A tennis ace claimed that he slept with 2,500 women before meeting his wife - the equivalent of one a day for almost seven years.
Ilie Nastase, 75, was once the best tennis player in the world and had a remarkable career, as he was ranked number one in singles from 1973 to 1974.
But it turns out he also had a lot of success off the court , as in his biography he claimed to have slept with thousands of women.
The Romanian player later admitted the figure could have been exaggerated, as he said he didn't count - and added there were "a lot of misses".
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"I like women. I love women. It is normal to love a woman," he told the Daily Mail. "It wasn’t that many. It was exaggerated for my autobiography. They wanted a big number — to make it sell better.
"I don’t know — 300, 400? I never added them up — it didn’t feel right. 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 claim didn't go unnoticed, and he was named number six on the "Living Sex Legends" list by Maxim.
At the time, Nastase was married to his third wife, Romanian model Amalia Teodosescu - who he had met at a Sting concert in 2004. Upon hearing Nastatse's claim, Amalia reportedly quipped "she was happy to have conquered such a man".
The pair parted ways in 2010 after six years of marriage. The dad-of-five has remarried twice - first to Romanian fashion model Brigitte Sfat in 2013.
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After their marriage ended in 2018, he married Ioana Simion - 30 years his junior - in 2019. Nastase also went on to claim he was a fan of doubles in the bedroom.
"Oh yes! I didn't make it to three, 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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