The international press writes about the retirement of Simona Halep (33 years old), who gave up tennis in February 2025.
Simona Halep’s retirement was included in a top ranking of tennis players who retired in 2025, with her even being number 1 on the list.
Halep is among the athletes who have been "taxed by injuries" and have not been able to continue their careers.
"Injuries have 'taxed' them and they were forced to step away from the sport they once dominated," writes the website lastwordonsports.com.
Simona Halep, the prominent name on the list: "The most prominent name on the list of retirements in 2025 is that of Simona Halep, former world number one and double Grand Slam winner. Her place among the greatest Romanian athletes of all time is secured, even though the latter part of her career was marked by a doping penalty."
Halep retired after losing the only match she played in 2025, in Cluj-Napoca, and blamed injuries," the cited source further states.
Lukas Rosol, Fernando Verdasco, Yasline Bonaventure, Diego Schwartzman, Luke Saville, and Denis Kudla are the other mentioned athletes.