Athlete of the Week – Tennis Player Simona Halep

Florin Orban, 12.02.2019, 13:52

Now, in Ostrava, Romania’s team was made up of
Simona Halep, Mihaela Buzarnescu, Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu. Simona and
Mihaela played the singles matches, while Irina and Monica the doubles game. Two
of the three points for Romania were grabbed by Simona Halep, which is why we
have designated her Athlete of the Week on RRI.

Simona Halep is currently ranked 3rd
in WTA singles rankings, after topping the tables for 64 weeks. Throughout her
career she won 18 WTA tournaments, including a major, last year in Roland
Garros. Born September 27, 1991 in Constanta, Simona Halep made her debut in
2006, the year she also won her first ITF tournaments. In 2010 she was ranked
among the Top 100 players in the world. In 2014, in August, she was ranked 2nd,
the highest position ever achieved by a Romanian tennis player. In October 2017
she became world number one, a position she kept until January 2018. She
returned to the top of the WTA standings later that year in February, and
remained world leader until last month, when Naomi Osaka become world number one
after winning the Australian Open.