Tennis legend Ilie Nastase, who is notorious for his Casanova reputation, once shockingly claimed he had bedded 2,500 women before finally tying the knot. The ex-World No.1, who clinched both the US Open and French Open titles and was a finalist at Wimbledon in 1972 and 1973, has had quite a colourful life off the court.
The Romanian ace, now 77, might be as famous for his bedroom conquests as his backhands, having boasted about his staggering romantic score in his tell-all book. However, he later suggested that the number might have been pumped up to boost sales. Speaking to the Daily Mail after his autobiography hit the shelves, Nastase, who raked in over $2million during his tennis career, confessed: "I like women.
I love women. It is normal to love a woman. 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". Despite the headline-grabbing 2,500 figure being inflated, Nastase still admitted to a significant tally, though he insists he didn't keep an official count.
"I don't know - 300, 400? I never added them up - it didn't feel right". He added: "How could I remember? Anyway, what does it matter - 2,500 or 500, they're not going to give me a medal, are they? And there were a lot of misses. I didn't score.
Sometimes I'm very tired because I have to play tennis. And a lot of people turn me down!" Nastase's prowess in the bedroom earned him a spot on Maxim's "Living Sex Legends" list, wher.
