Ilie Nastase may not be a household name, but he was a very successful tennis player, mostly in the 1970’s. He won the U.S. Open in 1972, the French Open the following year, and he took home a total of 64 singles titles to go along with 45 doubles titles.
Ilie was known as the original tennis playboy, as he claimed in his autobiography that he had slept with over 2,500 women, sometimes even two at a time.
While speaking with the Daily Mail, Ilie admitted the number was exaggerated, to help with sales of the book. However, he did reveal what the true number was, and it is still an impressive amount.
“No, no, no (2,500 women)! It wasn’t that many. It was exaggerated for my autobiography. They wanted a big number – to make it sell better.” He continued with “I don’t know – 300, 400? I never added them up – it didn’t feel right.“
When commenting on threesomes, the tennis great admitted he’s indulged.
“Oh Yes! I didn’t make it to three,” he told the publication. “Unfortunately, my maximum was two. I usually like to play one-on-one, but if that situation should happen, you don’t want to turn it down. Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m not stupid!”
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He was once named number 6 on the “Living Sex Legends” list by Maxim, and with good reason.
Ilie Nastase. O.G. tennis playboy and #Legend.
