Simona Halep ended the year 2025 in the first position in an important ranking.
Our athlete is considered the most important tennis player who retired in 2025.
In the ranking compiled by TennisUpToDate, Simona occupies the first position, ahead of Richard Gasquet, Eugenie Bouchard, Fernando Verdasco, Alizé Cornet, Petra Kvitova, Caroline Garcia, Diego Schwartzman, Fabio Fognini, and Chris Eubanks.
"The Romanian ends her career with an impressive record of 24 WTA titles, including two Grand Slams: Roland Garros 2018 and Wimbledon 2019. Halep has been a dominant force, staying in the Top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks, the eighth-longest streak in WTA history. In addition to individual successes, she has reached a total of 42 finals on the circuit and has accumulated over $40 million in prize money, being the most successful player from Romania of all time," the source stated.
Simona Halep had an impressive tennis career. She won two Grand Slam titles, Roland Garros 2018 and Wimbledon 2019, played in three other finals (two at Roland Garros and one at the Australian Open). Simona was the world No. 1 in the WTA rankings for 64 weeks.
In 2022, Simona Halep tested positive for Roxadustat after a match played in the first round of the US Open against Daria Snigur on August 29. Since then, a dark period began for Simona. Initially, ITIA imposed a four-year suspension on the Romanian, reduced to just nine months by TAS.
Halep returned to tennis in March 2024, after a year and a half on the sidelines, provisionally suspended, awaiting the ITIA verdict. Since then, Simona Halep has played six matches and won only one, against Arina Rodionova in Hong Kong in October 2024, and she retired at the beginning of 2025.