EX-WIMBLEDON winner Ilie Nastase has married his fifth wife – who is 30 years younger than him.
Nastase, 73, tied the knot with Ioana Simion, 43, during a “simple and beautiful” ceremony at the Mamaia resort in the seaside city of Constanta.
The former tennis ace and his partner were joined by close friends and family at a restaurant after the wedding.
Nastase and Simion have been civilly married since April last year, but decided to wait for the church ceremony.
He told local media: “We did not do anything special. We left the church and ate at a restaurant.
“It was simple and beautiful. That’s what we wanted to do, few people, without advertising.
“That’s what my wife wanted.”
The pair began their relationship in September 2018 after the former tennis star divorced his fourth wife Brigitte Sfat.
Among the guests were former Romanian footballer Ciprian Marica, 34, and his wife.
Nastase, who won seven Grand Slam titles, was previously married to Dominique Grazia from 1972 to 1980, before marrying Alexandra King, Amalia Nastase and Sfat.
He has four daughters and a son from his previous marriages.
He won the Doubles at Wimbledon in 1973 and the Mixed Doubles in both 1970 and 1972, as well as winning the Singles at both Roland Garros and the US Open.
He was the first professional sports figure to sign an endorsement contract with Nike in 1972, however since his retirement, he has courted controversy.
In 2017, he was kicked out of the stadium whilst captaining Romania in the Fed Cup match against Great Britain, shouting “f***ing b*tch” at Johanna Konta before verbally abusing Press Association reporter Eleanor Crooks on his way out of the arena.
He was later banned from attending Wimbledon in 2017 because of his outburst.
