Simona Halep is a Romanian former professional tennis player who achieved the world No. 1 ranking in women's singles by the WTA for 64 weeks and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She secured 25 WTA Tour-level titles throughout her career, most notably winning two Grand Slam titles at the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Halep is considered one of the most successful tennis players from Romania.
In 1973, Romania had last reached the Semifinals of the World Group, which makes the 2019's achievement their best result.
In 2008, Simona Halep won her only junior Grand Slam title at the French Open, becoming the second Romanian girl to win a junior Grand Slam singles title after Mariana Simionescu, who won the French Open in 1974.
In 2013, Simona Halep was the first woman to win her first six career titles in the same season since Steffi Graf achieved this feat in 1986. Halep attributed her improvement to developing a more positive mindset.
Simona Halep won her first six WTA titles in the same season in 2013, the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986, leading to her being named the WTA Most Improved Player of the year.
Simona Halep was born in September 1991.
Simona Halep was born on September 27, 1991, in Constanța, Romania, to Stere and Tania Halep.
In 2014, Halep reached her maiden Grand Slam final at the French Open without dropping a set, making her the first woman to achieve this since Martina Hingis at the 1997 Australian Open.
Simona Halep began playing on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2005 at the age of 13.
Simona Halep turned professional in 2006, starting her career playing low-level ITF Women's Circuit events in Romania.
In May 2007, Simona Halep won her first two ITF singles and doubles titles in Bucharest.
In April 2007, Simona Halep won her first and only Grade 1 title at the Perin Memorial in Umag. She also made her junior Grand Slam debut that year.
In June 2008, Simona Halep won her first $25k singles title in Sweden.
In 2008, Simona Halep began working with Firicel Tomai as her coach.
In 2009, Simona Halep reached a $50k final in Makarska and debuted in the top 200 of the WTA rankings.
In August of 2022, at the Canadian Open, Halep reached the semifinals, and became the player with the joint-most WTA 1000 18 finals to level with Serena Williams since 2009.
In April 2010, Simona Halep made her WTA Tour main-draw debut, reaching the quarterfinals at the Andalucia Tennis Experience and finishing runner-up at the Morocco Open.
In 2010, Halep debuted for the Romania Fed Cup team in the third-tier Europe/Africa Zone Group I. The team needed to win all three ties in their round-robin pool to have a chance to get promoted. Halep won all three of her singles matches in 2010, but lost a decisive doubles match partnering with Raluca Olaru against Switzerland.
In 2011, Simona Halep won her first career Grand Slam tournament matches at the Australian Open, reaching the third round.
Simona Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011.
2021 was the first season since 2012 where Halep did not win a WTA singles title.
In 2012, Halep continued to play for the Romania Fed Cup team. While they still competed in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I, they once again only won two out of three ties. Halep won all three of her singles matches in 2012, but lost a decisive doubles match partnering with Irina-Camelia Begu against Poland.
In 2012, Simona Halep competed in the women's singles and doubles at the Olympics, losing in the first round of both.
In 2012, Simona Halep represented Romania at the London Olympics, losing her opening round match.
Simona Halep broke into the world's top 20 in August 2013.
Around 2013, Simona Halep transitioned from a defensive grinder to an aggressive baseliner, improving her style of play.
In 2013, Halep did not play, and the Romania Fed Cup team won only one tie in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
In 2013, despite having a breakthrough year with six titles, Simona Halep left coach Adrian Marcu at the end of the season.
In January 2014, Simona Halep broke into the top 10.
In May 2014, Simona Halep started her sponsorship deal with Adidas, which ended at the start of 2018.
In November 2014, Simona Halep began a three-year deal with Vodafone Romania, appearing in commercials with her mother.
At the start of 2014, Simona Halep hired Wim Fissette, a former coach of Kim Clijsters. She made her first Grand Slam final at the 2014 French Open. At the end of the season she switched coaches to Victor Ioniță.
From 2014, Halep finished each year in the top 5.
Halep entered the Top 10 in January 2014.
In 2014, Halep rejoined the Romania Fed Cup team as they swept their group, defeating Hungary, Great Britain, and Latvia, despite Halep's first Fed Cup singles loss to Tímea Babos against Hungary. They then won a playoff against Ukraine to advance to the World Group II play-offs. Halep and Sorana Cîrstea won the two singles rubbers.
In 2014, Simona Halep was named the WTA Most Popular Player of the Year for being the most-clicked player on the WTA website.
In 2015, Halep started strong, reaching at least the quarterfinals in her first six events. After winning the Shenzhen Open, she reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. She then won the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Indian Wells Open. Her win streak ended at the Miami Open, where she lost in the semifinals to Serena Williams. During the clay court season, she reached two semifinals and was upset in the second round of the French Open and Wimbledon.
In 2015, Romania defeated Serbia 4–1 in the World Group II play-offs to get promoted to World Group II. Halep and Cîrstea each played two singles rubbers, with Halep suffering the only loss against Ana Ivanovic.
In 2015, Simona Halep was named the WTA Most Popular Player of the Year for being the most-clicked player on the WTA website.
In 2016, Halep had a slow start, including an opening round loss at the Australian Open. She dealt with an Achilles injury and infections. In March, she lost in the quarterfinals at the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open. However, she won the Madrid Open, returning to the top 5. She lost to Samantha Stosur in the fourth round of the French Open and reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
In 2016, Romania was drawn against the defending champion Czech Republic team in the World Group.
In 2016, Simona Halep began working with Darren Cahill as her coach.
In 2016, Simona Halep made her Fed Cup World Group debut against the Czech Republic, postponing nose surgery to participate. She lost to Karolína Plíšková but defeated Petra Kvitová on the second day. Despite her efforts, the Czech team won the decisive doubles rubber, and Romania was later relegated back to World Group II after Halep lost to Angelique Kerber against Germany.
In 2016, Simona Halep skipped the Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to concerns over the Zika virus.
Since 2016, Simona Halep has been internationally sponsored by Hublot watches.
In 2017 Simona Halep was ranked as the year-end No. 1.
In 2017, Halep was instrumental in Romania winning the Fed Cup tie 3–2 against Great Britain to remain in World Group II, winning both her singles matches.
In 2017, Romania was relegated back to World Group II. Simona Halep did not participate in the first Fed Cup tie due to injury, and the team lost to Belgium.
In 2017, Simona Halep was named the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year.
In 2017, Simona Halep was named the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player.
Since 2017, Simona Halep has been a brand ambassador for the Mercedes-Benz Romania automobile manufacturing company.
Since February 2018, Nike has been Simona Halep's clothing sponsor.
After winning the 2018 French Open, Simona Halep was welcomed back to Romania with large celebrations at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, attended by about 15,000 people.
Although Halep missed the 2018 World Group II tie due to injury, Romania won the tie against Canada to advance back to the World Group play-offs.
In 2018 Simona Halep was ranked as the year-end No. 1.
In 2018, Simona Halep finished as the runner-up at the Australian Open, marking her closest attempt at winning a Grand Slam title on hard courts.
In 2018, Simona Halep was named the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year.
In 2018, Simona Halep was one of the best returners on the WTA Tour, ranking first in percentage of first serve return points won at 42.9%, fourth in percentage of second serve return points won at 60.8%, first in percentage of return games won at 48.5%, and ninth in percentage of break points won at 50.1%.
In 2018, Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open with Darren Cahill as her coach. Cahill left her team after the 2018 season to spend more time with his family.
Simona Halep won her first major title at the 2018 French Open.
After winning the 2019 Wimbledon, Simona Halep was welcomed back to Romania with large celebrations at the Arena Națională in Bucharest, attended by about 30,000 people.
In 2019, Halep recovered from a back injury. She lost her first match at the Sydney International and lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing the No. 1 ranking. She was runner-up at the Qatar Open and reached the semifinals at the Miami Open. She lost in the final at the Madrid Open and in the quarterfinals at the French Open, falling to No. 8 in the rankings.
In 2019, Halep was the defending champion at Wimbledon.
In 2019, Romania reached the Fed Cup semifinals for the first time since 1973. Halep won both of her singles matches against the Czech Republic in the first round, and Romania eventually won the tie. In the semifinals against France, Halep won her two singles matches, but Romania lost in the decisive doubles rubber.
In 2019, Romania secured promotion back to the top-tier World Group in Fed Cup, with Halep winning two singles rubbers against Switzerland.
In 2019, Simona Halep finished the year with the No. 1 ranking.
In 2019, Simona Halep hired Daniel Dobre as her coach and won her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. In the autumn of 2019, she announced the return of Darren Cahill as coach.
In 2019, Simona Halep was named the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year.
Simona Halep defeated Serena Williams to claim the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
In 2020, Halep started the WTA Tour at the new tournament in Adelaide, where she was defeated in the quarterfinals by Aryna Sabalenka. At the Australian Open, Halep reached the semifinals, where she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza.
In 2020, Halep won her 20th, 21st, and 22nd WTA titles in Dubai, Prague, and Rome, respectively. She lost to Iga Świątek in the fourth round of the French Open, missing out on regaining the No. 1 ranking. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted much of the season.
In 2020, Simona Halep withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics due to a calf injury, despite being set to be Romania's flag bearer.
From January 27, 2014, to August 8, 2021, Simona Halep was ranked in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks.
In September 2021, Simona Halep announced the end of her working relationship with Darren Cahill and rehired Adrian Marcu and Daniel Dobre back to her team.
On 15 September 2021, Simona Halep married businessman Gabriel Iuruc.
In 2021, Halep started at Gippsland, where she was defeated in the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open, she also reached the quarterfinals. She withdrew from the Miami Open due to a shoulder injury and lost in the semifinals in April at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.
In 2021, after returning from a calf injury, Halep entered the Canadian Open, losing to Danielle Collins. She won her first match since the injury at the Western & Southern Open. At the US Open, she reached the round of 16. She finished the season at No. 20.
In 2023, The International Tennis Integrity Authority (ITIA) asked for disqualification of Halep's results from 8 March 2022, when blood Sample 44 was collected, to 7 October 2022, the start of Halep's Provisional Suspension.
In May 2022, after a 4th round loss at the Australian Open and inconsistent results, Simona Halep hired Patrick Mouratoglou as coach.
In September 2022, Simona Halep announced that she is divorcing Gabriel Iuruc.
In September 2022, Simona Halep underwent nose surgery to correct breathing problems and reshape her nose.
In October 2022, it was announced that Halep had tested positive for the banned substance roxadustat at the 2022 US Open. Inconsistencies were also found in her biological passport.
Simona Halep was suspended from the WTA Tour in October 2022 after testing positive for a banned substance.
In 2022, Halep withdrew from her second round match at the Cincinnati Open due to a thigh injury. At the US Open, she was defeated in the first round. After the US Open, she announced she would not play for the rest of the year after undergoing nose surgery.
In 2022, Halep won her 23rd title at the Melbourne Summer Set 1. At the Australian Open, she lost in the fourth round. She reached the semifinals of the Dubai Open and lost in the first round of the Qatar Open. Halep then announced Patrick Mouratoglou as her full-time coach.
In September 2023, Halep's suspension was upheld, and she received a four-year ban from tennis, making her ineligible to return to competition until 7 October 2026.
On February 7, 2024, Halep appealed the four-year ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In February 2024, Simona Halep's ban was reduced, and she returned to the tour at the 2024 Miami Open.
Simona Halep retired from professional tennis in 2025.
In September 2023, Halep's suspension was upheld, and she received a four-year ban from tennis, making her ineligible to return to competition until 7 October 2026.
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