Simona Halep

Simona Halep
Simona Halep (2018)
Nation:	Romania
Birthday:	27th September 1991 (age 28)
Size:	168 cm
Weight:	60 kg
1st professional season:	2006
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Darren Cahill
Prize money:	$ 36,551,855
singles
Career record:	503: 216
Career title:	21 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (October 9, 2017)
Current placement:	2
Weeks as No. 1:	64
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	62:64
Career title:	1 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	71 (May 15, 2017)
Current placement:	144
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: February 24, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Simona Halep (born September 27, 1991 in Constanța ) is a Romanian tennis player . Her greatest successes so far are titles at the French Open 2018 and Wimbledon 2019 . Between October 2017 and January 2019 she was number 1 in the world rankings for a total of 64 weeks .

Life

Halep's father was a football player for FC Farul Constanța club . Her brother already played tennis and was accompanied to training by Simona and her parents. There on the tennis court, Simona grabbed the racket, the tennis coach noticed her and trained her afterwards. In addition, she played soccer and handball in school in her childhood.

Her great role model is the football player and current football coach Gheorghe Hagi , who also comes from Constanța and, like the Halep family, belongs to the Aromanian people in Romania.

Career

Simona Halep started playing tennis at the age of four. She initially preferred clay courts as she had better results on clay at the beginning of her career; now she prefers to play on the hard court . She has been part of the Romanian Fed Cup team since 2010 . She has won 16 of her 25 Fed Cup games to date.

2008 to 2012: the beginnings

2008 title win at the French Open for Juniors

In June 2008 she won the junior women’s tournament of the French Open with a final victory over her compatriot Elena Bogdan (6: 4, 6: 7 ³ , 6: 2).

Because Halep suffered from back pain and felt physically impaired while playing tennis, she underwent an operation in the summer of 2009 that reduced her breasts from bra size 80E to 80B. Media reports that were more about their bust size than their sporting career were no reason for the intervention.

At the WTA tournament in Fez , she reached the final in 2010, which she lost to Iveta Benešová 4-6, 2-6. At the French Open , she qualified for the first time for the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament . In round one she lost to the later finalist Samantha Stosur 5: 7 and 1: 6.

At the Australian Open she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 2011, when she defeated the seeded Alissa Kleibanova 6: 4, 7: 6 ² in round two . She lost her third round game against Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets.

Because of an abdominal muscle strain, there were no further successes for the time being. However , she was able to confirm her participation in the final in Fès in 2010 . After victories over Nastassja Jakimawa and Gréta Arn, among others, she lost to Alberta Brianti 4-6 and 3-6 in the final .

At Wimbledon , she impressed in her second round match against long-time world number one Serena Williams , against whom she was eliminated 6: 3, 2: 6, 1: 6.

On the US hard court tour, she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in three sets as a qualifier at the Rogers Cup in Toronto ; it was her first win over a top 20 player. In round two she was eliminated against Lucie Šafářová with 2: 6, 4: 6; nevertheless she made it into the top 50 of the world rankings.

At the US Open , despite ankle problems against Li Na , she celebrated her first win (6: 2, 7: 5) against a top ten player. In round two she had to admit defeat Carla Suárez 6: 3, 2: 6, 2: 6 after several injury breaks . In the 2011 season she improved by almost 40 world rankings to 47th.

2013–2016: WTA title, top ten and first Grand Slam final

2014 in Madrid

On June 15, 2013 Halep won her first individual title on the WTA Tour in Nuremberg . In the final she defeated Andrea Petković 6: 3 and 6: 3. A week later she also won the Topshelf Open in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands . Within a month the WTA tournament in Budapest followed singles title number three, and only six weeks later she landed the fourth title win at the hard court tournament in New Haven ; in the semi-finals she defeated the world number eight Caroline Wozniacki 6: 2, 7: 5 and in the final Petra Kvitová (WTA 9) in two straight sets.

At the US Open , she reached the round of 16 for the first time in her career, in which she was defeated by Flavia Pennetta in two sets. Eight weeks after New Haven, she won another WTA tournament when she defeated Samantha Stosur in straight sets in the Moscow final. Only two weeks later she won the WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia with another final victory over Stosur . With her sixth title win in just four and a half months, Halep improved to number 11 in the world rankings.

In Melbourne in 2014 she was in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time after a straight two-set win over Jelena Janković , which she lost to the later finalist Dominika Cibulková with 3: 6, 0: 6. In Doha , after Kaia Kanepi and Annika Beck, she also defeated the three top ten players Sara Errani , Agnieszka Radwańska and Angelique Kerber in two sets. She won her seventh WTA title within eight months and reached position 5 in the world rankings on March 17, 2014. On May 11, she was in Madrid again in the final of a WTA tournament, which she lost in three sets against Maria Sharapova .

At the French Open , she reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, which she lost to Sharapova 4: 6, 7: 6, ⁵ , 4: 6. At Wimbledon she reached the semifinals, in which she was defeated by Eugenie Bouchard 6: 7, ⁵ , 2: 6. On August 11, 2014, Halep was the new number 2 in the world. Her good season was rewarded with her first participation in the WTA Championships . She got there to the final, which she lost to Serena Williams 3: 6 and 0: 6.

At the hard court tournament in Shenzhen in 2015 she was again in the final, which she won against Timea Bacsinszky 6-2 and 6-2. In Melbourne she played her way to the quarter-finals, in which she surprisingly failed to Yekaterina Makarova . After tournament victories in Dubai and Indian Wells as well as semi-finals in Miami, Stuttgart and Rome, the French Open ended in round two against Mirjana Lučić-Baroni . At Wimbledon she even suffered a first round defeat against Jana Čepelová .

With the dangers posed by the Zika virus , Halep justified her decision not to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio .

Since 2017: World number one and first Grand Slam title

Halep at Wimbledon 2017

In 2017 Halep reached the final of the French Open for the second time in her career , which she lost to Jeļena Ostapenko . As a result, she also missed the jump to number 1 in the world rankings . She missed other opportunities that year at Wimbledon and Cincinnati . After beating Marija Sharapova at the China Open in September 2017 and Jeļena Ostapenko in the semifinals, she managed to take the lead in the world rankings.

At the beginning of 2018, Halep won both singles and doubles with her compatriot Irina-Camelia Begu in Shenzhen . This was her first double win at a WTA tournament. At the following Australian Open , she was almost eliminated in the third round against Lauren Davis . In the third-longest women's individual in tournament history, she won 4: 6, 6: 4, 15:13 against the unseeded American in 3:45 hours and both set a new Australian Open record with a total of 48 games. After further victories over Naomi Ōsaka , Karolína Plíšková and an equally exhausting three-set win against Angelique Kerber , she met Caroline Wozniacki in her third Grand Slam final . After 2:49 hours she was defeated by the Dane, who was in second place on the seeding list, 6: 7 (2: 7), 6: 3, 4: 6. With this success, Halep von Wozniacki was also replaced from the top of the world rankings . On February 26, 2018, Halep took over the leadership of the world rankings again.

At the following French Open , Halep reached the individual finals for the third time after victories over Elise Mertens , Angelique Kerber and the former tournament winner Garbiñe Muguruza . There she defeated the number ten seeded Sloane Stephens in three sets (3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1) and won her first Grand Slam title. At Wimbledon , she was eliminated in the third round in three sets against Hsieh Su-wei after Halep had previously had a match point. At the Rogers Cup in Montreal she won her third title of the season, in the final Halep Sloane defeated Stephens 7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 4. At the subsequent tournament in Cincinnati , she also made it into the final, but lost it in three sets against Kiki Bertens . At the two final premier tournaments in Wuhan and Beijing , she lost the first match. After that, Halep canceled her start at the WTA Championships due to persistent back problems, but she ended the year as first in the world for the second time in a row. In November, Halep and her trainer Darren Cahill announced their split after working together for four years, as Cahill wanted to take more time with his family.

After a previously unsuccessful season, she won her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2019 . In the final, she clearly won 6-2 and 6-2 against Serena Williams .

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 6, 2007	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Andreea Mitu	7: 6 5 , 6: 0
2.	May 13, 2007	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Patricia Mayr	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 2
3.	May 4, 2008	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Elena Bogdan	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	May 18, 2008	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	7: 6 4 , 6: 3
5.	June 28, 2008	Kristinehamn	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Anne Schäfer	6: 3, 6: 2
6th	September 6, 2009	Maribor	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Katalin Marosi	6: 4, 6: 2
7th	June 15, 2013	Nuremberg	WTA International	sand	Andrea Petković	6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	June 22, 2013	's-Hertogenbosch	WTA International	race	Kirsten Flipkens	6: 4, 6: 2
9.	July 14, 2013	Budapest	WTA International	sand	Yvonne Meusburger	6: 3, 6: 7 7 , 6: 1
10.	August 24, 2013	New Haven	WTA Premier	Hard court	Petra Kvitová	6: 2, 6: 2
11.	20th October 2013	Moscow	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Samantha Stosur	7: 6 1 , 6: 2
12.	3rd November 2013	Sofia	WTA Tournament of Champions	Hard court (hall)	Samantha Stosur	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
13.	February 16, 2014	Doha	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Angelique Kerber	6: 2, 6: 3
14th	July 13, 2014	Bucharest (1)	WTA International	sand	Roberta Vinci	6: 1, 6: 3
15th	January 10, 2015	Shenzhen (1)	WTA International	Hard court	Timea Bacsinszky	6: 2, 6: 2
16.	February 21, 2015	Dubai	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Karolína Plíšková	6: 4, 7: 6 4
17th	March 22, 2015	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Jelena Janković	2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
18th	May 7, 2016	Madrid (1)	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Dominika Cibulková	6: 2, 6: 4
19th	17th July 2016	Bucharest (2)	WTA International	sand	Anastasija Sevastova	6-0, 6-0
20th	July 31, 2016	Montreal (1)	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Madison Keys	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
21st	May 13, 2017	Madrid (2)	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Kristina Mladenovic	7: 5, 6: 7 5 , 6: 2
22nd	January 6, 2018	Shenzhen (2)	WTA International	Hard court	Kateřina Siniaková	6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 0
23.	June 9, 2018	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Sloane Stephens	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
24.	August 12, 2018	Montreal (2)	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Sloane Stephens	7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 4
25th	13th July 2019	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Serena Williams	6: 2, 6: 2
26th	February 22, 2020	Dubai	WTA Premier	Hard court	Jelena Rybakina	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6 5
27.	August 16, 2020	Prague	WTA International	sand	Elise Mertens	6: 2, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Winner	Result
1.	May 6, 2007	Makarska	ITF $ 50,000	sand	Tatiana Maria	1: 6, 6: 4, 4: 6
2.	May 1, 2010	Fez	WTA International	sand	Iveta Benešová	4: 6, 2: 6
3.	17th October 2010	Torhout	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court (hall)	Yanina Wickmayer	3: 6, 2: 6
4th	April 24, 2011	Fez	WTA International	sand	Alberta Brianti	4: 6, 3: 6
5.	May 26, 2012	Brussels	WTA Premier	sand	Agnieszka Radwańska	5: 7, 0: 6
6th	May 11, 2014	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Maria Sharapova	6: 1, 2: 6, 3: 6
7th	June 7, 2014	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Maria Sharapova	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 4: 6
8th.	October 26, 2014	Singapore	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Serena Williams	3: 6, 0: 6
9.	August 16, 2015	Toronto	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Belinda Bencic	6: 7 5 , 7: 6 4 , 0: 3 task
10.	23rd August 2015	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Serena Williams	3: 6, 6: 7 5
11.	May 21, 2017	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Elina Switolina	6: 4, 5: 7, 1: 6
12.	June 10, 2017	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Jeļena Ostapenko	6: 4, 4: 6, 3: 6
13.	20th August 2017	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Garbiñe Muguruza	1: 6, 0: 6
14th	October 8, 2017	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Caroline Garcia	4: 6, 6: 7 3
15th	January 27, 2018	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Caroline Wozniacki	6: 7 2 , 6: 3, 4: 6
16.	20th May 2018	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Elina Switolina	0: 6, 4: 6
17th	19th August 2018	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Kiki Bertens	6: 2, 6: 7 6 , 2: 6
18th	16th February 2019	Doha	WTA Premier	Hard court	Elise Mertens	6: 3, 4: 6, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	May 6, 2007	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ionela-Andreea Iova	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 3
2.	May 13, 2007	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Irina-Camelia Begu	Laura-Ioana Andrei Ioana Gaspar	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	May 4, 2008	Bucharest	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Ionela-Andreea Iova	Oxana Chomyk Shona Lee	6: 3, 6: 1
4th	May 10, 2009	Bucharest	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Irina-Camelia Begu	Julia Görges Sandra Klemenschits	2: 6, 6: 0, [12:10]
5.	January 6, 2018	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Irina-Camelia Begu	Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková	1: 6, 6: 1, [10: 8]

Career statistics and tournament record

singles

The last update took place after the WTA tournament in Prague 2020.

competition	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	total
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	VF	VF	1	1	F.	AF	HF	0
French Open	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	F.	2	AF	F.	S.	VF		1
Wimbledon	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	HF	1	VF	VF	3	S.	-	1
US Open	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	AF	3	HF	VF	1	1	2	-	0
Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F.	RR	RR	RR	-	RR	-	0
Doha	a. K.		-	na or a. K.			AF	2	S.	a. K.	2	a. K.	HF	a. K.	-	1
Dubai	na or a. K.			-	-	-	na or a. K.			S.	a. K.	-	a. K.	VF	a. K.	1
Indian Wells	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	HF	S.	VF	3	HF	AF	-	1
Miami	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	HF	VF	VF	3	HF	-	0
Charleston	-	-	-	other category												0
Rome	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	HF	AF	HF	2	F.	F.	2		0
Madrid	na or a. K.			-	-	1	1	1	F.	1	S.	S.	VF	F.	-	2
Berlin	-	-	-	na or a. K.												0
San Diego	-	-	na or a. K.													0
Cincinnati	na or a. K.			-	-	-	1	VF	VF	F.	HF	F.	F.	AF	-	0
Montreal / Toronto	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	F.	S.	HF	S.	VF	-	2
Tokyo	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	AF	other category							0
Wuhan	not carried out								2	AF	HF	2	2	AF	-	0
Zurich	-	-	not carried out													0
Beijing	na or a. K.			-	-	-	1	1	VF	1	AF	F.	1	2	-	0
Moscow	-	-	-	other category												0
Olympic games	n / A		-	not carried out			1	not carried out			-	not carried out				0
Fed Cup	-	-	-	-	K1	-	K1	-	PO	PO	PO	PO	PO	HF	-	0
Tournament participation	2	2	11	19th	23	26th	24	24	19th	18th	18th	18th	15th	17th	4th	240
Finals reached	0	2	3	2	2	1	1	6th	5	5	3	5	6th	2	2	45
Title won	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	6th	2	3	3	1	3	1	2	27
Hard court wins / defeats	0-0	10-0	7: 3	16:10	17:12	20:15	17:15	29:11	23:11	41:11	26:13	21:12	28: 7	23:13	10: 2	288: 135
Sand victories / defeats	3: 2	0-0	18: 4	15: 7	21:10	7: 9	9: 6	18: 5	17: 3	6: 4	10: 4	18: 3	16: 3	11: 3	5-0	174: 63
Turf wins / defeats	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 3	6: 1	6: 2	2: 2	9: 1	6: 2	2: 1	9: 1	0-0	42:16
Carpet victories / defeats	0-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4: 2
Overall wins / losses	3: 2	10-0	26: 8	34:18	39:23	28:26	26:24	53:17	46:16	49:17	45:18	45:17	46:11	43:17	15: 2	508: 216
World ranking points	-	-	65	250	791	1112	1220	3335	6292	6060	5228	6175	6921	5462		N / A
Year-end position	-	-	352	210	81	53	47	11	3	2	4th	1	1	4th		N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage); na = not carried out; a. K. = other category; PO (playoff) = promotion and relegation round in the Fed Cup; K1, K2, K3 = participation in continental groups I, II, III in the Fed Cup.

Note : These statistics take into account all results individually, as stated on the WTA page. Only WTA tournaments of the category Tier I (until 2008) and the WTA tournaments of the categories Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 (since 2009) are shown.

Double

competition	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	1	1	1	1	-	0: 4	1
French Open	1	2	1	-	-	1: 3	2
Wimbledon	1	1	1	-	1	0: 4	1
US Open	2	1	1	-	-	1: 3	2

Awards

• "Most Improved Player of the Year" (WTA) - 2013
• Honorary Citizen of Buşteni - 2013
• Honorary Citizen of Constanța County - 2014
• "Diamond Aces" (WTA) - 2016
• Honorary Citizen of Constanța - 2016
• Honorary Citizen of Bucharest - 2018

Web links

Commons : Simona Halep  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Simona Halep (English)
• ITF profile of Simona Halep (English)
• ITF junior profile Simona Halep (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Simona Halep (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ As it happened: Halep on top of the world as she beats Ostapenko in Beijing. In: wtatennis.com. October 7, 2017, accessed October 7, 2017 . 
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ Breasts away - success there ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Tennis: With smaller breasts to greater success. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . September 9, 2010, accessed May 5, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Halep: "My breasts were too heavy". In: Blick.ch . July 13, 2009, accessed May 5, 2014 . 
6. ↑ US Open: Na Li fails, Wozniacki without problems. In: tennisnet.com. August 31, 2011, accessed October 20, 2013 . 
7. ↑ The Czech Olympic team is also getting smaller and smaller. In: tennisnet.com , accessed on July 17, 2016
8. Jump up to the top without a Grand Slam title , spiegel.de, October 7, 2017. Accessed October 10, 2017.
9. ↑ Halep wins crazy record match . In: sport1.de, January 20, 2018 (accessed January 27, 2018).
10. ↑ Joubert, Philipp: Heavyweight tennis without cover . In: Spiegel Online,
11. ↑ Australian Open: Wozniacki wins final thriller against Halep . In. Spiegel Online, January 27, 2017 (accessed January 27, 2017).
12. ↑ World number one Halep cancels WTA final , spiegel.de from October 18, 2018, accessed on October 18, 2018.
13. ↑ Nikolaus Fink: WTA Tour: Darren Cahill and Simona Halep go their separate ways. In: spox.com. November 10, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Simona Halep, cetăţean de onoare la Buşteni, a primit un teren în staţiune , mediafax.ro, February 24, 2014
15. ↑ Simona Halep, cetăţean de onoare al judeţului Constanţa , Adevărul March 17, 2014
16. ^ Halep: WTA Diamond Aces Award Winner. In: wtatennis.com, October 21, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016
17. ↑ Simona Halep, cetăţean de onoare al orasului Constanta. In: gazetadenavodari.ro
18. ↑ Simona Halep, cetăţean de onoare al Municipiului Bucureşti , stirileprotv.ro February 26, 2018