players in the draw could improve their composure,” he said.

“But at times out there, obviously I was getting angry a bit because I just looked at it as, (if) you win this tournament, you become the tennis immortal, I feel.

“It was just an opportunity for me that people work their entire life for.

“I put myself in a position to win the first set. Things started to get rocky a bit. He was just solid. Then I win that fourth set and who knows.

“I mean, yeah, I can obviously improve many things in my game, not just composure. My forehand return needs to improve. I’ve been working on that a lot. Can always get stronger. Can always get fitter.

“I feel like that (question) was a bit of a dig, but I feel like everyone in the draw can improve something.”

Contesting his maiden grand slam final against an all-time great playing in his record-breaking 32nd, Kyrgios lauded Djokovic as just too good at the clutch moments.

“He’s just really composed,” said the vanquished runner-up.

“It’s weird, I felt like he didn’t do anything amazing today. He returned obviously the way he returns. I feel like he’s just a great returner.

“But he was just so composed. That’s what I was just thinking to myself. In big moments, it just felt like he was never rattled.

“I feel like that’s his greatest strength. He just looks completely within himself the whole time. Didn’t look like he was playing over-aggressive, even though it felt like he was playing big.

“Hats off to him.”

Despite the gut-wrenching defeat, Kyrgios departed the All England Club feeling like a winner.

“There’s just weight off my shoulders,” said tennis’s most prodigious but unfulfilled talent.

“I feel like there’s so much weight on my shoulders all the time when I step out on the tennis court. Now it’s just released and I feel amazing.

“This is the best I’ve felt the two weeks. I was obviously super excited to be here and I had some high hopes, but I’ve never felt, to be honest, good.

“I just felt so much pressure. There’s so much, like, anxiety, pressure to do things or achieve things. If I don’t do well, like it’s just so much.

“So I feel unbelievable. Like I’m two beers deep.”

Djokovic defied heatwave conditions and a fierce early barrage and 30 Kyrgios aces to coolly clinch a seventh Wimbledon crown and grand slam No.21.

“I’m lost words for what this tournament, what this trophy means to me, to my team and my family,” Djokovic said after holding up the Challenge Cup once again.

“I’ve said this many times – it always has been and will be my most special tournament in my heart, the one that motivated me and inspired me to start playing tennis in a small, little mountain resort in Serbia.

“My parents used to run the restaurant and I was four-and-a-half, five years old and I saw Pete Sampras win his first Wimbledon in 1993 and I asked my mum and dad to buy me a racquet and my first image of tennis was grass and Wimbledon.

“I always dreamed of coming here, just playing in this court and then of course realising this childhood dream and winning this trophy.

“Every single time it gets more and more meaningful so I am very blessed and grateful.”

Djokovic, though, drew on all his vast experience and champion qualities to wear down Canberra’s erratic showman physically and mentally in temperatures nudging towards 40 degrees on the sport’s most famous centre court.

“Hats off to him. That was a hell of a match. I thought I served well. I put myself in a position to win, but I just wasn’t able to play those clutch points well at all today,” Kyrgios said.

There was no let-up, though, as Kyrgios let rip at his box after despairingly being broken at 4-4 from 40-0 up to gift Djokovic the opportunity to serve out the third set.

The top seed duly did so, collected his gear and departed for a toilet break as Kyrgios was left to wonder how the final had so quickly turned.

There were no service breaks in a tense, hour-long fourth set as Djokovic sealed victory in a tiebreaker after three hours, one minute to capture his seventh Wimbledon crown, equalling American great Sampras and Britain’s 1880s champion William Renshaw.

Roger Federer, with eight titles at London’s SW19, is the only man to have won more.

It’s Djokovic’s first grand slam triumph since defeating Matteo Berrettini from a set down in last year’s Wimbledon final.

The 35-year-old was deported from Australia on the eve of the Melbourne Park major in January for not having the necessary visa and lost to Rafael Nadal in last month’s French Open quarter-finals.