Australian Open - Kvinner | 01/19 08:00 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Venus Williams [36] | 6-2,6-3 | |
Australian Open - Kvinner | 01/17 06:35 | 24 | [1] Simona Halep v Sofia Kenin [37] | 6-3,6-7,6-4 | |
Australian Open - Kvinner | 01/15 08:55 | 23 | [1] Simona Halep v Kaia Kanepi [71] | 6-7,6-4,6-2 | |
WTA Sydney | 01/09 03:35 | 26 | [1] Simona Halep v Ashleigh Barty [15] | 4-6,4-6 | |
WTA Moskva | 10/17 07:00 | - | Simona Halep v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Cancelled | |
WTA Beijing | 09/30 09:20 | 24 | [1] Simona Halep v Ons Jabeur [113] | Retired | |
WTA Wuhan | 09/25 14:50 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Dominika Cibulkova [31] | 0-6,5-7 | |
US Open - Kvinner | 08/27 15:00 | 23 | [1] Simona Halep v Kaia Kanepi [44] | 2-6,4-6 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/19 18:00 | 29 | [1] Simona Halep v Kiki Bertens [17] | 6-2,6-7,2-6 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/18 21:05 | 28 | [1] Simona Halep v Aryna Sabalenka [34] | 6-3,6-4 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/17 22:05 | 27 | [1] Simona Halep v Lesia Tsurenko [44] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/17 15:00 | 26 | [1] Simona Halep v Ashleigh Barty [16] | 7-5,6-4 | |
WTA Cincinnati | 08/16 00:30 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Ajla Tomljanovic [58] | 4-6,6-3,6-3 | |
WTA Montreal | 08/12 17:30 | 29 | [1] Simona Halep v Sloane Stephens [3] | 7-6,3-6,6-4 | |
WTA Montreal | 08/11 17:00 | 28 | [1] Simona Halep v Ashleigh Barty [16] | 6-4,6-1 | |
WTA Montreal | 08/10 22:30 | 27 | [1] Simona Halep v Caroline Garcia [6] | 7-5,6-1 | |
WTA Montreal | 08/10 00:40 | 26 | [1] Simona Halep v Venus Williams [14] | 6-2,6-2 | |
WTA Montreal | 08/08 22:30 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [28] | 7-6,4-6,7-5 | |
Wimbledon - Kvinner | 07/07 12:00 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Su-Wei Hsieh [48] | 6-3,4-6,5-7 | |
Wimbledon - Kvinner | 07/05 14:05 | 24 | [1] Simona Halep v Saisai Zheng [126] | 7-5,6-0 | |
Wimbledon - Kvinner | 07/03 15:55 | 23 | [1] Simona Halep v Kurumi Nara [100] | 6-2,6-4 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 06/09 13:00 | 29 | [1] Simona Halep v Sloane Stephens [10] | 3-6,6-4,6-1 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 06/07 13:00 | 28 | [1] Simona Halep v Garbine Muguruza [3] | 6-1,6-4 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 06/06 12:00 | 27 | [1] Simona Halep v Angelique Kerber [12] | 6-7,6-3,6-2 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 06/04 09:00 | 26 | [1] Simona Halep v Elise Mertens [16] | 6-2,6-1 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 06/02 14:35 | 25 | [1] Simona Halep v Andrea Petkovic [107] | 7-5,6-0 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 05/31 13:20 | 24 | [1] Simona Halep v Taylor Townsend [72] | 6-3,6-1 | |
French Open - Kvinner | 05/30 09:00 | 23 | [1] Simona Halep v Alison Riske [83] | 2-6,6-1,6-1 | |
WTA Roma | 05/20 11:00 | 29 | [1] Simona Halep v Elina Svitolina [4] | 0-6,4-6 | |
WTA Roma | 05/19 15:15 | 28 | [1] Simona Halep v Maria Sharapova [40] | 4-6,6-1,6-4 |
Simona Halep (Romanian pronunciation: [siˈmona haˈlep]; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world number one in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks twelfth in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. Halep was the year-end No. 1 in 2017 and 2018. She has won two Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 French Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
From 27 January 2014 to 8 August 2021, Halep was ranked in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest streak in WTA history. During this seven-year span, she finished each year ranked no lower than No. 4. She has won 24 WTA Tour singles titles and finished runner-up 18 times. A French Open junior champion and former junior world No. 1, Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2011, the top 20 in August 2013, and the top 10 in January 2014. She won her first six WTA titles in the same calendar year in 2013, and was the first to do so since Steffi Graf in 1986. This led to her being named the WTA Most Improved Player of the year. Halep reached three major finals at the 2014 French Open, 2017 French Open, and 2018 Australian Open before winning her first major title at the 2018 French Open over Sloane Stephens. Halep also finished runner-up at the 2014 WTA Finals to Serena Williams, despite defeating Williams in the round-robin stage. She did not defeat Williams a second time until the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
Halep was named the WTA Most Popular Player of the Year in 2014 and 2015, as well as the WTA Fan Favorite Singles Player of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She is a recipient of the Patriarchal Cross of Romania and the Order of the Star of Romania, and was named an honorary citizen of Bucharest. She is the third Romanian to reach the top 10 of the WTA rankings after Virginia Ruzici and Irina Spîrlea, and the second Romanian woman to win a major singles title after Ruzici. She is also the first Romanian woman to be ranked world No. 1 and the first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title. Halep is regarded as one of the best returners on the WTA Tour, while also building her game around controlled aggression and being able to hit winners from defensive positions.
Halep was suspended from the WTA Tour in October 2022 for four years after testing positive for a banned substance. Since her ban was reduced to nine months that have already been served as part of her provisional suspension, which would have ended in July 2023, she received a wildcard to immediately return to the WTA Tour at the 2024 Miami Open.