Ilie Nastase during his playing days at Wimbledon in the 1980s. Pic/Mid-Day Archives

After seeing off American Eliot Teltscher in the Round of 32 clash at Wimbledon in 1977, Romania's Ilie Nastase got surrounded by a large enough legion of teenage fans to worry the security force at the All England Club. Nastase handled the commotion well, humoured his admirers and there was no damage to the barriers. Nastase later entered the tea-room and asked one of his fellow tennis stalwarts: "Why do all these little girls like me? I'm 31, married and very ugly." (Sourced from Bjorn Borg's book, 'My Life and Game')