A FORMER tennis star is now worth a staggering £1.6BILLION – despite retiring from the sport 45 years ago.
Ion Tiriac, 85, became a professional tennis player in the 1960s and won his first title at the 1970 French Open.
GettyFormer tennis star Ion Tiriac is now a billionaire[/caption] GettyTiriac played throughout the 1970s[/caption]Alongside fellow Romanian Ilie Nastase he won the men’s doubles, his only major title.
A semi-final finish at Wimbledon in the same year was his next best result.