Simona Halep (33 years old) received important news a few days after announcing her retirement from tennis at the Transylvania Open 2025.
Freed from doping issues, Simona Halep returned to the circuit, but only won one out of the six matches played and chose to end an impressive career due to medical issues that no longer allow her to perform at a competitive level.
A few days after her official retirement from tennis, Simona Halep received important news regarding the lawsuit she filed against the Canadian companies Quantum Nutrition, RJ Packing Inc., and General Ingredient, whom she accuses of producing and delivering the contaminated supplement Keto MCT, which led to her doping suspension in the fall of 2022.
According to gsp.ro, the start date of the trial in which Simona Halep claims 10 million dollars in damages has been set: April 9, 2025! Simona Halep and her lawyers initiated the process in the USA in February 2024, so it took a year until the first important news. Simona is seeking damages of 10 million dollars and accuses the Canadians of "serious negligence," "past and future humiliation," as well as "pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life."
In early 2024, Simona Halep obtained a reduction of her doping suspension to nine months from the initially imposed four years, as requested by ITIA and the independent Sports Resolution tribunal.
Impressive Career for Simona Halep
Simona Halep had an impressive career in tennis. 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). Our athlete was the world No. 1 in the WTA rankings for 64 weeks.
In 2022, Simona Halep tested positive for Roxadustat after a match in the first round at the US Open against Daria Snigur on August 29. Since then, a challenging period began for Simona. Initially, ITIA imposed a four-year suspension on the Romanian, which was reduced to just nine months by TAS.
Halep returned to tennis in March 2024 after a year and a half of being on the sidelines, provisionally suspended, awaiting ITIA's verdict. Since then, Simona Halep has played six matches and won only one, against Arina Rodionova in Hong Kong in October 2024.