Halep was a hugely popular first-time Grand Slam champion, well-liked in the dressing room and within the sport in general for her groundedness and apparent lack of ego. Her desperation to win a major was well known and after Halep won in Paris, Martina Navratilova joked: “It wasn’t a monkey off her back; this was an 800lb gorilla.”

To win a grand slam title is something every tennis player dreams of from the day they start swinging their racquet. Despite the difficulty of winning a grand slam tournament, only a select few have dominated on the biggest stage throughout the years.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement from tennis at age 33 after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday, ending an injury-filled comeback from a doping suspension.

Halep, 33, had struggled to regain her best form after being suspended in October 2022 for testing positive for a banned substance.

Former world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announced her retirement at age 33 after losing in the first round at her home event in Romania.

The winner of 24 singles titles called an end to her career after a first-round loss Tuesday in the Transylvania Open in her native Romania.

Two-time grand slam champion and former world No. 1 Simona Halep has retired from tennis. The Romanian announced her decision at the Transylvania Open in Cluj, Romania on Tuesday after losing her first-round match against Lucia Bronzetti 6-1,

The former world No 1 claimed two Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon in 2019, but the last two years have been overshadowed by her suspension for testing positive for a banned substance