Illie Nastasi

Nicknamed "Nasty". I mispelled his name as somebody pointed out. Should be Nastase. Anyway, he was a great player. Whether the temper helped him or hindered him we'll never know.

"Really Nasty" was a great tennis player that could have been one of the best ever but his temper got the best of him.

Typically, I actually like heels or anti-hero type figures but this Romanian player took it way too far....when it comes to sport role models there could be none worse than former tennis star Ilie Nastase.

Attributable to frustrations regarding language frustrations. Maybe. (?) Just guessing.